# How to edit an STL file using Segment Editor

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-edit-an-stl-file-using-segment-editor/17559>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** segmentation\
**Created:** [May 3, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-edit-an-stl-file-using-segment-editor/17559 "2021-05-03T20:20:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![muratmaga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/muratmaga/32/3622_2.png) [@muratmaga](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/muratmaga)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-edit-an-stl-file-using-segment-editor/17559/13 "2022-10-31T23:37:54Z")

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Right click on the stl object in the Data module and choose “convert model to Segmentation node”

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