# Creating 2D mesh from 2D image

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/creating-2d-mesh-from-2d-image/3465>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 12, 2018, 2:26am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/creating-2d-mesh-from-2d-image/3465 "2018-07-12T02:26:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joseph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dc4da7/32.png) [@Joseph](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Joseph)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 2:26am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/creating-2d-mesh-from-2d-image/3465/1 "2018-07-12T02:26:14Z")

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From what I can tell, Slicer is used to generate a 3d mesh from 2d images. However, I simply want to segment a 2d image and then create a 2d mesh in order to do a 2d finite element analysis using FEA software. Is this possible?

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:** [July 12, 2018, 2:40am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/creating-2d-mesh-from-2d-image/3465/2 "2018-07-12T02:40:13Z")

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You can have single-slice image, which is essentially a 2D image. You should be able to segment the image, too. However, I think you would need to write some custom Python script to generate 2D mesh, using VTK filters (e.g. Delaunay triangulation).