# Import and export selected bodies only

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-and-export-selected-bodies-only/5167>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [July 17, 2019, 2:45am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-and-export-selected-bodies-only/5167 "2019-07-17T02:45:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 14\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![gtrst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@gtrst](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/gtrst)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 2:45am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-and-export-selected-bodies-only/5167/1 "2019-07-17T02:45:32Z")

</div>

Hi,

I’m trying to export/import a few select bodies from a design, and so far all of the bodies are being saved when importing/exporting. Is it possible to import/export only the highlighted bodies and drawings? (I’ve been using STEP file extension.)

Thanks.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Zoli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/zoli/32/592_2.png) [@Zoli](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Zoli)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 6:36am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-and-export-selected-bodies-only/5167/2 "2019-07-17T06:36:03Z")

</div>

1. Exported items are based on visibility - all visible items in your design are exported, while all hidden are excluded by default
2. Our STEP export output contains bodies only (no sketches)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Solo-with-others](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/solo-with-others/32/4094_2.png) [@Solo-with-others](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Solo-with-others)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-and-export-selected-bodies-only/5167/3 "2019-07-18T13:10:24Z")

</div>

A “hide all” button would be handy for this.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![J.L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@J.L](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/J.L)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-and-export-selected-bodies-only/5167/4 "2019-07-19T19:01:18Z")

</div>

A Hide function with maybe also with the option:

Hide \> Active  
Hide \> Inactive

This would make it super fast to chose what to export.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Gelphyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gelphyn](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Gelphyn)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-and-export-selected-bodies-only/5167/5 "2019-07-19T21:01:04Z")

</div>

The facility to Hide and Unhide is already present, took for the ‘Eye’ Icon, clicking on it will change it’s state:-

Now you see it:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/1/1c8c4afbbab73827250a0c22803bf2d6948d7872.png)

Now you don’t:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/3/366a6210d866bc590feb01ecc7a68993a16e9104.png)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Solo-with-others](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/solo-with-others/32/4094_2.png) [@Solo-with-others](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Solo-with-others)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 11:22pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-and-export-selected-bodies-only/5167/6 "2019-07-20T23:22:39Z")

</div>

Yes, but it could require hundreds of touches to accomplish hiding all but the one body one may desire to export. Some smarts in the selection process would be useful.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Gelphyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gelphyn](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Gelphyn)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2019, 2:38am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-and-export-selected-bodies-only/5167/7 "2019-07-21T02:38:31Z")

</div>

Shapr3D [S3D] requires organised use.  
The MO at present is to use **Items**![Untitled%204](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/c/c6485c70e65ebda4a7eba85d273c0f7bca96ae12.png) to place appropriate **Groups of Bodies** into Folders so that Hiding and Unhiding can be achieved more efficiently.  
Folders can be Nested enabling Assemblies of Bodies within the Total Grouping to be Switched with a single click.  
Selecting all the Bodies required and then **Adding a Folder**![Add%20Folder](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/4/4d23c50b06ff02f98c3f76860cd6ec10614aeec1.png) \> optionally **Naming** it \> clicking ![Show-Expand](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/e/e93ddb7c8ec5a9d88ea148860c33edd6b90ee2e5.png) \> selecting ![More](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/4/486e2303474c695974ebe1ad718befb970775b6c.png) [bottom right] \> click **Move selected here…**  
Possibly harder to read than to do? However that is what we have to work with at present and this is unlikely to change until the move to iPadOS occurs. You may already be aware that iPadOS seems destined to improve File Handling on the iPad and the S3D Team will doubtless take advantage of all improvements.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Gelphyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gelphyn](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Gelphyn)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2019, 2:51am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-and-export-selected-bodies-only/5167/8 "2019-07-21T02:51:56Z")

</div>

Correction to the above:

> selecting ![More](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/4/486e2303474c695974ebe1ad718befb970775b6c.png) [bottom right] \>

should be:

> selecting ![More](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/4/486e2303474c695974ebe1ad718befb970775b6c.png) [bottom **left**] \>  
> Sorry for the confusion.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Solo-with-others](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/solo-with-others/32/4094_2.png) [@Solo-with-others](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Solo-with-others)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-and-export-selected-bodies-only/5167/9 "2019-07-22T13:30:24Z")

</div>

Selecting all and then selectively deselecting is part and parcel of “organized use” whether is is selectively printing or selectively including or excluding from a folder.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Fedaru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Fedaru](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Fedaru)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 3:05am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-and-export-selected-bodies-only/5167/10 "2022-07-19T03:05:38Z")

</div>

Hi. What if the eye isnt working? im exporting stl low quality. i want to export just the collar of a handle to investigate it.but when i freeze the other bodies using eye, all parts are exported and are greyed out in slicer(unprintable).

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![KPeter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/kpeter/32/7644_2.png) [@KPeter](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/KPeter)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 5:54am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-and-export-selected-bodies-only/5167/11 "2022-07-19T05:54:54Z")

</div>

Can you please give us some more info? The version of Shapr3D you are using and some screenshots from the export settings and the slicer would help a lot.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Fedaru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Fedaru](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Fedaru)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-and-export-selected-bodies-only/5167/12 "2022-07-19T22:52:53Z")

</div>

For instance, here is pic of combination tray design.  
here is my App Version:5.172.3586.0 #a4d697a8.  
When attempting to export an individual layer, by eye freeze, all components export. Here is shot of components frozen before export attempt.  
And here is pic of resulting export .stl, opened in slicer.

(pics wont post)  
All components export, even when target component is isolated as well.

thx for reply

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Laci\_K](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/laci_k/32/8196_2.png) [@Laci\_K](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Laci_K)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 9:11am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-and-export-selected-bodies-only/5167/13 "2022-07-20T09:11:33Z")

</div>

Hi,

Fix is in progress, will go out with the next release (early next week), thanks for the patience!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Jason42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Jason42](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Jason42)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 2:40am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-and-export-selected-bodies-only/5167/14 "2023-05-10T02:40:08Z")

</div>

I agree that toggling visibility is still too much work and friction. What would be wrong with a simple “export selected” function?