# Visualizing single stress tensor component in FLAC3D

**URL:** <https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/visualizing-single-stress-tensor-component-in-flac3d/1203>\
**Category:** FLAC3D\
**Created:** [October 6, 2023, 7:12am UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/visualizing-single-stress-tensor-component-in-flac3d/1203 "2023-10-06T07:12:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![JuDi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@JuDi](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/JuDi)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 7:12am UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/visualizing-single-stress-tensor-component-in-flac3d/1203/1 "2023-10-06T07:12:56Z")

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Hi,  
is there a way to only show the major, intermediate or minor principal stress in a plot?  
Any hint appreciated,  
Thanks,  
Julia

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**Author:** ![cheng](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@cheng](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/cheng)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/visualizing-single-stress-tensor-component-in-flac3d/1203/2 "2023-10-06T17:02:44Z")

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You can plot “Tensor” directly:

 ![tensor](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/itasca/original/1X/d62dc5d1d6f9fca942e2135209614382199bb849.png)

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**Author:** ![JuDi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@JuDi](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/JuDi)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 7:42am UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/visualizing-single-stress-tensor-component-in-flac3d/1203/3 "2023-10-09T07:42:15Z")

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Hi Cheng, thanks. Sorry, for not making my question clear: Yes, I am aware of the tensor plotting. But now I want to hide 2 of them and show only one of them. Is that possible?

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**Author:** ![markus](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.itascainternational.com/markus/32/288_2.png) [@markus](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/markus)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/visualizing-single-stress-tensor-component-in-flac3d/1203/4 "2023-10-09T07:49:03Z")

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In the Color-List options for the tensors you can set the colors of some components to invisible (the “x”). I guess that does the trick for you.

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**Author:** ![JuDi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@JuDi](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/JuDi)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 8:14am UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/visualizing-single-stress-tensor-component-in-flac3d/1203/5 "2023-10-09T08:14:33Z")

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Thanks Markus. The interface reacts a bit weird when changing the color in the color list (closing the drop down and not showing the list again) - but by clicking randomly and waiting and managed now the view I wanted. Appreciated.