--- title: "Volume Export Settings" url: "https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/FVDBEXPORT.html" section_path: "Configuration > Preferences > Import/Export > Volume Export Settings" element_id: "FVDBEXPORT" command_id: "1039865" description: "This page documents the Volume export settings in Cinema 4D. They write Volume Builders, Sets and Loaders as OpenVDB (.vdb) files — the standard hand-off …" --- # Volume Export Settings > **Note:** **What is it about?** > > This page documents the **Volume export settings** in **Cinema 4D**. They write Volume Builders, Sets and Loaders as OpenVDB (.vdb) files — the standard hand-off of voxel data to renderers and other DCCs. Volume Export exports all OpenVDB objects that generate or contain a Volume (Volume Builder, Volume Set, Volume Loader, Volume Object) as \*.vdb files. Detailed information about Volumes can be found [here](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/58086.html.md).