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## Setting the number of vectors

When visualizing a large database, a Vector plot will often have too many vectors. The Vector plot becomes incomprehensible with too many vectors. VisIt provides controls to thin the number of vectors to a number that looks appealing in a visualization. You can accomplish this reduction by setting a fixed number of vectors or by setting a stride. To set a fixed number of vectors, select the N vectors radio button and enter a new number of vectors into the N vectors text field. To reduce the number of vectors by setting the stride, select the Stride radio button and enter a new stride value into the Stride text field.