# Using 3D plots to Make Figures for a Report

**URL:** <https://community.freefem.org/t/using-3d-plots-to-make-figures-for-a-report/2812>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [November 23, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/using-3d-plots-to-make-figures-for-a-report/2812 "2023-11-23T15:53:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Archie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Archie](https://community.freefem.org/u/Archie)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/using-3d-plots-to-make-figures-for-a-report/2812/1 "2023-11-23T15:53:29Z")

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Is there a way to create a 2D image of a high quality that can be used in a report or a poster from a 3D plot?

I have tried ps = “\*\*\*” but regardless of the extension I use, the file created won’t open.

Thank you in advance.

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**Author:** ![prj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecae2f/32.png) [@prj](https://community.freefem.org/u/prj)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/using-3d-plots-to-make-figures-for-a-report/2812/2 "2023-11-23T19:01:13Z")

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Use ParaView, that will make nice figures.