The type of file being exported needs to be matched to the nature of the model. Exporting a 3D shape into a 2D format, or vice versa, may give unexpected results.

On the File menu select the "Export ..." item and select a format

OpenSCAD can export a model in these formats

STL ASCII or Binary

STereoLithography

OBJ

SGI Object format

POV

A POV file is a plain text file that contains instructions for the POV-Ray ray tracing software. These instructions are written in a special scripting language that is specific to POV-Ray. It specifies the scene to be rendered, including the 3D objects, materials, lighting, and other properties that define the appearance of the scene.

OFF

OFF (Object File Format) is a geometry definition file format containing the description of the composing polygons of a geometric object.[1] It can store 2D or 3D objects

WRL

Virtual world created in VRML - the Virtual Reality Modeling Language; can be navigated in three dimensions; contains coordinates and colors that define each object and shape; also includes the viewpoint coordinates for the initial view of the 3D scene.

AMF

[Note: Requires version 2015.03] An AMF file consists of guidelines for objects description in order to be used by Additive Manufacturing processes. It contains an opening XML tag and ends with a element.

3MF

[Note: Requires version 2019.05] 3D Manufacturing Format, is used by applications to render 3D object models

DXF

AutoCAD Drawing dXchange Format

SVG

[Note: Requires version 2015.03]

PDF

[Note: Requires version 2021.01]

PNG

[Note: Requires version 2019.05] a snapshot is taken of the current preview panel

CSG

a simplified representation of the SCAD script