Tuesday

Exporting and Printing

One way of getting your drawing  /model from vectorworks is to print straight from the program. Alternatively we can export out the information as still images. these can then be printed.


Exporting to Scale:

  • The best way to export to scale is as a PDF Document, go to File- Export- Export PDF
This will again export what is inside the page boundary only (the default resolution of 300dpi is used). PDF documents export line drawings at a better quality than other export file types and produce more accurate line thicknesses. We can also have access to the classes in the resulting pdf document (make sure export classes as PDF layers is ticked in the export options)
  • Another way to export your model to scale go to; File- Export- Export Image File.
Now we can select 'Each Page as seperate Image'. This means that only what is inside the page boundary will be exported and that it will be exported at the pre-set page size automatically

We still have to set the resolution and file type (for line drawings 240dpi should be sufficient).



Exporting in Perspective:

To export one of your saved views and cameras (or any other perspective view) go to;

File- Export- Export Image File

Here we can ask the computer to render and export 'Current view', this will export only what is  with-in the viewing space contained by the black corner controls. You should therefore compose the dimension of the export first and frame it on the screen using the zoom tools. Also note that it will export in whichever render mode you have on the screen.

Resolution:
Depending on the time available and the use of the render we can export out at any given resolution. For good quality renders I suggest at least 300dpi. for line work at least 240dpi.

The best thing to do is to test the quality for each model. the more lights and textures that you have the longer the render is going to take. it is not unusual for some renders to take as long as 1 hour (if not 10!)

Print Size:
Here we can set the export print size. As the ratio is already set in the saved view we only need to input a value for either width or height not both (e.g 420mm width for an A3 landscape export).

File type:
Select from a wide range of file types. I suggest jpeg or tiff for now.

When you have set all of the required fields, click save and give the render a name and select where to save to.


Viewports and Sheet Layers

http://dmae03.blogspot.com/2009/03/8-viewports-and-sheet-layers.html

Case study Plans


http://dmae-lcc.blogspot.com/2009/11/session-10-case-study-1plans.html

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