Exporting volume (3D texture)?

[cpinter (Csaba Pinter)]

Volume rendering is only a visualization technique. There is no way to “export” volume rendering, because it is created directly from the CT volume and a transfer function determining the colors and opacities for the density values in the CT voxels. Read more here

Save volume rendering as STL file

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…