# Remaking transform module

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/remaking-transform-module/34541>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [February 26, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/remaking-transform-module/34541 "2024-02-26T12:27:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mohammed\_alshakhas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/mohammed_alshakhas/32/10025_2.png) [@mohammed\_alshakhas](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/mohammed_alshakhas)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/remaking-transform-module/34541/1 "2024-02-26T12:27:44Z")

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i wish the transform model would adopt the same improvement in interacting with markups as in the screenshot. The way transform module operation is not helpful at all.

 ![Screenshot 2024-02-26 at 15.25.47](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/8/9/89295c7ea236cc3640f8a2b1212f6be59ad01348.jpeg)

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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:** [February 26, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/remaking-transform-module/34541/2 "2024-02-26T13:59:54Z")

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Transforms module was already very helpful as it was - probably you meant that in your specific workflow you would also want to have visual editing of transforms. The good news is that @sunderlandkyl has already implemented it. You can edit transforms (and therefore move/rotate/scale any node) using the same handles as you use for moving around markups. We just wanted a few more touchups before announcing the feature, but it is already available in recent Slicer Preview Releases.

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**Author:** ![mohammed\_alshakhas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/mohammed_alshakhas/32/10025_2.png) [@mohammed\_alshakhas](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/mohammed_alshakhas)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/remaking-transform-module/34541/3 "2024-02-27T16:00:06Z")

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of course, that is what I meant. i can only speak for my purposes  
my main issues with it were  
1 rotational movement was and still is confusing to me, axial rotational movement for example ends up in a sagittal direction and such.  
2 if I needed to modify a linear transform it would go back to the initial, not from the last position. which I wouldn’t say I liked to deal with. Sometimes I need to tweak the transformation a bit. but I had to repeat the whole transformation. for my purposes, it’s not a simple process to get position to where I want since I do complex head positioning  
3 some rotation movement has an origin that’s not at center of volume