# Keep DICOM coordinate system when exporting segmentation

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/keep-dicom-coordinate-system-when-exporting-segmentation/16533>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** segmentation\
**Created:** [March 14, 2021, 8:31am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/keep-dicom-coordinate-system-when-exporting-segmentation/16533 "2021-03-14T08:31:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Oliver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/85f322/32.png) [@Oliver](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Oliver)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2021, 8:31am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/keep-dicom-coordinate-system-when-exporting-segmentation/16533/1 "2021-03-14T08:31:40Z")

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Hey there, is it possible to keep the coordinates of the dicom when exporting an stl, generated in slicer?

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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 14, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/keep-dicom-coordinate-system-when-exporting-segmentation/16533/2 "2021-03-14T14:08:55Z")

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DICOM coordinates are used by default when you export to file (using LPS coordinate system and 1.0 size scale).