# How to get the RAS coordinates for the fiducials

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-get-the-ras-coordinates-for-the-fiducials/8872>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 23, 2019, 6:34am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-get-the-ras-coordinates-for-the-fiducials/8872 "2019-10-23T06:34:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Saima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Saima](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Saima)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 6:34am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-get-the-ras-coordinates-for-the-fiducials/8872/1 "2019-10-23T06:34:19Z")

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How to get the right coordinates for the data points.

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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:** [October 23, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-get-the-ras-coordinates-for-the-fiducials/8872/2 "2019-10-23T13:31:21Z")

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You can get markups fiducial point positions by calling `GetNthFiducialPosition` method. See many examples in [script repository](https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/ScriptRepository).

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**Author:** ![Saima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Saima](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Saima)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 7:33am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-get-the-ras-coordinates-for-the-fiducials/8872/3 "2019-10-24T07:33:49Z")

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Hi Andras,  
How can I get the fiducials inside the box. Why they are outside

Thank you

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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:** [October 24, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-get-the-ras-coordinates-for-the-fiducials/8872/4 "2019-10-24T15:22:35Z")

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Click the small box icon (“Center the 3D view on the scene”) in the top-left corner of the slice view to reset the box boundaries to current view content.