# Snadbox not exporting animation on save **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Created:** [May 8, 2019, 9:42am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/snadbox-not-exporting-animation-on-save/3054 "2019-05-08T09:42:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stezza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/stezza/32/1927_2.png) [@stezza](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/stezza)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 9:42am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/snadbox-not-exporting-animation-on-save/3054/1 "2019-05-08T09:42:08Z")
Hi folks. When I export my Bab file from Maya and open it in sandbox all seems fine. But when I make a material change then export Babylon from sandbox it doesnt save out the animation groups that came in with it. Is this a limitation or workflow mistake. Cheers ---
**Author:** ![Deltakosh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/deltakosh/32/26635_2.png) [@Deltakosh](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Deltakosh)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/snadbox-not-exporting-animation-on-save/3054/2 "2019-05-08T16:05:35Z")
This is not expected Pinging @Drigax Can you share the file and the walkthrough? ---
**Author:** ![stezza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/stezza/32/1927_2.png) [@stezza](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/stezza)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/snadbox-not-exporting-animation-on-save/3054/3 "2019-05-08T17:06:11Z")
Hi Deltakosh. Thanks for getting back. I do have an NDA in place so cant share the exact file but I will prepare another and send that. Back soon. ---
**Author:** ![stezza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/stezza/32/1927_2.png) [@stezza](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/stezza)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/snadbox-not-exporting-animation-on-save/3054/4 "2019-05-08T17:18:27Z")
[cube\_export.zip](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/uploads/babylonjs/original/2X/a/a2df3a835db113a28cd8c8c091265449ff7cee50.zip) (4.2 KB) 1. OK here are the steps. 2. Open attached scene in sandbox - will see the animation playing. 3. Change the colour of a material and export from sandbox as babylon. 4. Drag and drop the saved scene file into sandbox and animation is not imported. You can use any animated scene. ---
**Author:** ![Drigax](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/drigax/32/16585_2.png) [@Drigax](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Drigax)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/snadbox-not-exporting-animation-on-save/3054/5 "2019-05-09T18:16:19Z")
Thanks for the repro. Yikes, I’ll try to see what’s going on at export time. ---
**Author:** ![Deltakosh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/deltakosh/32/26635_2.png) [@Deltakosh](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Deltakosh)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/snadbox-not-exporting-animation-on-save/3054/6 "2019-05-09T20:23:25Z")
(If it is not an easy fix, please open an issue so we can track it) ---
**Author:** ![Drigax](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/drigax/32/16585_2.png) [@Drigax](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Drigax)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/snadbox-not-exporting-animation-on-save/3054/7 "2019-05-09T22:58:36Z")
Looks like we’re serializing Animations, but not AnimationGroups. Looked like a pretty trivial fix to add serialization for AnimationGroups and their dependency. > should be sufficient for fixing this.