# Scan naive rotation

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/scan-naive-rotation/44205>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [August 26, 2025, 10:36am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/scan-naive-rotation/44205 "2025-08-26T10:36:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shirly\_Someck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/shirly_someck/32/77978_2.png) [@Shirly\_Someck](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Shirly_Someck)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 10:36am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/scan-naive-rotation/44205/1 "2025-08-26T10:36:55Z")

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Hi,

I want to rotate a scan in a naive way, like this button in word

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/a/8/a8d5fbc598bef4521cf4a0341b723600965bb789.png)

for example, turn this:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/6/9/69588d1992f091f39ebd74c1775796c18404b717.jpeg)

into:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/1/c/1cc45b70b8ea7083adf67e5ce2f1901c18bd6522.jpeg)

Shift didn’t work…

Thanks in advance!

Shirly

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**Author:** ![muratmaga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/muratmaga/32/3622_2.png) [@muratmaga](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/muratmaga)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/scan-naive-rotation/44205/2 "2025-08-26T13:39:34Z")

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Go to Data module. Right click on the visibility (eye) icon of your volume, and choose “Enable Interactions”. Then use widgets that appear in slice views to arbitrarily rotate your volume.

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**Author:** ![Shirly\_Someck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/shirly_someck/32/77978_2.png) [@Shirly\_Someck](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Shirly_Someck)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 9:04am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/scan-naive-rotation/44205/3 "2025-08-28T09:04:04Z")

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Thanks for your response, however I was looking for rotation of the view, not of the volume.

Specifically, I am interested in rotating the axial slice view only, similarly to the function of panning by clicking on the mouse wheel. Is there a way to do that?

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**Author:** ![muratmaga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/muratmaga/32/3622_2.png) [@muratmaga](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/muratmaga)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 9:52am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/scan-naive-rotation/44205/4 "2025-08-28T09:52:00Z")

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See user manual on 2d view specifically reformat widget.

> **[User Interface — 3D Slicer documentation](https://slicer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/user_interface.html#slice-view)**

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**Author:** ![Shirly\_Someck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/shirly_someck/32/77978_2.png) [@Shirly\_Someck](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Shirly_Someck)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/scan-naive-rotation/44205/5 "2025-08-31T14:04:02Z")

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Thanks, I am familiar with the reformat widget, it is not quite what I am looking for.

I don’t wish to change the slice plane, only to spin the existing view in the same plane

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**Author:** ![muratmaga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/muratmaga/32/3622_2.png) [@muratmaga](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/muratmaga)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/scan-naive-rotation/44205/6 "2025-09-01T11:40:33Z")

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Don’t think that’s possible for 2D views without the use of the reformat widget and/or transforms.

The closest I can think of is to enable the slice view in 3D viewer, and then use the CMD/ALT (mac/windows) click to rotate the view in plane.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/d/a/da6c0eb5d4035396f80e20a2912d26499b87433d.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Shirly\_Someck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/shirly_someck/32/77978_2.png) [@Shirly\_Someck](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Shirly_Someck)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/scan-naive-rotation/44205/7 "2025-09-08T15:22:14Z")

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ok, thanks, I tried to test what you suggested but ALT doesn’t seem to have any effect..

I’m using slicer 5.8.1 on a windows

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**Author:** ![muratmaga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/muratmaga/32/3622_2.png) [@muratmaga](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/muratmaga)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/scan-naive-rotation/44205/8 "2025-09-08T15:32:34Z")

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Sorry it seems CTRL on windows. See the keyboard shortcuts:

> **[User Interface — 3D Slicer documentation](https://slicer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/user_interface.html#d-views)**