# Dividing one segment into several different segments in the same segmentation

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dividing-one-segment-into-several-different-segments-in-the-same-segmentation/8140>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [August 23, 2019, 1:22am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dividing-one-segment-into-several-different-segments-in-the-same-segmentation/8140 "2019-08-23T01:22:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![stl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@stl](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/stl)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 1:22am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dividing-one-segment-into-several-different-segments-in-the-same-segmentation/8140/1 "2019-08-23T01:22:31Z")

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Hi,

I have segmented a bone and I would like to split the segment into several different segments with different names in the same segmentation. 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:** [August 23, 2019, 3:45am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dividing-one-segment-into-several-different-segments-in-the-same-segmentation/8140/2 "2019-08-23T03:45:00Z")

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This segmentation recipe should help: [https://lassoan.github.io/SlicerSegmentationRecipes/Craniotomy/](https://lassoan.github.io/SlicerSegmentationRecipes/Craniotomy/)

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**Author:** ![stl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@stl](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/stl)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dividing-one-segment-into-several-different-segments-in-the-same-segmentation/8140/3 "2019-08-23T18:24:54Z")

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Worked beautifully! thank you!

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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:** [November 1, 2019, 11:23am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dividing-one-segment-into-several-different-segments-in-the-same-segmentation/8140/4 "2019-11-01T11:23:19Z")

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A post was merged into an existing topic: [Threshold range in 3D Slicer is [0, 99]](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/threshold-range-in-3d-slicer-is-0-99/7760/8)