# Saving mesh as ASCII with Segment Mesher

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/saving-mesh-as-ascii-with-segment-mesher/34480>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [February 22, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/saving-mesh-as-ascii-with-segment-mesher/34480 "2024-02-22T20:08:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vasko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/48db29/32.png) [@Vasko](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Vasko)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/saving-mesh-as-ascii-with-segment-mesher/34480/1 "2024-02-22T20:08:14Z")

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Hello,

I’ve been using Segment Mesher for creating volumetric mesh of a tooth. The default option for saving the vtk file is **binary**. I saw that there is way to save it as **ASCII** , by deactivating option “Compress”. Unfortunately I can’t find where this option. Nor in segment mesher properties window, nor in the window for saving data. Can You please help me find it. Or, if there is another way, please give me hint how to save it as ASCII.