Export or print a Lucid document

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Export as an image

To export a Lucid document as a PDF, PNG, JPEG, or SVG, follow these steps:

1. Open the More menu from the top-left of the canvas.
2. From the dropdown, hover your cursor over “Export” in Lucidchart and Lucidspark or “Export Snapshot'' in Lucidscale.
3. Select a file format.
4. Customize the download settings (see the section below for more details).
5. Click Download.

The file will download to your local device. Certain features like tags, emoji reactions, notes, and comments will not appear on the exported version of a Lucidchart document.

Customize download settings

Depending on the file format you are downloading, you can customize various elements of the file’s format.

Crop (all file formats)

For PDFs, PNGs, JPEGs, and SVGs, you can crop your document before downloading.

• Select Crop to content to remove any whitespace around the contents of your document.
• Select Custom Crop to customize the area selection that will appear in your downloaded file.

After selecting your crop settings, click Download.

Quality (JPEG, PNG)

For JPEGs or PNGs, you can adjust the quality of the image file. Select one of the following options from the “Quality” dropdown:

• Current zoom level
• Screen quality
• Print quality

Show individual layers (PDF in Lucidchart)

To export each layer of a Lucidchart document on a separate page, select PDF from the export options, and toggle on “Show Individual Layers” in the download settings.

Divide by page tiles (PDF in Lucidchart)

When downloading to PDF, you can divide your Lucidchart document by page tiles. To do so, select Divide by Page Tiles in the "Content" section of your export options. When you select this option, Lucidchart will treat page tiles in the same way it treats individual pages, which means you may get a multi-page downloaded file.

To see page tiles in the editor:

1. Open the More menu from the top-left of the canvas.
2. Hover your cursor over “File”.
3. Click Document Settings.
4. Under "Canvas and page" settings, toggle on “Show page tiling”. If this option appears grayed out, make sure "Infinite canvas" is toggled off.
   • You can also adjust the size of your page tiles from here.

Export a CSV of shape data, Visio file, or JSON data

Lucidchart file types

CSV of shape data

The CSV of the shape data associated with your Lucidchart document includes shape names, shape library, text fields, and additional data. If there are comments in the document, you can also see the real-time status of a comment, the comment creator, associated timestamp, and the message included in the CSV.

To export a Lucidchart document as a CSV file, follow these steps:

1. Open the More menu from the top-left of the canvas.
2. Hover your cursor over “Export”.
3. Select CSV of Shape Data.

The CSV file will download to your local device.

JSON data

JSON data allows you to generate and download a JSON file containing all the resources and metadata of your infrastructure. 

To export a Lucidchart document as JSON data, follow these steps:

1. Click the More menu from the top-left of the canvas.
2. From the dropdown, hover your cursor over “Export”.
3. Select JSON.

The file will download to your local device.

Visio file

To export a document as Visio file you must be on an Individual, Team, or Enterprise account. To complete the export, follow these steps:

1. Open the More menu from the top-left of the canvas.
2. Hover your cursor over “Export”.
3. Select Visio (VSDX) or Visio 2010 (VDX).

The file will download to your local device.

Lucidspark file types

CSV of shape data

The CSV of the shape data associated with your Lucidspark board includes shape names, shape library, text fields, voting results, tags, emoji reactions, and additional data. If there are comments on the board, you can also see the real-time status of a comment, the comment creator, associated timestamp, and the message included in the CSV.

To export a Lucidspark board as a CSV file, follow these steps:

1. Openthe More menu in the upper-left of the workspace.
2. From the dropdown, hover your cursor over “Export”.
3. Select CSV of Shape Data.

The file will download to your local device. Any custom shape libraries associated with shapes on the document will be named "User images" in the file.

JSON data

JSON data allows you to generate and download a JSON file containing all the resources and metadata of your infrastructure. 

To export a Lucidchart document as JSON data, follow these steps:

1. Click the More menu from the top-left of the canvas.
2. From the dropdown, hover your cursor over “Export”.
3. Select JSON.

The file will download to your local device.

Lucidscale file types

JSON data

JSON Data allows you to generate and download a JSON file containing all the resources and metadata of your infrastructure. The exported file can then be used to perform a CLI import.

Anonymized JSON Data (AWS only) generates and downloads a JSON file containing all the resources and metadata of your infrastructure with sensitive fields anonymized. Lucid anonymizes all string values, including CIDR blocks, IP addresses, account IDs, etc. This feature enables you to keep a code version of your infrastructure without exposing confidential data.

To export a Lucidscale document as JSON data, follow these steps:

1. Clickthe Document options icon in the upper-left of the workspace.
2. From the dropdown, hover your cursor over “Export Snapshot”.
3. Select JSON Data or Anonymized JSON Data.

The file will download to your local device.

Export to another Lucid product

You can export documents from one Lucid product to another. This creates a new document in the other product. See the table below for the available export options within Lucid.

Export a presentation to Google Slides or Microsoft PowerPoint

You can export the slides of a presentation built in Lucid to Google Slides or Microsoft PowerPoint. For more information, check out our Create a presentation article.

Print a document

Follow these instructions to print a document in Lucid:

1. Open the More menu from the top-left of the canvas.
   • In Lucidchart, after opening the More menu, hover your cursor over “File”.
2. From the dropdown, click Print.
3. Select your printing options.
   • You can select what content to print, the page size and orientation, and how want the content aligned on the page. In Lucidchart, you can also select which layers of your document you want to print.
4. Click Print in the top-right corner of the page.
   • Your device’s printing dialog should appear. Follow the steps on your device to complete the printing process.

Troubleshoot export or print issues

If you're experiencing issues with printing or exporting a document, check out our Troubleshooting: Export or print a document article.

FAQ

Can I print my document on multiple pages?
Yes. You can download or print your document on multiple pages by enabling auto tiling in the document settings. When auto tiling is toggled on, the boundaries of each individual page become visible on the workspace. From the Document Settings you can adjust the size of the page tiles.

Once auto tiling is enabled, choose PDF as the file format when exporting or printing, and select Divide by Page Tiles in the export or print settings. For more information about adjusting document settings, check out our Adjust document and board settings article.

How do layers in Lucidchart impact my exported document?
When you export a Lucidchart document as a PDF, you can choose to export each layer individually by toggling on “Show Individual Layers”. In all other instances, your download will show layers based on when you last clicked Sync Visibility in the layers panel. For more information, check out our Add layers to a Lucidchart document article.

Do Actions and links work on exported Lucidchart documents?
Actions such as toggling conditional formatting and layers will not work on an exported document. Links will work only if you export your document as a PDF, but not with any other file type. For more information, check out our Add an Action or link to a shape in Lucidchart article.

Do comments, tasks, and notes appear on exported Lucid documents?
No. Collaboration tools such as comments, tasks, and notes do not appear on exported versions of Lucid documents.

Can I export all of my documents at the same time?
No. Bulk export is not available.

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