# How to export a curve made with MarkupstoModel as STL?

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-export-a-curve-made-with-markupstomodel-as-stl/26424>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [November 24, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-export-a-curve-made-with-markupstomodel-as-stl/26424 "2022-11-24T14:23:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![billy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@billy](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/billy)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-export-a-curve-made-with-markupstomodel-as-stl/26424/1 "2022-11-24T14:23:21Z")

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I need to make a model of a nerve which I successfully did using MarkupsToModel in slicer but I need to be able to export this tube as an STL… is this possible? If not I need to find a new way to segment the nerve.

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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:** [November 24, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-export-a-curve-made-with-markupstomodel-as-stl/26424/2 "2022-11-24T14:27:17Z")

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MarkupsToModel output models are surface meshes that you can directly [save](https://slicer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/data_loading_and_saving.html#save-data) or [export](https://slicer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/data_loading_and_saving.html#export-data) to STL file.

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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:** [January 4, 2024, 4:13am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-export-a-curve-made-with-markupstomodel-as-stl/26424/3 "2024-01-04T04:13:20Z")

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2 posts were split to a new topic: [Create a plane or curved surface and save as STL](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/create-a-plane-or-curved-surface-and-save-as-stl/33614)