# Export commands Exports are commands under `jitx design export`. The available commands depend on the `jitx-plugin` entry points installed in the **same Python environment** as `jitx`. Experimental feature settings can also enable commands. Check that environment with `jitx design export --help`. The commands below require an importable fully qualified Design class, an installed and authenticated runtime, and a reachable runtime connection. They submit and capture the design before invoking the exporter. Unlike `design build`, the export command does not expose `--project`, `--dry`, or connection flags. Run it from the project environment after starting that project’s runtime. JITX supplies four `legacy-*` commands by default and an opt-in experimental XML exporter. Their filenames and destination handling are provided by the runtime’s legacy export flow; these CLI commands accept only the design name, with no `--output` option. Keep the `legacy-` prefix when invoking them. This reference covers all five, including the XML prerequisite below. ## `jitx design export` Choose an installed exporter. See each command below for its accepted arguments. ## `jitx design export legacy-kicad` Export design to KiCad using the legacy export flow. ```bash jitx design export legacy-kicad myboard.main.Myboard ``` | Argument / option | Default | Meaning | |---------------------|-----------|------------------------------------| | `design` | required | Fully qualified Design class name. | ## `jitx design export legacy-edx` Export design to EDX using the legacy export flow. ```bash jitx design export legacy-edx myboard.main.Myboard ``` | Argument / option | Default | Meaning | |---------------------|-----------|------------------------------------| | `design` | required | Fully qualified Design class name. | ## `jitx design export legacy-odb++` Export board to ODB++ using the legacy export flow. ```bash jitx design export legacy-odb++ myboard.main.Myboard ``` | Argument / option | Default | Meaning | |---------------------|-----------|------------------------------------| | `design` | required | Fully qualified Design class name. | ## `jitx design export legacy-step` Export board to STEP using the legacy export flow. ```bash jitx design export legacy-step myboard.main.Myboard ``` | Argument / option | Default | Meaning | |---------------------|-----------|------------------------------------| | `design` | required | Fully qualified Design class name. | ## `jitx design export legacy-xml` Export design to XML using the legacy export flow. This command is experimental and is registered only when `JITX_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURES` contains `xml-export`. Without that setting it does not appear in `jitx design export --help`. ```bash JITX_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURES=xml-export jitx design export legacy-xml myboard.main.Myboard ``` In PowerShell, set `$env:JITX_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURES = "xml-export"` before running the command. If you already enable other experimental features, include `xml-export` in the comma-separated value alongside them. | Argument / option | Default | Meaning | |---------------------|-----------|------------------------------------| | `design` | required | Fully qualified Design class name. |