A method for planning an orthopedic procedure including positioning a virtual implant component relative to a 3D volume of scan data of a patient is disclosed. The method comprises generating a first and a second 2D view of scan data based on a 3D volume of the scan data, which includes scan data of a bony anatomy of the patient. First positional information for the virtual implant component is defined relative to the first 2D view of scan data. Second positional information for the virtual implant component is defined relative to the second 2D view of scan data. 3D positional information for the virtual implant component relative the 3D volume of scan data is provided based on the first positional information and the second positional information.
