# Mesh extraction

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/mesh-extraction/1195>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 7, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/mesh-extraction/1195 "2017-10-07T14:15:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Patrick\_Braga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/patrick_braga/32/718_2.png) [@Patrick\_Braga](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Patrick_Braga)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/mesh-extraction/1195/1 "2017-10-07T14:15:07Z")

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Hi folks,

I´ve been trying to separate parts of the head to use on Maya software for medicine purposes. The thing is that  
I would like to separate the skin from the bones and export every part separately to further work on Maya and  
I am unable to do it just using the volumetric rendering settings.

Does anyone knows how I can achieve that please?

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**Author:** ![ihnorton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/ihnorton/32/9_2.png) [@ihnorton](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/ihnorton)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/mesh-extraction/1195/2 "2017-10-07T14:15:44Z")

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Please see

> [@Save volume rendering as STL file](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/save-volume-rendering-as-stl-file/524/2):
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> Volume rendering is just a display technique - to get an STL file you need to segment the volume using Segment Editor module. Tutorial: [https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/4.6/Training#Segmentation\_for\_3D\_printing](https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/4.6/Training#Segmentation_for_3D_printing) Reference: [http://slicer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user\_guide/module\_segmenteditor.html](http://slicer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/module_segmenteditor.html)