# Export stl from PreForm **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests & Ideas\ **Created:** [December 28, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/export-stl-from-preform/6992 "2015-12-28T20:02:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KenCitron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/kencitron/32/1741_2.png) [@KenCitron](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/KenCitron)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/export-stl-from-preform/6992/1 "2015-12-28T20:02:15Z")
Next release would it be possible to export out an stl without supports from PreForm? Sometimes errors can’t always be corrected but some are and to be able to spit the file back out for further examination/corrections in an outside program or to be able to salvage a file from a previous output where the original may not exist. In my case I recently though I had lost an original file and was in a panic because I thought the only file I had was in PreForm. ---
**Author:** ![Jory](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/jory/32/229_2.png) [@Jory](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Jory)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/export-stl-from-preform/6992/2 "2015-12-29T14:50:23Z")
Ken, thanks for the suggestion. I’ll pass the comment along to our software team, but I’m glad you didn’t lose your file. Jory ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/formlabs/original/3X/5/b/5bc2bdf993ff27c2e0eecab5010b25626fbb327a.png) [@system](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/export-stl-from-preform/6992/3 "2016-01-12T14:50:38Z")
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