# Kidney reconstruction

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/kidney-reconstruction/16522>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [March 13, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/kidney-reconstruction/16522 "2021-03-13T13:38:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![11116](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/11116/32/9013_2.png) [@11116](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/11116)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/kidney-reconstruction/16522/1 "2021-03-13T13:38:16Z")

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Operating system:Windows 10  
Slicer version:4.11  
Hi, I use 3d slicer for kidney reconstruction and 3d printing. I want to take a section of the organ and have the inner anatomy of the kidney. Is there a way to do this , or 3d slicer extracts only the contour of the mesh?

Thank you

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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, 4:18am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/kidney-reconstruction/16522/2 "2021-03-14T04:18:46Z")

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You can cut arbitrary sections either in the segmentation (using Segment Editor module) or in the model that you export from the segmentation (using Dynamic Modeler module).