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I am currently working on a CDF in which users can change parameters of a 3D surface with Manipulate[]. Once the user is satisfied with the choice of parameters, I would like to offer an option to export and download the surface in the .stl format (for 3D printing). In a regular Mathematica notebook I can do this with the Export[] command, but I am not sure how to achieve this from within a CDF web player simulation? Is there a way to prompt a file download after, say, a Manipulate[]-created button has been pressed?

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  • $\begingroup$ You can use APIFunction to deploy an API that takes a set of parameters and generates the corresponding .stl file. You can link to it in your CDF with Hyperlink. $\endgroup$
    – C. E.
    Mar 31, 2016 at 20:12
  • $\begingroup$ If anybody has already ever exported something from a CDF (without the clipboard), it would be even a interesting answer. $\endgroup$
    – andre314
    Apr 1, 2016 at 19:07

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I think the only way to get such information out of a CDF document is to use the CopyToClipboard function on a list and then paste into a text file (followed by maybe a bit of editing or post-processing). And I certainly hope this approach isn't taken away. I'd have to totally give up on CDF's if that were to happen.

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