# Missing dots when drawing

**URL:** https://discourse.slicer.org/t/missing-dots-when-drawing/25675
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 13, 2022, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/missing-dots-when-drawing/25675 "2022-10-13T11:43:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![Leonie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@Leonie](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Leonie)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2022, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/missing-dots-when-drawing/25675/1 "2022-10-13T11:43:49Z")

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Slicer version: Slicer 5.0.3

I have a problem with the drawing function in the segment editor. I wanted to calculate the area of fat, muscle and bone by marking them and then use the tool “segment statistics”. But somehow there are some pointed lines appearing (see following picture), and I don’t know how to get rid of them.

 ![3dslicer](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/6/7/6701001d29818f42412acce5686ef28b2cce6e45.png)

Maybe someone has an idea how to deal with this…

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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 21, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/missing-dots-when-drawing/25675/2 "2022-10-21T03:16:45Z")

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The lines indicate that the slice view is not parallel with the segmentation’s axes. See more details [here](https://lassoan.github.io/SlicerSegmentationRecipes/ObliqueSliceSegmentation/).