# Need to change orientation marker (eg human figure) relative to volume

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/need-to-change-orientation-marker-eg-human-figure-relative-to-volume/10622>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [March 10, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/need-to-change-orientation-marker-eg-human-figure-relative-to-volume/10622 "2020-03-10T19:46:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joshua\_Broder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecccb3/32.png) [@Joshua\_Broder](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Joshua_Broder)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/need-to-change-orientation-marker-eg-human-figure-relative-to-volume/10622/1 "2020-03-10T19:46:01Z")

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Operating system: Windows  
Slicer version: 4.11.0-2020-02-20  
Expected behavior: I need to rotate the human figure orientation marker to match the orientation of my image volume.  
Actual behavior: Currently, the orientation of the marker is not synchronized to the volume orientation. Can this be specified in the scene view or other default file? My letter coordinates are correct, but I would like to use the intuitive human body image.

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**Author:** ![Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@Juicy](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Juicy)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 7:35am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/need-to-change-orientation-marker-eg-human-figure-relative-to-volume/10622/2 "2020-03-11T07:35:23Z")

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The human marker should be oriented correctly in 3d space and should match the letter coordinates. If there is a mismatch then it is more likely that the volume has not loaded in the correct orientation. Has the volume been loaded from a DICOM file?

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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 11, 2020, 12:03pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/need-to-change-orientation-marker-eg-human-figure-relative-to-volume/10622/3 "2020-03-11T12:03:43Z")

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> [@Juicy](#):
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> volume has not loaded in the correct orientation

Fully agree. You need to reorient your volume using Transforms module.

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**Author:** ![Joshua\_Broder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecccb3/32.png) [@Joshua\_Broder](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Joshua_Broder)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/need-to-change-orientation-marker-eg-human-figure-relative-to-volume/10622/4 "2020-03-11T19:57:55Z")

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Thanks for responses. I was able to achieve the desired effect using the Transforms module. The volumes we are loading are of our own making, reconstructed from 2D ultrasound images. Perhaps you can clarify – where in the .mrml (or elsewhere) is the orientation specified? I understand how to encode the letters for the axes, but how is the default orientation of the volume relative to the orientation graphic determined?