# Exporting volume (3D texture)?

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/exporting-volume-3d-texture/1103>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 22, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/exporting-volume-3d-texture/1103 "2017-09-22T13:30:33Z")\
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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 22, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/exporting-volume-3d-texture/1103/4 "2017-09-22T15:05:31Z")

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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](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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