# Is there a way to show existing implants in a 3d model?

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-show-existing-implants-in-a-3d-model/8761>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** dicom\
**Created:** [October 13, 2019, 1:52am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-show-existing-implants-in-a-3d-model/8761 "2019-10-13T01:52:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![icumara](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/icumara/32/4926_2.png) [@icumara](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/icumara)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 1:52am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-show-existing-implants-in-a-3d-model/8761/1 "2019-10-13T01:52:29Z")

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I’m following these instructions:

  
But when I render the skull, the facial implants do not display.

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-show-existing-implants-in-a-3d-model/8761/2 "2019-10-13T13:30:05Z")

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Hi - a couple suggestions:

- search discourse for terms like ‘stl’ and ‘printing’ and you’ll get lots of hits for previous instructions

- if you still have questions, post some screenshots of what kind of implants you are referring to and we can give specific feedback

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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 13, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-show-existing-implants-in-a-3d-model/8761/3 "2019-10-13T13:52:00Z")

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You may also check out these segmentation tutorials, which describe how to create 3D printable STL files from DICOM files: [https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/Training#Segmentation](https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/Training#Segmentation)