# Exporting segmentation problem

**URL:** https://discourse.slicer.org/t/exporting-segmentation-problem/6813
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 16, 2019, 10:20am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/exporting-segmentation-problem/6813 "2019-05-16T10:20:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![David\_M](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/david_m/32/3727_2.png) [@David\_M](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/David_M)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2019, 10:20am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/exporting-segmentation-problem/6813/1 "2019-05-16T10:20:09Z")

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Operating system: windows 7  
Slicer version: 4.10.1  
Expected behavior: Exporting the segmentation I see on the screen  
Actual behavior: Exporting extra volume

Hi, I would like to report this issue, that I can’t fix.

I made a segmentation  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/e/6/e67091d84d7e4a9d53d122bf34f7da0b60b21c6e.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/d/0/d09bdb8f141b01dd8196bd3ee6c787288f783be2.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/7/0/70e4ca840aab84e997fe58a1fb3ea550439124ce.jpeg)  
and this model is empty inside.

But when I export the segmentation  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/6/6/669205c49fe9cabe2028ea55acc5c778a8213d56.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/2/0/2049944186ecd0994d8825e17b3d09025cc60d4a.png)

and I import the exported model as segmentation  
the model is full  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/c/0/c0d5f022d98511ef7fef644ebd651caa624fa4d9.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/c/7/c7c2d31222ad63f415535a159ae5755db9cee81a.png)

How can I fix this?

I even try to modify it again, making the label map end export it again. But that did not work

Thanks in advance for your help

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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: [May 16, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/exporting-segmentation-problem/6813/2 "2019-05-16T15:13:11Z")

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This is a known problem (see [issue in the bugtracker](https://issues.slicer.org/view.php?id=4693)) that affects display of some complex segmentations based on the closed surface representation. So, your segmentation is good, it is just a display issue.

Workaround until the display issue is fixed:

- Go to Segmentations module
- In Representations section, click Create button in “Binary labelmap” row
- In Display / Advanced section, select “Binary labelmap” for “Representation in 2D views”

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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 2, 2021, 3:33am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/exporting-segmentation-problem/6813/5 "2021-07-02T03:33:19Z")

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For anybody who finds this issue - the display issue was fixed some time ago, so workarounds are not needed anymore.