# Connect slicer with blender

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/connect-slicer-with-blender/43638>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 8, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/connect-slicer-with-blender/43638 "2025-07-08T01:25:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Estherphan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/50afbb/32.png) [@Estherphan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Estherphan)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/connect-slicer-with-blender/43638/1 "2025-07-08T01:25:38Z")

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Hello, everyone. I’m new to using Slicer. Right now, I need to design a surgical guide for implant placement, but I can’t link Slicer with Blender. Could anyone please help me?Thanks

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**Author:** ![muratmaga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/muratmaga/32/3622_2.png) [@muratmaga](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/muratmaga)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/connect-slicer-with-blender/43638/2 "2025-07-08T02:44:46Z")

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There is this thread and tool for a quite old (v4.11) version of slicer. You may want to download those older executables and give it a try:

> **[GitHub - dentsoft-foundation/openPlan: openPlan is a comprehensive solution for object...](https://github.com/dentsoft-foundation/openPlan)**
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> openPlan is a comprehensive solution for object linking and medical imaging visualization between Blender and 3D Slicer.

> [@3D Slicer linked to Blender](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/3d-slicer-linked-to-blender/29213/5):
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> I use Blender for animations and print-resolution renderings. Right now my workflow is to segment, create models, export as PLY, import to blender, surface, and render. I’ve thought that the segment → blender step is currently a bottleneck (for me, at least); it would be nice to have some way of passing models easily to Blender. Just a thought.