# Newbie question - combining segmentations

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/newbie-question-combining-segmentations/12638>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 20, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/newbie-question-combining-segmentations/12638 "2020-07-20T13:03:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jaswant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@Jaswant](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Jaswant)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/newbie-question-combining-segmentations/12638/1 "2020-07-20T13:03:46Z")

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I have two summer students who are working with same CT contrast DICOM volume of a dog. They copied the same original 3D slicer data directory but worked independently on their laptops to segment forelimb structures (one student) and thoracic organs (second student). We will now like to combine all segmentations into a single project. Please point us to “How to…” for this purpose.

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**Author:** ![Sunderlandkyl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/sunderlandkyl/32/79987_2.png) [@Sunderlandkyl](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Sunderlandkyl)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/newbie-question-combining-segmentations/12638/2 "2020-07-20T13:56:17Z")

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If you save the segmentation as a seg.nrrd you can import both into the same Slicer scene:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/3/a/3a68be47fb783f4d3e2826b7740e9ff32197fc64.png)

If you would them to be combined, you can move segments from one segmentation to another in the same scene using the “Copy/move segments” section of the Segmentations module:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/9/f/9f721eb80222b691dcec71b896ff7bae70ad50f7.png)

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**Author:** ![Jaswant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@Jaswant](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Jaswant)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/newbie-question-combining-segmentations/12638/3 "2020-07-20T18:36:27Z")

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Thank you Sunderlandkyl. That will be a perfect solution. Both segmentations are saved as as “\*.seg.nrrd” files. How do import them in the scene? Can I simply copy-paste the file from one directory to another one. Thanks

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**Author:** ![Sunderlandkyl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/sunderlandkyl/32/79987_2.png) [@Sunderlandkyl](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Sunderlandkyl)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/newbie-question-combining-segmentations/12638/4 "2020-07-20T18:51:54Z")

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You can drag and drop the seg.nrrd files into Slicer.

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**Author:** ![Jaswant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@Jaswant](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Jaswant)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/newbie-question-combining-segmentations/12638/5 "2020-07-20T22:25:44Z")

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Thank you. That worked perfect!