# How to plot scalar on the mesh elements when we have only nodal resutls

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-plot-scalar-on-the-mesh-elements-when-we-have-only-nodal-resutls/12958
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**Tags:** python, code, vtkjs
**Created:** [December 22, 2023, 6:53am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-plot-scalar-on-the-mesh-elements-when-we-have-only-nodal-resutls/12958 "2023-12-22T06:53:34Z")
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### Author: ![abhayminachi](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@abhayminachi](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/abhayminachi)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2023, 6:53am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-plot-scalar-on-the-mesh-elements-when-we-have-only-nodal-resutls/12958/1 "2023-12-22T06:53:34Z")

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How to plot the scalar on mesh elements when we have only the nodal results. The nodal results are in the form of .csv file containing X, Y, Z and Stress columns. These values needs to be plotted on .cdb file format. How to plot the sclars on mesh elements rather than nodal points.