# How to make the image load with the new default axis position

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-make-the-image-load-with-the-new-default-axis-position/20818>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** dicom\
**Created:** [November 28, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-make-the-image-load-with-the-new-default-axis-position/20818 "2021-11-28T14:51:03Z")\
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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 29, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-make-the-image-load-with-the-new-default-axis-position/20818/5 "2021-11-29T15:21:02Z")

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The feature of allowing automatic alignment of slice views to image axes was added because most people came to Slicer from using 2D image viewers and they did not understand what was happening to their images. For users who understand the concept of reformatted views and prefer to work in anatomical orientations, the automatic alignment feature [can be disabled by right-clicking in the subject hierarchy tree](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slice-view-orientation-of-oblique-rotated-volumes-aligned-to-volume-or-anatomical-axes/20092/2).

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