2D - 3D side by side

Support Feature requests
1

Hi Slicers, I am doing some segmentations in 2D and checking the result in 3D as I move from slice to slice. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to do a side by side between the slice you are segmenting and the 3D view? the only way to do this currently is by the 4-way view which is a waste of space that you don’t use. I would like for instance maximize the space of the slice where I am segmenting and have next to it the 3D view. What do you think?

2

It’s possible to set up custom views with a little coding:

https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/ScriptRepository#Customize_viewer_layout

If that view is particularly handy it could be added to the layout menu (but that menu is already so long…)

3

I also would appreciate, if this three views could be added:
Red + 3D
Yellow + 3D
Green + 3D

4

Did you try the customizer python script or is it too cryptic?

5

Although it is quite easy to define your own layouts using Python scripting, I agree that it would be nice to be able to define and switch between custom layouts more easily. I think this issue covers this feature request already: https://issues.slicer.org/view.php?id=2384. Add a comment there to indicate there is interest in having this feature (when we prioritize issues, having recent comments from multiple users puts an issue ahead of the others).

6

Is there a way to store my custom layout or every time I start slicer I have to do it again? Maybe put into the layout view selector?

7

Yes, of course. Either add the layout registration code to your application startup script (menu: Edit / Application Settings / General) or your scripted module initialization (triggered with a single-shot timer so that registration happens when Slicer startup is completed).

8

How and where do we add this code. I cant seem to find the mrmlLayoutlogic.cxx file

9

Can you please tell me where to find the MRMLLayoutlogic.cxx file to make these changes

10

It should not be necessary to modify MRMLLayoutLogic.cxx. Nevertheless, you can find a link to the source code of this logic class and detailed description of how to register and use a custom layouts in the example referenced above.