# Segmentation Editor - How to disable painting on adjacent slices?

**URL:** https://discourse.slicer.org/t/segmentation-editor-how-to-disable-painting-on-adjacent-slices/1459
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** segmentation, faq
**Created:** [November 14, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/segmentation-editor-how-to-disable-painting-on-adjacent-slices/1459 "2017-11-14T22:00:02Z")
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### Author: ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2017, 11:31pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/segmentation-editor-how-to-disable-painting-on-adjacent-slices/1459/4 "2017-11-14T23:31:34Z")

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If the acquisition was tilted you may need to rotate to volume plane (click the “pushpin” icon in the top-left corner of the slice view, then click the double-arrow button on the left, then the “Rotate to volume plane” icon appears):

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/5/7/575732a3e977d253c956c444120242955ce37a37.jpeg)

Here’s an example drawing on the original slice (patient space)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/e/e/ee6244f649d4f68c2cd1a14c4e489972a0a5755e.jpeg)

And here the paint stroke on the right is after rotating the red slice into the acquisition plane and only one plane is painted in the other views.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/2/7/27e575499b56b012ea2cc088c24f38cb43202281.jpeg)

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