dave
06-30-2003, 07:33 AM
Many thanks Andrea - works fine now ! ;-)
"Andrea" <canarry@freemail.it> wrote in message news:<3ef6db76.0@proxy.dvgd.mps>... "dave" <davedonuts@hotmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio news:fc751cd4.0306221224.5fd911d0@posting.google.com... Hi ! I'm an AutoCAD 2000 newbie, and have run into a couple of problems with plotting images. I'd be really grateful for any advice. I have set up four views (Front, Top, Left and SE isometric) of my 3D design on the same screen using the Viewports command in Model view (the first three are 3D wireframe models, and the latter is a Gourad shaded view). 1) I would like to print out these four views as they appear on the screen onto the same sheet of paper. Is there an easy way of transferring all the Viewports and settings into Layout view for plotting; or is there a way to plot all viewports directly from Model View ? You can print this only in a layout Short way is load a dedicated layout.... or draw four windows in layout ;) 2) When I render my design in Model View, by attaching materials and changing the lighting, it looks great; but when I try to plot the rendered image or export it to another application - eg Adobe Photoshop - by exporting as .bmp or simply cutting and pasting, I end up with a poor quality wireframe view instead of the rendered image. Is there a way of printing and exporting photoreal rendered images to other applications ? Yes sure: you need to set render panel (render to file or render window not viewport) and select right file format es. tga, tif etc. Wireframe I think you can import DXF file format in Photoshop... but you can set from Tools>Options>Visualization>Resolution parameters anticipation. Dave.
"Andrea" <canarry@freemail.it> wrote in message news:<3ef6db76.0@proxy.dvgd.mps>... "dave" <davedonuts@hotmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio news:fc751cd4.0306221224.5fd911d0@posting.google.com... Hi ! I'm an AutoCAD 2000 newbie, and have run into a couple of problems with plotting images. I'd be really grateful for any advice. I have set up four views (Front, Top, Left and SE isometric) of my 3D design on the same screen using the Viewports command in Model view (the first three are 3D wireframe models, and the latter is a Gourad shaded view). 1) I would like to print out these four views as they appear on the screen onto the same sheet of paper. Is there an easy way of transferring all the Viewports and settings into Layout view for plotting; or is there a way to plot all viewports directly from Model View ? You can print this only in a layout Short way is load a dedicated layout.... or draw four windows in layout ;) 2) When I render my design in Model View, by attaching materials and changing the lighting, it looks great; but when I try to plot the rendered image or export it to another application - eg Adobe Photoshop - by exporting as .bmp or simply cutting and pasting, I end up with a poor quality wireframe view instead of the rendered image. Is there a way of printing and exporting photoreal rendered images to other applications ? Yes sure: you need to set render panel (render to file or render window not viewport) and select right file format es. tga, tif etc. Wireframe I think you can import DXF file format in Photoshop... but you can set from Tools>Options>Visualization>Resolution parameters anticipation. Dave.