# Keep position and orientation of segmentation when saving

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/keep-position-and-orientation-of-segmentation-when-saving/963>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** segmentation, transforms\
**Created:** [August 29, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/keep-position-and-orientation-of-segmentation-when-saving/963 "2017-08-29T13:36:50Z")\
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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:** [August 30, 2017, 11:23am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/keep-position-and-orientation-of-segmentation-when-saving/963/4 "2017-08-30T11:23:13Z")

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STL files cannot store in a standard way what unit and coordinate system is used and each software use different conventions. Following the solution described in this topic will most likely resolve the inconsistency for you:

[https://discourse.slicer.org/t/misalignment-visualization-problem/821/2](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/misalignment-visualization-problem/821/2)

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