Bound Project Lifecycle

When you open a file-backed project, its .ecky file is the editable source. Save a change in Ecky or an external editor. The app detects the saved edit, records a version, then validates and renders it. A failed edit remains in history with its diagnostics.

Source defaults and current parameter values are separate. Changing a default in the file does not prove the current render uses it: inspect the active parameter controls.

Export from a rendered version. Available formats depend on the resulting geometry and renderer. Native analytic geometry can retain STEP surfaces; mesh-only operations do not imply an analytic STEP result.

An ordinary translate or rotate inside a part changes exported geometry. A view with offset-part changes only preview placement. Keep those separate when laying out a multipart model for inspection.