# How to get an artery from a curve

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-get-an-artery-from-a-curve/14964>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** segmentation\
**Created:** [December 9, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-get-an-artery-from-a-curve/14964 "2020-12-09T13:51:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![slicer365](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/slicer365/32/67549_2.png) [@slicer365](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/slicer365)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-get-an-artery-from-a-curve/14964/1 "2020-12-09T13:51:06Z")

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If this curve is the center line of a blood vessel or tube, I know the diameter and how to create a blood vessel or tube. What I mean is how to use the center line to get a solid tube model.

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**Author:** ![chir.set](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/chir.set/32/66982_2.png) [@chir.set](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/chir.set)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-get-an-artery-from-a-curve/14964/2 "2020-12-09T15:16:33Z")

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You may use Draw Tube effect.

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