# Export multiple individual segment .stl files from one segmented nii.gz file using python script

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**Created:** [January 27, 2021, 3:36am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/export-multiple-individual-segment-stl-files-from-one-segmented-nii-gz-file-using-python-script/15687 "2021-01-27T03:36:57Z")\
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Yes, you can save segmentations to all these formats. You can find more examples in this forum, for example:

> [@Exporting Segment as OBJ through Python](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/exporting-segment-as-obj-through-python/10802/7):
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> To get help on how to use a method, use help method in the Python interactor: \>\>\> help(slicer.vtkSlicerSegmentationsModuleLogic.ExportSegmentsClosedSurfaceRepresentationToFiles) Help on method\_descriptor: ExportSegmentsClosedSurfaceRepresentationToFiles(...) V.ExportSegmentsClosedSurfaceRepresentationToFiles(string, vtkMRMLSegmentationNode, vtkStringArray, string, bool, float, bool) -\> bool C++: static bool ExportSegmentsClosedSurfaceRepresentationToFiles( std::…

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