# Save to file

**URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/save-to-file/29472
**Category:** Feature requests
**Created:** [December 22, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/save-to-file/29472 "2023-12-22T00:51:10Z")
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### Author: ![Peter\_Gy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/peter_gy/32/9251_2.png) [@Peter\_Gy](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Peter_Gy)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2023, 9:40am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/save-to-file/29472/2 "2023-12-22T09:40:20Z")

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On a high level, I can only refer you to @Istvan’s answer about this issue earlier:

> [@Shapr3D doesn't integrate into Windows very well](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/shapr3d-doesnt-integrate-into-windows-very-well/24242/21):
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> Hi, no, we will not implement a traditional file based storage for Shapr3D, as the underlying architecture would make it impossible for us to do so. Shapr3D is using a database under the hood that is stored locally on your computer, and the concept of “files” is alien to this system. This has many advantages, eg. you never have to save your designs manually, and data corruption is virtually impossible, you’ll never lose any data, and this solution makes it possible to add collaboration and colla…

Our thinking about this and our plans have not changed since then.

That being said, we could indeed make the very common use cases of transferring exported designs over to CAM and being able to store all data relevant to a project in a single location more convenient. This is something that’s on our mid-term roadmap, but I can’t give you an exact timeline for when we’d get there.

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