Exporting the part

A part is exported from the top bar. The fixed leaf goes out as STEP for other CAD tools and as STL for printing.

In the viewport

1. With hinge-leaf-fixed.part.js open, click Export (the download icon at the right end of the top bar). The menu lists the scene's solids with a thumbnail; a part has one.

   

2. Click the solid. The export dialog opens.

3. Choose STEP to keep exact geometry and the part's name, STL for a mesh (pick a Resolution; STL is written in millimetres by default since slicers expect that), or PNG for a picture from a chosen view. Tick Colors to keep any color() you applied.

4. Click Export. The file downloads through the browser.

The same dialog is reachable from the Shapes panel: hover the solid's row and choose Export from its menu.

From the terminal

The export commands need no browser for STEP and STL:

npx fluidcad export step -e hinge-leaf-fixed.part.js -o out/fixed-leaf.step
npx fluidcad export stl  -e hinge-leaf-fixed.part.js --resolution fine

See Export for the assembly export and the CLI Reference for every flag.

Next: Inserting the part into an assembly.