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2011-11-22
03:20 PM
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2011-11-22 04:31 PM
2011-11-22 04:58 PM
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2011-11-22 05:06 PM
2011-11-23 04:21 PM
2011-11-23 06:03 PM
johncassel wrote:Hi John,
While experimenting with all of the setting in the PhotoRender Settings I discovered that I could set the dialog at resolutions so high that I only got an error message that indicated that my computer didn't have enough memory to render the image. I experimented with the settings until I found a combination that does render. 1260x900 at 300dpi.
I also discover that I could render the image then Select All on the rendered image then Copy and Paste the rendered image right onto a layout.
Unfortunately, the image pastes in using the Drawing tool which is less flexible that the Figure tool. Still this combination of settings and workflow give me a "good enough" image on the layout.
Please let me know if there are any better techniques for placing a good (or even better) rendered image on a layout.
Thank you,
John
2011-11-23 06:07 PM
2011-11-24 01:06 AM
Karl wrote:Aloha Karl,johncassel wrote:Hi John,
While experimenting with all of the setting in the PhotoRender Settings I discovered that I could set the dialog at resolutions so high that I only got an error message that indicated that my computer didn't have enough memory to render the image. I experimented with the settings until I found a combination that does render. 1260x900 at 300dpi.
I also discover that I could render the image then Select All on the rendered image then Copy and Paste the rendered image right onto a layout.
Unfortunately, the image pastes in using the Drawing tool which is less flexible that the Figure tool. Still this combination of settings and workflow give me a "good enough" image on the layout.
Please let me know if there are any better techniques for placing a good (or even better) rendered image on a layout.
Thank you,
John
If the purpose is to get the image on a layout, then you should not be copying/pasting or saving as an image file (unless the render time is excessive).
Instead, you should be placing a 3D View ... which is created to display not the 3D window, but the Photorendering Window. (If you have to change your photo rendering settings, then do so, click the "Get Current Window's Settings" button at the top of the View Settings, and then re-select "Photorendering Window" in the "3D Only" panel. See screenshot.
Drag this view onto a layout as any other view. BUT... then open the drawing settings for the placed drawing and under Properties set the Resolution to 300 dpi.
Now, no matter what pixel sizes you may change the saved view to, it will be automatically resized on the layout to display at 300 dpi, and your image will print well.
In your example, 1260 x 900 is terribly small - 4" x 3" image at 300 dpi. If that's big enough, great. It is hard to believe that your machine cannot render a larger image... What is the amount of available (free) disk space on your machine - not total disk capacity? I can generate huge images without issue.
Last fine-tuning: doing as described above keeps your project "live" - any changes will automatically reflect in an updated Sketch render on the layout. No copy/paste; no publishing; no saving. But, if the render is complex and slow, it will be painful to open the layout sheet that it is on, having it regenerate each time. In that case, open the drawing settings for the placed render view and change the update type to "Manual". If you do this here or anywhere, make a note to yourself in a checklist - perhaps in a Worksheet that is part of the project - to remind yourself to update all manual-update drawings prior to printing. (Updating is most easily done in Drawing Manager where you can sort the list to show the un-updated drawings and select them and click the update button.)
Cheers,
Karl
2011-11-24 04:07 AM
johncassel wrote:
.. to figure out that I needed to select the box in the View settings to Refine Image Settings with current.
2011-11-25 01:28 AM