# 3D print with the various areas from a free surfer parcellation map

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**Created:** [May 27, 2018, 1:10pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/3d-print-with-the-various-areas-from-a-free-surfer-parcellation-map/2942 "2018-05-27T13:10:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chris\_Rorden](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/chris_rorden/32/4073_2.png) [@Chris\_Rorden](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Chris_Rorden)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 11:52am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/3d-print-with-the-various-areas-from-a-free-surfer-parcellation-map/2942/6 "2019-09-21T11:52:54Z")

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For color **volume** printing, you may want to look at [SlicerFab](https://github.com/SlicerFab/SlicerFab) and [this post](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/printing-volume-renderings-in-plastic/3017).

For color **surface** printing (e.g. FreeSurfer), I would look at ShapeWays support for color VRML files. The image below shows their matte sandstone (which I prefer to their glossy sandstone). The sandstone has a nice mass, and printing just one hemisphere provides a flat side that is nice for a paperweight.

You can create VRML format meshes with Surfice, which you can get from [NITRC](https://www.nitrc.org/projects/surfice/) or [GitHub](https://github.com/neurolabusc/surf-ice/releases). The model I show below was created by selecting the Scripting/Python/basic\_paint\_surface menu item and then choosing the Advanced/SaveMesh menu item. You can also create this type of mesh from the graphical interface. Finally, for an example of FreeSurfer brain regions (e.g. annot files), you can use File/Open to open the “/fs/lh.curv” mesh and select Overlays/AddOverlays to select the “/fs/boggle.annot”, which will create the mesh below with the [MindBoggle](https://mindboggle.info/data.html) map.

 ![IMG_1438](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/3/3/33703c7d480760ff4b5b40b2b1efc1433e456a2c.jpeg)

 ![boggle](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/b/4/b4531aed15872d576ea7d14321b42512f10fbd30.jpeg)

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