Tiff Snapshot just not cutting it
Tiff Snapshot just not cutting it
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Quick question for all you pro/e gurus out there. We are having problems with exporting something other then a tiff snapshot from a drawing in 2000i2. Does anyone have a workaround or a solution to this problem?
Thanks for the help
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Thanks for the help
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RE: Tiff Snapshot just not cutting it
But if you want an image file and have no way of converting it to a jpeg for example. You can do this within proe. First export you tif file from you drawing. Open a part then open photorender. Open the image browser. You can now open your tif file and use save-as to save it to your Jpeg or another format.
This is long winded but if you have no other way of converting file formats and can't open DXF. then this will work fine.
Hope this is something like you wanted.
Good luck
Selim
RE: Tiff Snapshot just not cutting it
The reasons are: 1.) It is small 2.) Like a PDF file it is uneditable 3.) You can get free viewer activex plug ins for web browser. 4.) It is a vector file so you can zoom in forever and get actual detail. 5.) It is a MIL standard.
Do you have ann viewing packages? Vis View? Fast Look?
RE: Tiff Snapshot just not cutting it
Has anyone else tried to export image files of Drawings? Jpeg and regular tiff export work fine for models/assemblies and so on just not for drawings ..
Any ideas?
RE: Tiff Snapshot just not cutting it
Hope this is helpful.
Bill
Bill
RE: Tiff Snapshot just not cutting it
Check it out if you have a chance.
The file size will amaze you .. 1/10 the size of an AutoCAD drawing
RE: Tiff Snapshot just not cutting it
I purchased a simple program called WIN2PDF, I found at download.com. It was only ~$35. It simply acts as a printer and whatever you send to it is capured in a PDF file. It's realy simple and cheap.
RE: Tiff Snapshot just not cutting it
Like PDF, it is secure, which I really like
RE: Tiff Snapshot just not cutting it
The other way is to create a monochrome TIF file again in the same way as you would create a plot. Select printer type choose tiff from list (JPEG and others are there to) select print to file. configer plot as you would normaly do (ie paper size) then click ok. You should now have a monochrome Tiff file which looks exactly like a paper copy.
(this should work without changing any configeration settings, but check config setiing tiff_compression is set to g4)
Note if you are importing into word HPGL files are best but not always reliable.
Regards
Andy
RE: Tiff Snapshot just not cutting it
Of course most people can't do it an won't bother so it is usualy good enough but do not consider it to be absolutely unchangable.
I consider it the best way to send drawings. Even to people that have pro/e I have had so many vendors tell me I didn't send the second page of drawing because they didn't know where the command was to switch pages.
Here is a link to instructions on how to install a free printer utility to make PDFs. This is from Steve Hassenzahl and the Atlanta Pro/user group. (I have not used it)
http://www.prouser.org/rugs/atlanta/propdf.html
ProEpro
www.whitelightdesign.com
RE: Tiff Snapshot just not cutting it
1. click the print icon
2. change the "destination" to "postscript"
3. check the box next to "to file" and uncheck "to printer"
4. click "ok"
5. choose a name and saving location.
6. replace the .plt extension with .eps
.eps can be opened easily in photoshop and illustrator.
RE: Tiff Snapshot just not cutting it
Here is my advice:
To export a drawing in WORD/POWERPOINT, use CGM because it is a vectorial format and you can zoom it in word without loosing quality. Before you do that, change the colors for the system. Choose BLACK ON WHITE scheme.
To export a SHADED MODEL, simply hit ALT and PRINTSCREEN buttons on your keyboard. The image is now in WINDOWS clipboard. Just paste it (CTRL V)in your program.
RE: Tiff Snapshot just not cutting it
I hit CTRL>PRINT SCREEN which saves the whole screen image onto the clipboard. I then open PhotoShop (or MS Paint) and CTRL>V (paste) into the paint program. There I crop out everything but my image. Tweak as needed in the paint program. Much better resolution than ProE's TIFF.
~Karen