Hi Andras, I had ignored this for a bit but eventually got back to it. Your advice pointed me in the right direction and I was successfully able to orient them.
To your second suggestion, we use Slicer a fair bit and I have been personally doing so extensively for many years. Thanks for the incredible work that has enabled a ton of reasearch. This particular project called for a bespoke solution so building off old code/examples was the way to go.
Thanks again!