Exporter

The Exporter plugin brings a complete set of export nodes to the BeeGraphy Editor, allowing you to turn your parametric models into files for printing, CAD, rendering or sharing. Rather than building your geometry and then shifting it through external tools, you can attach an exporter directly to any result in your graph and configure the output from within the same visual environment.

All export nodes appear in the Export group in the editor menu and support the standard BeeGraphy input–result workflow: connect a geometry, text or data source on the left, tweak the export-specific settings, and receive a downloadable file at the right.

Main node groups

Geometry exporters

The core of the package: nodes that convert BeeGraphy geometry into industry-standard mesh and CAD formats.

• STL Exporter is the workhorse for 3D printing and rapid prototyping. Connect a solid or mesh result and set resolution, orientation or binary/ASCII output to get a file that can go straight to a slicer.
• STEP Exporter and IGES Exporter are aimed at CAD interoperability. Use them when the model will continue to be edited in SolidWorks, FreeCAD, Fusion 360 or a similar parametric environment, or when a client needs a neutral B-Rep exchange file.
• OBJ Exporter produces a widely supported polygonal format that preserves texture coordinates and materials, making it a good choice for content intended for game engines, DCC tools or further mesh editing.
• DXF Exporter focuses on 2D and drawing-based workflows. Connect a sketch, profile or projected geometry to generate clean vector outlines for laser cutting, CNC preparation or import into drawing software.

Presentation and web exporters

For polished, shareable outputs beyond raw geometry.

• GLTF Exporter and GLB Exporter package models for real-time viewers, AR/VR scenes and web configurators. GLB Exporter writes a single binary file containing geometry plus materials, while GLTF Exporter keeps textures and buffers in a folder structure; both are ready for three.js, Babylon.js or product-visualisation platforms.
• PDF Exporter turns a connected drawing sheet into a technical documentation PDF. Hook it to a drawing, title block or annotation result to publish dimensioned views, labels and borders as a single flattened sheet.

Data exporters

For non-geometric results.

• Text Exporter saves plain text output—reports, parameter dumps, generated G-code or any string result—to a .txt file for simple sharing and logging.
• Table Exporter serialises tabular data such as BOMs, cut lists or measurement logs into a structured file that can be opened in spreadsheet applications.

How nodes combine

A typical 3D printing graph ends with a Mesh or Solid node connected to STL Exporter. For example, connect the final closed polysurface to the meshing node, set chord height to 0.01 mm for a smooth surface, then feed the mesh into STL Exporter and choose binary output. The exported .stl can be downloaded immediately and opened in a slicer.

For CAD hand-off, branch the same solid result into both STEP Exporter and PDF Exporter. The STEP node preserves the original trim surfaces and topology for further engineering work, while the PDF node receives a projected drawing created separately and outputs an A3 or A4 sheet with dimensions and a title block. One graph can therefore deliver both a neutral CAD file and a manufacturing drawing.

For web presentation, combine GLB Exporter with a Mesh result that has per-face or per-material colours assigned. Feed the coloured mesh into GLB Exporter, enable Draco compression if available, and the resulting .glb loads quickly in an online viewer or a custom three.js page. If the client needs a file they can inspect in Blender, the same mesh can be duplicated into OBJ Exporter so both outputs stay in sync with the parametric source graph.

By mixing geometry, document and data exporters in a single graph, you can keep one parametric definition as the source of truth while automatically generating print files, CAD exchanges, technical sheets and shareable web models together.