# Clip the closed surface

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/clip-the-closed-surface/2653>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [April 21, 2018, 9:56am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/clip-the-closed-surface/2653 "2018-04-21T09:56:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![wpgao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8e8cbc/32.png) [@wpgao](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/wpgao)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 9:56am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/clip-the-closed-surface/2653/1 "2018-04-21T09:56:50Z")

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Operating system: win7  
Slicer version:4.8  
Expected behavior:  
Actual behavior:

Hi guys,

How to clip the closed surface?  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/clip-the-closed-surface/2653/2 "2018-04-21T14:16:00Z")

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There are many ways, but probably these two stand out:

1. For free-form, rectangular, or circular cutting of closed surfaces probably the most versatile method is **Scissors effect in Segment Editor**. You need to import the model into a segmentation and when you go to Segment Editor, you need to choose a volume with arbitrary content that defines resolution.

1. For cutting with a plane, you can use **EasyClip** extension. The advantage of this extension compared to the Scissors tool is that Easy Clip is simpler and does not use the intermediate step of resampling the surface on a voxel grid.

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**Author:** ![wpgao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8e8cbc/32.png) [@wpgao](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/wpgao)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/clip-the-closed-surface/2653/3 "2018-04-23T01:14:28Z")

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Hi Lasso,

Thanks for your help!