A Blender Addon that adds an option to export only selected objects for every registered exporter. The addon also gives you an option to export the objects to a separate .blend file.

By default children of the selected objects are exported too (the "Include Children" option).

For PLY format, all the selected objects would be exported as a single mesh.

Hit Ctrl+Alt+u to load up the User Preferences (I always use the keystroke for this because of the occasional time where you miss, using the File menu, and click Save User Settings). Click the Install Addon... button at the bottom, then navigate to your io_export_selected.py script.

Next, and this is a tricky bit, if you're not used to installing Addons: you have to follow up by checking this little box on the right of the Addon entry in the list. If, for some reason, you have a hard time finding it, you can search for Export Selected or click on the Import-Export button on the left. Hopefully, though, it comes right up when you do Install Addon....

If you want to keep this addon available at all times, follow the above steps on a fresh .blend (one you Ctrl+nd), then hit Ctrl+u at this point. The next time you run Blender you won't have to repeat the above.

When installed, it will add a submenu Selected to the Export menu, where the available formats would be listed.

Upload Tracker: http://projects.blender.org/tracker/?func=detail&aid=30942

• moth3r / Ivan - For the original idea of exporting to Blend file.
• rking / Ryan Joseph King - For the original idea and help with the repository setup.