# The Draco compression option in the Babylon exporter is disabled

**URL:** <https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/the-draco-compression-option-in-the-babylon-exporter-is-disabled/64064>\
**Category:** Bugs\
**Created:** [September 9, 2026, 6:26am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/the-draco-compression-option-in-the-babylon-exporter-is-disabled/64064 "2026-09-09T06:26:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![RedLiang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/redliang/32/47935_2.png) [@RedLiang](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/RedLiang)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 6:26am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/the-draco-compression-option-in-the-babylon-exporter-is-disabled/64064/1 "2026-09-09T06:26:09Z")

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it shows gray in my max, and i just installed lastest node and gltf pipeline, and i did restart my pc. but still its not avalible for tick, using 3dsmax 2027 and expoter version is v4 which downloaded few weeks ago, must be the lastest

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**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:** [September 9, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/the-draco-compression-option-in-the-babylon-exporter-is-disabled/64064/2 "2026-09-09T14:16:30Z")

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cc @srzerbetto

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**Author:** ![srzerbetto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/srzerbetto/32/20941_2.png) [@srzerbetto](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/srzerbetto)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/the-draco-compression-option-in-the-babylon-exporter-is-disabled/64064/3 "2026-09-09T15:06:54Z")

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I’m on it!

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**Author:** ![srzerbetto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/srzerbetto/32/20941_2.png) [@srzerbetto](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/srzerbetto)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/the-draco-compression-option-in-the-babylon-exporter-is-disabled/64064/4 "2026-09-09T15:21:40Z")

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That checkbox is enabled when the following command succeeds to run: “cmd.exe /C “gltf-pipeline --version””. Can you check that your gltf-pipeline can actually be found from your system PATH? I can check by running “gltf-pipeline --version” from an ordinary command line.

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**Author:** ![RedLiang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/redliang/32/47935_2.png) [@RedLiang](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/RedLiang)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/the-draco-compression-option-in-the-babylon-exporter-is-disabled/64064/6 "2026-09-23T10:10:36Z")

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yes both can be check from cmd code， done that after intallation