# Select output directory for series without namesgenerator

**URL:** https://discourse.itk.org/t/select-output-directory-for-series-without-namesgenerator/4864
**Category:** Beginner Questions
**Created:** [March 15, 2022, 1:19am UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/select-output-directory-for-series-without-namesgenerator/4864 "2022-03-15T01:19:14Z")
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### Author: ![Oddone-Scatena](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/oddone-scatena/32/2651_2.png) [@Oddone-Scatena](https://discourse.itk.org/u/Oddone-Scatena)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2022, 1:19am UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/select-output-directory-for-series-without-namesgenerator/4864/1 "2022-03-15T01:19:14Z")

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How to chose the output directory to save the files from dicom series writer (2D) if I am reading from a volume 3D?I am not using not using namesgenerator but numericseriesfilenames to generate the file names for my series.

Thanks!

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### Author: ![dzenanz](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/dzenanz/32/1093_2.png) [@dzenanz](https://discourse.itk.org/u/dzenanz)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/select-output-directory-for-series-without-namesgenerator/4864/2 "2022-03-15T17:19:30Z")

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Two options:

1. change current working directory.
2. put the path into the filename pattern, e.g. `C:/path/to/image%03d.dcm`.