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Erika Epstein
Booster
How do I adjust/increase the resolution of tiffs published from plotmaker?
Erika
Architect, Consultant
MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch Yosemite 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Mac OSX 10.11.1
AC5-18
Onuma System

"Implementing Successful Building Information Modeling"
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David Larrew
Booster
Instead of a TIFF file, save out an EPS file... I'll refer you to "Easy EPS" in the "Tips & Tricks":

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=459

The EPS allows you to open the file in an image editor application at a desired resolution, then you can save a TIFF from there.
David Larrew, AIA, GDLA, GSRC

Architectural Technology Specialist

a r c h i S O L U T I O N S



WIN7-10/ OSX 10.15.7

AC 5.1-25 USA
Erika Epstein
Booster
David wrote:
Instead of a TIFF file, save out an EPS file... I'll refer you to "Easy EPS" in the "Tips & Tricks":

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=459

The EPS allows you to open the file in an image editor application at a desired resolution, then you can save a TIFF from there.
Thanks David,
I am curious as to why one can't set the tiff resolution within plotmaker (and archicad itself). Is there a reason why not or just that this has yet to be included?. This is possible for jpgs.
Erika
Architect, Consultant
MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch Yosemite 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Mac OSX 10.11.1
AC5-18
Onuma System

"Implementing Successful Building Information Modeling"
David Larrew
Booster
The only way to adjust resolution for graphic output in ArchiCAD is in the "Photorender Projection" function. None for PlotMaker or any other views in ArchiCAD.

You are stuck with saving out graphics to the display screen resolution or using the EPS format. You can also save out to PDF format.
David Larrew, AIA, GDLA, GSRC

Architectural Technology Specialist

a r c h i S O L U T I O N S



WIN7-10/ OSX 10.15.7

AC 5.1-25 USA
Aussie John
Newcomer
if you want higher resolutions start with a size larger than you need and shrink it down later
Cheers John
John Hyland : ARINA : www.arina.biz
User ver 4 to 12 - Jumped to v22 - so many options and settings!!!
OSX 10.15.6 [Catalina] : Archicad 22 : 15" MacBook Pro 2019
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