# Export colorized volume to .gltf

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/export-colorized-volume-to-gltf/37915>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** segmentation\
**Created:** [August 16, 2024, 12:02pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/export-colorized-volume-to-gltf/37915 "2024-08-16T12:02:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![cpinter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/cpinter/32/7995_2.png) [@cpinter](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/cpinter)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 10:30am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/export-colorized-volume-to-gltf/37915/9 "2024-09-17T10:30:20Z")

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You cannot save a volume rendering, colorized or not. It is just a visual representation of volumetric data. I suggest reading this thread where this was discussed in detail:

> [@Save volume rendering as STL file](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/save-volume-rendering-as-stl-file/524):
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> Hello, I am a new user on 3D slicer. I was using the display preset feature under volume rendering, and I was wondering if there is a way to save what I was viewing as an .stl or 3D printable file. For example, I was viewing a sample MRI using the CT-cardiac3 preset display. When I tried to save that specific 3D preset displayed sample in a .stl file, the option was unavailable. I was only able to see .vp (volume property), .txt formats. Is there a way to accomplish what I desire in 3D slic…

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