# Why when adding point using Pick'n paint module it add too many points?

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**Created:** [May 21, 2022, 8:16am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/why-when-adding-point-using-pickn-paint-module-it-add-too-many-points/23516 "2022-05-21T08:16:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/why-when-adding-point-using-pickn-paint-module-it-add-too-many-points/23516/2 "2022-05-21T13:51:24Z")

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Probably this module has not been updated to work with recent Slicer versions.

In latest Slicer versions, the `Dynamic Modeler` module has a new tool `Select by points`, which can be used instead of Pick and Paint:

> [@New Dynamic Modeler Tool: Select by Points](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/new-dynamic-modeler-tool-select-by-points/22165):
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> [[Select By Points Tool, Dynamic Modeler, 3D Slicer] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Klsi6x3F5D4) Select by points tool is available on the Dynamic Modeler module since end of October 2021 Slicer Preview Release This tools allows you to create 2 types of output models from an input model, a fiducial list, a selection-distance and a selection-algorithm. One of the possible outputs is copy of the input model with selection scalars (unselected=0, selected=1) according to the selection-algorithm and selection-distance using the f…

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