# Exporting

A build turns the whole project into a server-ready resource. Exporting is for everything else: handing a garment to Blender or Substance 3D Painter, editing it in CodeWalker, or pulling out its textures. All exports are free, and none of them change your project.

## Where the exports are

| Where | What you can export |
| --- | --- |
| Right-click an item → **Export** | **Export textures as DDS…**, **Export textures as PNG…**, **Export drawable (.ydd + .ytd)…**, **Export model only (.ydd)…**, **Export as CodeWalker XML…**, **Export as GLB…** |
| Right-click several selected items → **Export** | The same entries for the whole selection, written into one folder you choose once. |
| The app menu (click **Koja Cloth Tool** at the top left) | **Export project as GLB…** |

**Export as a .kct package…** sits next to the **Export** submenu. A `.kct` is for moving garments between Cloth Tool projects; see [Sharing Packages](/cloth-tool/about-the-tool/sharing-packages).

## GLB

**New in 2.0.8.** GLB (binary glTF) opens in Blender, Substance 3D Painter and most 3D tools. You can export one item, a selection, or the whole project.

:::steps
### Open the GLB window

Right-click an item or a selection → **Export** → **Export as GLB…**, or choose **Export project as GLB…** from the app menu.

### Choose the options

| Option | Choices |
| --- | --- |
| **Rig** | **Skinned to the freemode skeleton** (default) or **Static (no skeleton)**. |
| **Detail levels** | **High LOD only** (default) or **All LODs**. |
| **Texture variations** | **One file, variations as material variants** (default) or **One file per variation**. |
| **Texture size** | **Up to 2048 px** (default) or **Original size**. |

### Export

Click **Export…** and choose a folder. The window shows progress per item. **Cancel** stops after the item being written. When it is done, **Show in Explorer** opens the folder.
:::

:::hint{type="info" title="Skinned export needs the base ped"}
A skinned export uses the base ped from your GTA V install. If it has not been extracted yet, items are exported without a skeleton. **Reload base ped from GTA V** in **Settings** fixes that.
:::

With **One file, variations as material variants**, every texture variation travels in the same `.glb` as a material variant, so a viewer that supports variants can switch between them.

## CodeWalker XML

**Export as CodeWalker XML…** writes the item in the XML dialect CodeWalker's **Export XML** produces, ready to edit and bring back with CodeWalker's **Import XML**:

- the model as `.ydd.xml`,
- each texture that is a `.ytd` as `.ytd.xml` (loose `.dds` or `.png` textures are not converted),
- **New in 2.0.8:** the cloth physics as `.yld.xml`, named like the model, when the item has a `.yld`. This is the form Sollumz imports cloth from.

The tool itself does not read `.ydd.xml` or `.ytd.xml` back. Import the edited files in CodeWalker and bring the resulting `.ydd` / `.ytd` back in.

### Cloth as YLD XML

**New in 2.0.8.** The item's **MESH PHYSICS (.yld)** slot also takes a CodeWalker or Sollumz `.yld.xml`. It is converted to a compiled `.yld` when you attach it. Imports pick up a `.yld.xml` lying beside its model in the same way.

A build never ships XML under a `.yld` name. If an item still points at YLD XML, the check **The cloth physics file is YLD XML, not a compiled .yld** tells you to attach it again so it gets converted. See [Cloth simulation](/cloth-tool/about-the-tool/cloth-simulation).

## Game files and textures

- **Export drawable (.ydd + .ytd)…** copies the model and packs all its textures into one `.ytd` named after the `.ydd`, which is how the game pairs them.
- **Export model only (.ydd)…** copies the model alone.
- **Export textures as DDS…** and **Export textures as PNG…** write each texture as a loose image. The texture panel has the same two entries as **Export all as DDS…** and **Export all as PNG…**.

## Related pages

- [Sharing Packages](/cloth-tool/about-the-tool/sharing-packages)
- [Building](/cloth-tool/about-the-tool/building)
- [Cloth simulation](/cloth-tool/about-the-tool/cloth-simulation)
- [Live Link](/cloth-tool/about-the-tool/live-link)
- [Items and Textures](/cloth-tool/about-the-tool/items-and-textures)