# Export vtkImageSlice to .obj file

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/export-vtkimageslice-to-obj-file/5959
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 8, 2021, 10:46am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/export-vtkimageslice-to-obj-file/5959 "2021-06-08T10:46:09Z")
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### Author: ![Sebastien\_Jourdain](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/sebastien_jourdain/32/100_2.png) [@Sebastien\_Jourdain](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Sebastien_Jourdain)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/export-vtkimageslice-to-obj-file/5959/2 "2021-06-08T13:49:26Z")

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You need to create a mesh by running the Slice (vtkCutter + vtkPlane) filter rather than a mapper that will extract a slice from the original Volume for at the rendering level.

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