# File Menu

Editor: top bar › File

The File menu shows the project name and description. It changes the project details, exports the project, saves a copy, and shares the project.

File menu with Edit Project Details, Export, Save As and Share to Web

File menu

Item What it does
Edit Project Details Opens Project Details, where you change the Name and the Description (optional).
Export › Tidy3D Solvers Creates a new project named "Untitled" of another type (FDTD, MODE or HEAT) with this project's structures, mediums, script objects and parameters. The new project opens in a new browser tab. The list leaves out the current type. An EME project cannot export to MODE.
Export › 3D CAD File Saves the structures as a GLB, OBJ or STL file.
Export › GDSII File Opens the Export GDSII File panel, with a short guided tour. Not in Heat projects.
Save As Saves a copy as a New project, or as a New version of this project. See Project History.
Share to Web Opens Share. Turn on Share to web, then click Copy link. Share full history also shares the older versions. Track default version makes the link follow the default version.

To rename the project, you can also click its name in the top bar.

# Common Mistakes

  • Looking for Save: there is none. The editor saves every change automatically.
  • Looking for Save As in an old project: it is hidden for projects made with Tidy3D older than 2.4.0.
  • Sharing a link so that others can change the project: people who open a shared link cannot change it. To make changes, they save a copy to their own account.