# Node orientation

**URL:** <https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/node-orientation/114197>\
**Category:** Karamba3D\
**Created:** [December 10, 2020, 9:42am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/node-orientation/114197 "2020-12-10T09:42:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![anneholthaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/anneholthaus/32/258868_2.png) [@anneholthaus](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/anneholthaus)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 9:42am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/node-orientation/114197/1 "2020-12-10T09:42:07Z")

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Hi,  
I’m working on a highrise concrete structure in Karamba and now I want to have a look at displacements at specific points in the structure. For this I want to use the Nodal displacement component. But this component gives me 30000 different nodal displacements and rotations, but I have no idea where these nodes are. I’m working with shell elements so I never specified these nodes. Is there a way to find out there location so I now which translation goes with which node?  
Thanks for the help!

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**Author:** ![matttam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/matttam/32/769086_2.png) [@matttam](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/matttam)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/node-orientation/114197/2 "2020-12-11T12:58:53Z")

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Hi, if you use the DisassembleModel component you can extract all the points of your model into a list. This list order is the same as the order in the nodal displacements component and are the nodes on your mesh geometry.