# Exporting ListPointPlot3D to 3D file?

**URL:** <https://community.wolfram.com/t/exporting-listpointplot3d-to-3d-file/18435>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** graphics-and-visualization, import-and-export\
**Created:** [July 13, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.wolfram.com/t/exporting-listpointplot3d-to-3d-file/18435 "2021-07-13T14:55:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.wolfram.com/t/exporting-listpointplot3d-to-3d-file/18435/1 "2021-07-13T14:55:49Z")

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I am using Wolfram Engine 12.3.

I made a ListPointPlot3d and I want to export it to a 3d file for viewing. The plot exports properly to a .gif file (it’s rasterized). When I attempt to export to a 3d file it’s telling me there is no data to render.

```
In[142]:= Export["d://output3d.obj", ListPointPlot3D[ outputPoints] ];                                                                                                
Export::nodta: OBJ contains no data that can be exported to the OBJ format.

```

How do I fix this? the goal is to have a 3d object constructed out of the 3d points rendered from ListPointPlot3D.

this is what the plot looks like when exported to a gif. There are no solid surfaces, only lines. It’s a Complex Trig plot but I don’t see how that could effect it’s 3d rendering.

 ![outputLines3d.gif](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wolfram/original/3X/3/7/37e6e2ac0adefc79af7df041d9f9d625b853369c.gif)

thanks.