Exports

Exports land in the exports folder of Lothal’s data folder, except the config sheet, which goes to sheets. When an export finishes, the status readout names the file, and Lothal opens the folder so you can see it arrive. See Where files live.

Export	Where to find it	What to do with it
Print sheet (SVG, 1:1)	Frame designer, Export (or Print to open it straight away)	Print at 100% and lay the real parts on it to check sizes before you cut.
Cut sheet (SVG, nested)	Frame designer, Export	The plates laid out together for cutting.
Cut file (DXF)	Frame designer, Export	Send to a CNC router or laser-cutting service.
Assembly (STL)	Frame designer, Export	Open the assembled frame in another 3D program.
Build sheet (HTML: parts, hardware, cost)	Frame designer, Export	A printable page listing every plate, screw and standoff, an assembly order and a cutting cost range from placeholder rates. See the aside below.
Motor mount stack (STL)	Propulsion → Motors, Export mount stack (STL)…	Check how the motor, pad and spacers stack up.
Prop guard (STL)	Propulsion → Prop guards, Export guard (STL)…	Print four.
One printed part (STL)	Printed, the part’s Export STL…	Slice and print.
All printed parts (STL)	Project menu, Export printed parts…	Slice and print. Each is also stored in the drone’s .lothal file with a record that it was printed.
Config sheet (Markdown)	Config → Sheet, Export sheet	Open at the bench while you set up the flight controller.

STL files are in millimetres. A part whose shape is not a closed solid is refused, and the message names it, rather than written as a file a slicer would choke on.

The project menu’s Export build sheet… is greyed in this version; use the config sheet.

Coming in the next release

Not in v0.3.0. The frame designer’s Export menu gains a Build sheet (HTML) export, a cutting-bit choice (1/16” (1.59 mm, typical shop value), 1/8” (3.18 mm) or 1/32” (0.79 mm)), Round inside corners to the bit (fills every inside corner tighter than the bit’s radius on every plate, as one undo step) and Countersink selected plate’s screw holes (toggle). The SVG and DXF exports gain a note under each plate: its label, thickness, material, how many to cut, the cutting bit, and any countersunk holes. In the DXF, holes marked countersunk go on a <ROLE>_COUNTERSINK layer instead of <ROLE>_HOLES. In the SVG, each one gets a dashed blue ring at 1:1. The build sheet carries a cutting cost range from placeholder rates. It is a round guess at what a small-batch cutting service might charge, not a quote, and it carries the label placeholder rates — replace with your shop’s quote. The rates are built into the app (data/cut_rates.json), so an installed copy has no way to change them.