diff --git a/packages/cli/README.md b/packages/cli/README.md
index 618933d7d..8eeb8646e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/README.md
+++ b/packages/cli/README.md
@@ -73,6 +73,16 @@ Examples:
 
 ```jscad mydesign.js -of amf                    # -- convert mydesign.js into mydesign.amf```
 
+For multi-part models, you can pass the `generateParts` flag `-gp` to output each part as a separate, numbered file:
+
+```jscad mydesign.js -gp                         # -- convert mydesign.js into mydesign-part-1-of-2.stl and mydesign-part-2-of-2.stl```
+
+You may also pass the `zip` flag `-z` to zip generated files into one .zip file:
+
+```jscad mydesign.js -z                          # -- convert mydesign.js into mydesign.zip which contains: mydesign.stl```
+
+```jscad mydesign.js -gp -z                      # -- convert mydesign.js into mydesign.zip which contains: mydesign-part-1-of-2.stl and mydesign-part-2-of-2.stl```
+
 The '-o' option can be used to control where the output will be placed.
 While, the '-of' option can be used to control the format of the output.
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/cli.js b/packages/cli/cli.js
index adc7c4160..f6c305240 100644
--- a/packages/cli/cli.js
+++ b/packages/cli/cli.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 //   jscad name_plate.jscad --name "Just Me" --title "CEO" -o amf test.amf
 //
 const fs = require('fs')
+const JSZip = require('jszip')
 
 const { formats } = require('@jscad/io/formats')
 
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ const parseArgs = require('./src/parseArgs')
 
 // handle arguments (inputs, outputs, etc)
 const args = process.argv.splice(2)
-let { inputFile, inputFormat, outputFile, outputFormat, params, addMetaData, inputIsDirectory } = parseArgs(args)
+let { inputFile, inputFormat, outputFile, outputFormat, generateParts, zip, params, addMetaData, inputIsDirectory } = parseArgs(args)
 
 // outputs
 const output = determineOutputNameAndFormat(outputFormat, outputFile, inputFile)
@@ -48,18 +49,64 @@ const clicolors = {
   black: '\u{1b}[0m'
 }
 
-console.log(`${clicolors.blue}JSCAD: generating output ${clicolors.red}
- from: ${clicolors.green} ${inputFile} ${clicolors.red}
- to: ${clicolors.green} ${outputFile} ${clicolors.yellow}(${formats[outputFormat].description}) ${clicolors.black}
-`)
+const logFileOutput = (outputFile) => {
+  console.log(`${clicolors.blue}JSCAD: generating output ${clicolors.red}
+    from: ${clicolors.green} ${inputFile} ${clicolors.red}
+    to: ${clicolors.green} ${outputFile} ${clicolors.yellow}(${formats[outputFormat].description}) ${clicolors.black}
+  `)
+}
 
 // read input data
 const src = fs.readFileSync(inputFile, inputFile.match(/\.stl$/i) ? 'binary' : 'UTF8')
 
 // -- convert from JSCAD script into the desired output format
 // -- and write it to disk
-generateOutputData(src, params, { outputFile, outputFormat, inputFile, inputFormat, version, addMetaData, inputIsDirectory })
-  .then((outputData) => writeOutput(outputFile, outputData))
+generateOutputData(src, params, { outputFile, outputFormat, inputFile, inputFormat, generateParts, version, addMetaData, inputIsDirectory })
+  .then((outputData) => {
+    if (outputData instanceof Array) {
+      if (zip) {
+        const zip = new JSZip()
+        for (let i = 0; i < outputData.length; i++) {
+          const filename = outputFile.replace(/\.(\w+)$/, `-part-${i + 1}-of-${outputData.length}.$1`)
+          zip.file(filename, outputData[i].asBuffer())
+        }
+        zip.generateAsync({ type: 'nodebuffer' }).then((content) => {
+          const zipFilename = outputFile.replace(/\.(\w+)$/, '.zip')
+          fs.writeFile(zipFilename, content, (err) => {
+            if (err) {
+              console.error(err)
+            } else {
+              logFileOutput(zipFilename)              
+            }
+          })
+        })
+      } else {
+        for (let i = 0; i < outputData.length; i++) {
+          const filename = outputFile.replace(/\.(\w+)$/, `-part-${i + 1}-of-${outputData.length}.$1`)        
+          logFileOutput(filename)
+          writeOutput(filename, outputData[i])
+        }
+      }
+    } else {
+      if (zip) {
+        const zip = new JSZip()
+        zip.file(outputFile, outputData.asBuffer())
+        zip.generateAsync({ type: 'nodebuffer' }).then((content) => {
+          const zipFilename = outputFile.replace(/\.(\w+)$/, '.zip')
+          fs.writeFile(zipFilename, content, (err) => {
+            if (err) {
+              console.error(err)
+            } else {
+              logFileOutput(zipFilename)              
+            }
+          })
+        })
+      } else {
+        logFileOutput(outputFile)
+        writeOutput(outputFile, outputData)
+      }
+    }
+  })
   .catch((error) => {
     console.error(error)
     process.exit(1)
diff --git a/packages/cli/cli.parameters.test.js b/packages/cli/cli.parameters.test.js
index 504acc281..0b6108992 100644
--- a/packages/cli/cli.parameters.test.js
+++ b/packages/cli/cli.parameters.test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const test = require('ava')
+const JSZip = require('jszip')
 
 const path = require('path')
 const { execSync } = require('child_process')
@@ -13,6 +14,12 @@ test.afterEach.always((t) => {
   try {
     if (t.context.outputPath) fs.unlinkSync(t.context.outputPath)
   } catch (err) {}
+  try {
+    if (t.context.outputPath2) fs.unlinkSync(t.context.outputPath2)
+  } catch (err) {}
+  try {
+    if (t.context.outputPath3) fs.unlinkSync(t.context.outputPath3)
+  } catch (err) {}
 
   try {
     if (t.context.folderPath) fs.rmdirSync(t.context.folderPath, { recursive: false })
@@ -32,7 +39,7 @@ test.beforeEach((t) => {
 
 // create a simple JSCAD script for input
 // the script should produce ALL geometry types
-const createJscad = (id) => {
+const createJscad = (id, multipart = false) => {
   const jscadScript = `// test script ${id}
 const { primitives } = require('@jscad/modeling')
 
@@ -51,7 +58,7 @@ const main = (params) => {
   let ageom2 = primitives.ellipse()
   let ageom3 = primitives.ellipsoid()
 
-  return [apath2, ageom2, ageom3]
+  ${multipart ? `return [ageom3, ageom3, ageom3]` : `return [apath2, ageom2, ageom3]`}
 }
 
 module.exports = { main, getParameterDefinitions }
@@ -207,3 +214,89 @@ test('cli (single input file, invalid jscad)', (t) => {
     execSync(cmd, { stdio: [0, 1, 2] })
   })
 })
+
+
+test('cli (single input file, multiple output files)', (t) => {
+  const testID = 7
+
+  const inputPath = createJscad(testID, true)
+  t.true(fs.existsSync(inputPath))
+
+  t.context.inputPath = inputPath
+
+  const outputName = (partNum) => `./test${testID}-part-${partNum}-of-3.stl`
+  const outputPath1 = path.resolve(__dirname, outputName(1))
+  const outputPath2 = path.resolve(__dirname, outputName(2))
+  const outputPath3 = path.resolve(__dirname, outputName(3))
+  t.false(fs.existsSync(outputPath1))
+  t.false(fs.existsSync(outputPath2))
+  t.false(fs.existsSync(outputPath3))
+
+  t.context.outputPath = outputPath1
+  t.context.outputPath2 = outputPath2
+  t.context.outputPath3 = outputPath3
+
+  const cliPath = t.context.cliPath
+
+  const cmd = `node ${cliPath} ${inputPath} -gp`
+  execSync(cmd, { stdio: [0,1,2] })
+  t.true(fs.existsSync(outputPath1))
+  t.true(fs.existsSync(outputPath2))
+  t.true(fs.existsSync(outputPath3))
+})
+
+test('cli (single multipart input file, zipped output file)', async (t) => {
+  const testID = 8
+
+  const inputPath = createJscad(testID, true)
+  t.true(fs.existsSync(inputPath))
+
+  t.context.inputPath = inputPath
+
+  const outputName = `./test${testID}.zip`
+  const outputPath = path.resolve(__dirname, outputName)
+
+  t.false(fs.existsSync(outputPath))
+  
+  t.context.outputPath = outputPath
+
+  const cliPath = t.context.cliPath
+
+  const cmd = `node ${cliPath} ${inputPath} -gp -z`
+  execSync(cmd, { stdio: [0,1,2] })
+  t.true(fs.existsSync(outputPath))
+
+  // check contents of zip file
+  const data = await fs.promises.readFile(outputPath)
+  const content = await JSZip.loadAsync(data)
+  t.true(content.files[path.resolve(__dirname, `./test${testID}-part-1-of-3.stl`)] !== undefined)
+  t.true(content.files[path.resolve(__dirname, `./test${testID}-part-2-of-3.stl`)] !== undefined)
+  t.true(content.files[path.resolve(__dirname, `./test${testID}-part-3-of-3.stl`)] !== undefined)
+})
+
+test('cli (single input file, zipped output file)', async (t) => {
+  const testID = 9
+
+  const inputPath = createJscad(testID, true)
+  t.true(fs.existsSync(inputPath))
+
+  t.context.inputPath = inputPath
+  
+  const outputName = `./test${testID}.zip`
+  const outputPath = path.resolve(__dirname, outputName)
+
+  t.false(fs.existsSync(outputPath))
+  
+  t.context.outputPath = outputPath
+
+  const cliPath = t.context.cliPath
+
+  const cmd = `node ${cliPath} ${inputPath} -z`
+  execSync(cmd, { stdio: [0,1,2] })
+  t.true(fs.existsSync(outputPath))
+
+  // check contents of zip file
+  const data = await fs.promises.readFile(outputPath)
+  const content = await JSZip.loadAsync(data)
+  t.true(content.files[path.resolve(__dirname, `./test${testID}.stl`)] !== undefined)
+})
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 1172999a7..8df1624e2 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
     "@jscad/array-utils": "2.1.4",
     "@jscad/core": "2.6.6",
     "@jscad/io": "2.4.5",
-    "@jscad/modeling": "2.11.1"
+    "@jscad/modeling": "2.11.1",
+    "jszip": "^3.10.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "ava": "3.15.0",
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/generateOutputData.js b/packages/cli/src/generateOutputData.js
index 329b0685b..0990bd379 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/generateOutputData.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/generateOutputData.js
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ const generateOutputData = (source, params, options) => {
     outputFormat: 'stl',
     inputFile: '',
     version: '',
-    addMetaData: true
+    addMetaData: true,
+    generateParts: false
   }
   options = Object.assign({}, defaults, options)
-  const { outputFormat, inputFile, inputFormat } = options
+  const { outputFormat, inputFile, inputFormat, generateParts } = options
 
   options.filename = inputFile // for deserializers
 
@@ -62,6 +63,13 @@ const generateOutputData = (source, params, options) => {
   })
     .then((solids) => {
       const serializerOptions = Object.assign({ format: outputFormat }, params)
+      if (generateParts) {
+        let blobs = []
+        for (let i = 0; i < solids.length; i++) {
+          blobs.push(solidsAsBlob(solids[i], serializerOptions))
+        }
+        return blobs
+      }
       return solidsAsBlob(solids, serializerOptions)
     })
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/parseArgs.js b/packages/cli/src/parseArgs.js
index c2dc9d4fa..577a6bb70 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/parseArgs.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/parseArgs.js
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ const parseArgs = (args) => {
   let inputFormat
   let outputFile
   let outputFormat
+  let generateParts = false
+  let zip = false
   const params = {} // parameters to feed the script if applicable
   let addMetaData = false // wether to add metadata to outputs or not : ie version info, timestamp etc
   let inputIsDirectory = false // did we pass in a folder or a file ?
@@ -41,6 +43,10 @@ const parseArgs = (args) => {
   for (let i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
     if (args[i] === '-of') { // -of <format>
       outputFormat = args[++i]
+    } else if (args[i] === '-gp') {
+      generateParts = true
+    } else if (args[i] === '-z') {
+      zip = true
     } else if (args[i].match(/^-o(\S.+)/)) { // -o<output>
       outputFile = args[i]
       outputFile = outputFile.replace(/^-o(\S+)$/, '$1')
@@ -92,6 +98,8 @@ const parseArgs = (args) => {
     inputFormat,
     outputFile,
     outputFormat,
+    generateParts,
+    zip,
     params,
     addMetaData,
     inputIsDirectory