# Stack of CT images of 3D printed ABS plastic to FEA

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/stack-of-ct-images-of-3d-printed-abs-plastic-to-fea/13391>\
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**Created:** [September 8, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/stack-of-ct-images-of-3d-printed-abs-plastic-to-fea/13391 "2020-09-08T13:57:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![aandonian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/aandonian/32/3434_2.png) [@aandonian](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/aandonian)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/stack-of-ct-images-of-3d-printed-abs-plastic-to-fea/13391/1 "2020-09-08T13:57:32Z")

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Dear all,

I have 8 tiff files that make up slices of a section of 3D printed ABS plastic. I would like to use the stack of images to create a volume, segment the pores in the plastic, and export for FEA in Abaqus. FEA in Abaqus will be to test the stress and strains of a porous material.

If there is a tutorial on this please let me know.  
Thank you.

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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:** [September 8, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/stack-of-ct-images-of-3d-printed-abs-plastic-to-fea/13391/2 "2020-09-08T18:59:30Z")

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You can create a surface mesh form the images in [Segment Editor module](https://slicer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/image_segmentation.html). Then you can either save the surface mesh as stl/ply/obj and create the volumetric mesh in other software; or create a volumetric mesh using [Segment Mesher extension](https://github.com/lassoan/SlicerSegmentMesher#segment-mesher-extension) and import the volumetric mesh from vtk or vtu format.