# I need to find my cranium!

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/i-need-to-find-my-cranium/10592>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [March 8, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/i-need-to-find-my-cranium/10592 "2020-03-08T20:56:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![JFK\_Numbers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@JFK\_Numbers](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/JFK_Numbers)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/i-need-to-find-my-cranium/10592/1 "2020-03-08T20:56:20Z")

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Hello all:

This is not a question about 3D Slicer (many of those will be posted later). I have tried all over forumland. In short, I need to convert any of my 4 cranium models to a file format suitable for Finite Element Analysis.

The following videos in my YouTube channel will illustrate what I am pursuing.

[Back Shot and Fatal Shot to Kennedy](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLof8jFzqbDPK8OH2ix3yVUO2fm67yonGN)

-Ramon F. Herrera  
**JFK Numbers**  
[ramon@jfknumbers.org](mailto:ramon@jfknumbers.org)

 ![Clean White](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/e/3/e3b077bb8cf413b06f9f916327db5c22b3645552.jpeg)  
 ![From Behind](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/8/1/8120fe2c5dd5a3c6806d34be439a8e2f6e9772e1.jpeg)  
 ![Multi-Format Cranium](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/8/3/837ecdc4ee4b1e22176073a625f06557b2f6f1aa.jpeg)  
 ![BU-Cranium-Model](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/9/b/9b788a17a9cbb376670b031b97ff6f996ace8fa9.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![manjula](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/manjula/32/80981_2.png) [@manjula](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/manjula)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/i-need-to-find-my-cranium/10592/2 "2020-03-08T21:02:26Z")

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If i understand your question correctly, you can segment the area you want in segment editor module.  
Then use the segment mesher module via extension manager to create a mesh suitable for FEM with Cleaver2 or TetGen.