Export dpi

[Heather Francis]

Will the new version 10 allow us to export a rendering with a greater resolution than 72 dpi?

[Andrew Bell@NV]

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Originally posted by Heather Francis:

Will the new version 10 allow us to export a rendering with a greater resolution than 72 dpi?

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How are you exporting your rendering? Looking at both Export Image File and the document preferences in VW9.5, I see several places where the DPI already can be specified.

[Dave Donley]

Hello Heather:

Use the Render Bitmap Tool to generate your renderings, you can specify any DPI for the generated bitmap.

[Heather Francis]

Thanks, I've been working on 8.5.2 with great satisfaction and no reason to upgrade until now. It has recently become very important to have better resolution exports.

[MikeB]

You can under 8.5.2.

The resolution setting only puts more dots in a physical inch, it dosent add any info.

In order to get a more detailed image, you simply need to increase the pixel dimension of the image in the first two boxes in the upper left of the export image dialogue.

I have very good results with images that are around 3000 to 5000 pixels in the larger dimension. You will get a nice crisp print on an ink jet or laser printer up to 11 x 17, and on a large formatt plotter you can get up to 28 to 32 inches in the larger dimension befor your image begins to break up.

I hope this helps,

good luck

[Dave Donley]

Hello Heather:

In 8.5 the Document Prefs, Raster Render pane has a setting for Export DPI. If you export PICT this setting will produce more pixels in your image.

[Heather Francis]

The problem occurs when I'm exporting a line drawing or a rendering to another program, or when I'm saving it to be later emailed. I have no problems when I print line drawings, I do still however get very sketchy images when I print a rendering. I've tried changing the resolutions in both the document preferences and in the export image prompt box, but still I get the same jagged edges. Is there really a way to get smooth renderings in 8.5.2???

[MikeB]

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Originally posted by Heather Francis:

Is there really a way to get smooth renderings in 8.5.2???

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Yes, in the export image dialogue increase the pixel dimension, increasing the dpi does not add information, it simply puts more pixels in an inch reducing the physical size of the image.

[Heather Francis]

Say Mike, that worked swell! I am on to a whole new set of challenges now though. After I change the pixel dimension and export the drawing (I've tried many different formats), it seems to have a mind completely of its own. While the angles and curves are now smooth, it is only rendering a square in the center of the drawing, and leaving the rest in what appears to be a very strange hidden/dashed line rendering. The line drawing exportation is working much nicer though. Thanks a million!

[MikeB]

Well I'm glad it helped. The image export options in VW 10 are much better than in previous versions. You have the option to export using a marquee. Over all its been improved a great deal.