# Finding stress values at each vertex

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**Created:** [September 8, 2021, 12:57pm UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/finding-stress-values-at-each-vertex/6529 "2021-09-08T12:57:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/finding-stress-values-at-each-vertex/6529/2 "2021-09-08T13:54:22Z")

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> [@sedaoturak](#):
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> stress\_2 = local\_project(stress, V0)

This is a piecewise discontinuous function. I am not familiar with `plotly.graph_objects` but if you want to plot a discontinuous function at nodes, you are likely to encounter multiple values from the neighboring elements. The best way to visualize it would be using [`write_checkpoint`](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/loading-xdmf-data-back-in/1925/4) and visualizing the result in `Paraview`

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