2020-03-05 05:53 PM
2020-05-12 02:42 PM
rm wrote:Struggling with the same issue at my project.
Hi Karl!
Thanks for trying to help. I may have mixed up terms as far as file types go. Let me clarify. The Perspective view in the first attachment here, is the view I wish to place in my layout book. In order to increase its overall pixel size, I undock the tab it is associated with, right click on view and a pallet comes up to change the overall pixel size for width and height - highlighted in RED. Once you hit, OK the image increases in size. In my case the whole screen goes black, not sure why. I then right click on the black screen and select, save and place in layout book. The view is brought into the layout book and this is where the bug in AC shows itself.
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In the next attachment, you see a screen shot of the layout book with the saved view placed on the layout. Notice the top and bottom of the frame is clipped. In AC23 you would typically resize the frame and update it and the whole image would be seen again. Unfortunately it doesn't work with Axons or Perspectives and GS NA has reported this to GS as an issue. Also note the dpi of the image is now 302, which would work fine for me in this case, but unfortunately the top and bottom of the image is clipped, therefore is of no use to me.
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Your reply caused me to try an experiment, as you noted modern screens have ppi denser than 72dpi - I took a screen shot of the original 3D view in AC which was a png file. I imported directly into PS. My screens are 4K and 5k . I was able to get in image that would resolve at 300dpi and fit edge to edge on the layout book, effectively doing what AC should be able to do within the AC file itself. This approach requires extra steps, not to mention now I am adding additional external files to the AC file which have to be tracked. But it is a work around until GS can squash this bug.
So to the original point of the poll, if you feel you need this functionality, vote yes. If not - so be it.
2020-05-14 03:04 AM
2020-10-13 04:11 AM
2020-10-25 02:11 AM
2022-04-27 10:33 PM
HI Karl and All,
In AC 24, we could set very large image resolution without actually setting the 3D Window size larger than could be generated on screen. The trick is to use the Camera tool as the source of the view. It is also helpful to undock the 3D window temporarily and set that to a reasonable size that is the same aspect ratio of the desired final live view/image. For example, 1200x800. Then save the View in the View Map. At this point, the 3D window can be closed or re-docked. But the settings for the View are still editable and they are retained when the view is placed on a layout or simply published for post processing.
Again, this is only on Archicad 24.
Attached is a screenshot of a simple example using a Mid 2015 Macbook Pro.
I have created a 4 minute video showing the steps which you can get from my Dropbox:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k4crjq6v3z3g9ug/High-Resolution%20Images%20from%20AC24.mp4?dl=0
I have found that I can get much larger images without crashing, using this background type of processing of the view, than I can by actually setting the window to these dimensions (which can only be done on Windows anyway)
Also, using this technique of lower resolution window that has the same aspect ratio, and also using the camera tool, makes the composition of the high resolution view match what you expect.
I really think Graphisoft should bring this technology back since it would seem that they already invented it as an undocumented feature, and it works on inexpensive hardware.
Cheers!
Ransom