How to create a good quality jpg floor plan

[Anonymous]

Hello gentlemen and ladies. Can anyone help me out.
What i'm needing is to convert a floor plan that ive done in Archicad into a good quality image file.
Ive tried a few different options but so far the end result is pretty poor.
- I tried enlarging the floor plan in archicad
- Tried many formats, jpg, tiff, psd etc still the end result is chunky.
I'll keep trying things but if anyone has a solution please let me know .

Thanks gareth

[Dwight]

How many pixels do you need?

It is the lack of pixels that are doing you in, not the file format.

What about a simple screen capture? If you have a small screen, segment the project and assemble in Photoshop.

You'll get the maximum file size (and pixels) if you save your floor plan as an image at a scale of 1:1.

[Anonymous]

Marquee the floor plan then save out to pdf
"place" into Photoshop if you want to touch up
Otherwise place directly into In design or similar layout for whatever you want to do.

I save the pdf at 1200 dpi currently and I have no probs at all with full A3 Coloured plans

Good luck

AJ

[Anonymous]

More info here:

archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=65208&highlight=jpg#65208

and here:

archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=67795&highlight=jpg#67795

[Anonymous]

You must decide first, what kind of type graphic you want to have:
Vector or Bitmap

The best way was eps, but it is no more possible.
If you must keep the original dimension, you must save it as pdf (it is still vector)
Up to AC10 you can put material picture etc. into a plan. AC 10 has more possibility to develope the quality of image.

[Anonymous]

This question begs for another question.
Why would you want an image from your plan?
If you need a technical file, I would recommend PDF output.
If you need a pretty picture, then make a rendering of your model, cutting it at 1.6 meters or whatever.
Use View>Elements in 3D View>3D Cutting Planes.
I recommend you open all doors, this way the image is clearer.

[Anonymous]

Hi guys thanks for all your help. Thanks Dwight I hadnt thought of the screen capture option. I have also found out that if you publish a floor plan into a jpg (or what ever) then it comes out alot better than if you simply just save straight from archicad. Thanks heaps guys. all very good answers.