encoding : one of text or binary

Specifies whether the output should be encoded using a text or binary variant of the format. This option is only effective for the PLY and STL output formats. The default is binary.

format : string

Specifies the output format. It must correspond to one of the listed supported formats. If unspecified, then the format is inferred from the file extension of fname.

The exportplot command retrieves geometric data from a plot structure and exports it to a file in the specified data format.

The command returns a number showing the count of bytes written to disk during the export.

The exportplot command supports all 3-D plot structures with the exception of ISOSURFACE.

It is also possible to export plot data to a file in an external graphics format using the graphical export tools in the context-sensitive menu.

$\mathrm{with}\left(\mathrm{plottools}\right)\:$

$\mathrm{stl}≔\mathrm{FileTools}:-\mathrm{JoinPath}\left(\left[\mathrm{FileTools}:-\mathrm{TemporaryDirectory}\left(\right)\,''seashell.stl''\right]\right)$

$\mathrm{stl}≔''/tmp/mpldoc2/seashell.stl''$

$p≔\mathrm{plot3d}\left(-{1.2}^x\sin \left(y\right)\,x=-1..2\mathrm{\pi }\,y=0..\mathrm{\pi }\,\mathrm{coords}=\mathrm{spherical}\right)\:$

$\mathrm{exportplot}\left(\mathrm{stl}\,p\right)$

$230484$

$\mathrm{importplot}\left(\mathrm{stl}\right)$

The plottools[exportplot] command was introduced in Maple 18.

For more information on Maple 18 changes, see Updates in Maple 18.

The plottools[exportplot] command was updated in Maple 2021.

The format option was updated in Maple 2021.