# Heart segmentation: Creating a Patch to close hole

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/heart-segmentation-creating-a-patch-to-close-hole/5009>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 7, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/heart-segmentation-creating-a-patch-to-close-hole/5009 "2018-12-07T16:28:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![sarvpriya1985](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/sarvpriya1985/32/4094_2.png) [@sarvpriya1985](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/sarvpriya1985)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/heart-segmentation-creating-a-patch-to-close-hole/5009/1 "2018-12-07T16:28:12Z")

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Operating system: windows 10  
Slicer version:4.11  
Expected behavior:  
Actual behaviour:  
Hi all,  
Is there a way to design a patch to close a hole inside heart. I am attaching few screenshots of what I mean. These are taken from 3D matic software. ![Capture2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/7/1/71afb326257311903db6fdd2415cadfc1bdfc900.jpeg) ![Capture3](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/5/6/56e1fc15a6a0ab7e88c47de915a041e6522f8f7a.jpeg)

 ![Capture4](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/c/3/c3d4d905dc11ee90f64aff56da12407d96c1d24a.jpeg)

Thanks,  
Sarv

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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:** [December 7, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/heart-segmentation-creating-a-patch-to-close-hole/5009/2 "2018-12-07T18:19:32Z")

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You can use the Paint, Scissors, or Surface cut effects for this. Surface cut is provided by SegmentEditorExtraEffects extension. Scissors need two steps: first fill the hole (it will not just fill the whole but will create an entire extruded beam) then rotate the view to see the remove the excess region from both sides of the whole.

You can also create a ASD closure device model in a 3D drawing software, import the STL model, and position it with a transform to see how it would fit.

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**Author:** ![sarvpriya1985](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/sarvpriya1985/32/4094_2.png) [@sarvpriya1985](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/sarvpriya1985)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/heart-segmentation-creating-a-patch-to-close-hole/5009/3 "2018-12-07T18:36:36Z")

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Thanks.

Will try so and see if I can do it.

Sarv