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#1 Posted : Thursday, November 13, 2008 12:21:27 PM(UTC)
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Is there any way to bump up the DPI from 72 to 300 when I export to JPG in VIACAD 2D/3D????

If not, would exporting to AI format and then doing the JPG conversion in AI work?
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#2 Posted : Friday, November 14, 2008 6:38:44 AM(UTC)
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Hello

There's no way to up the resolution of the export and it really depends on what type of output you are trying to get out into a graphic format, 2D Dimensioned Drawings or 3D Shaded Models, as to whether exporting to an alternate file format will improve your results.

Perhaps you could post a sample file and I'll take a look at some options for you?

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#3 Posted : Friday, November 14, 2008 12:11:16 PM(UTC)
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unfortunately I need to supply a 300 dpi jpg image.....
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#4 Posted : Friday, November 14, 2008 3:23:14 PM(UTC)
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If you need a shaded image then I'm afraid you may be out of luck, you could try either printing to .pdf or exporting as .ai but you will get a faceted result albeit at the higher resolution.
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#5 Posted : Friday, November 14, 2008 7:28:28 PM(UTC)
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the model is a surfaced wireframe. tried both the pdf & ai routes. the resulting images looked like s--t.
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#6 Posted : Saturday, November 15, 2008 2:37:11 AM(UTC)
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It really needs 'rendering' ??
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#7 Posted : Saturday, November 15, 2008 8:12:09 AM(UTC)
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Only other possibility I can think of would be to screen grab / export .JPG of model in sections, so instead of zooming the model to fill entire screen, zoom in so that a 1/4 of the model fills the screen and then assemble your collage in Photoshop.

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#8 Posted : Saturday, November 15, 2008 1:26:00 PM(UTC)
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Why not render to file, then change the resolution in Photoshop or some other image editor. If your on a Mac you can even do this in Preview.
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#9 Posted : Saturday, November 15, 2008 4:54:35 PM(UTC)
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Hello Nick

I think you might have missed the top post in thread, it's ViaCAD 2D/3D not Shark FX so no Render To File I'm afraid :(

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#10 Posted : Sunday, November 16, 2008 1:46:49 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: nick Go to Quoted Post
to screen grab / export .JPG of model in sections,...... then assemble your collage in Photoshop.

I do this very often.
To me, a screen grab is always a better option than a render, even with Shark FX...
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#11 Posted : Sunday, November 16, 2008 5:29:32 AM(UTC)
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it's an interesting thought for Tim

perhaps a high resolution jpg screen "grab" is something that could be simulated - I guess by misleading the program into believing it is sending info to a huge screen buffer - but instead sending it to a file to be output via jpg

whether you are a VC or a Shark user, this could be an enormously useful working tool

thoughts ?
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