# How to get 'Axes.vtp'?

**URL:** https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-get-axes-vtp/28572
**Category:** Development
**Tags:** python
**Created:** [March 25, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-get-axes-vtp/28572 "2023-03-25T13:50:00Z")
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#### Post date: [March 25, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-get-axes-vtp/28572/1 "2023-03-25T13:50:00Z")

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I want to use the orientation marker ‘Axes.vtp’, but Howto to get the ‘Axes.vtp’?

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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: [March 26, 2023, 3:23am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-get-axes-vtp/28572/2 "2023-03-26T03:23:07Z")

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There is no such thing in Slicer as `Axes.vtp`. The coordinate system axes is a complex object consisting of 3D actors (lines and cones) and 2D actors (labels that always face the camera), therefore it could not be stored in a single 3D polydata file. Instead, this object is generated in code.