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    • Dave RD Offline
      Dave R
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      From what I can see your card was introduced in 2008 and it has 898Mb of RAM. More recent graphics cards are 2 or more Gb. Mine isn't anything very special and it has 4Gb of memory.

      You might be able to fix the jaggies by choosing another AA setting from the list in the OpenGL window. Maybe try 2x or 4x.

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      • Joe WoodJ Offline
        Joe Wood
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        naw was after I turned off Use HA that I got the Js,

        what's a better mid range card I could have,

        and where do I get it!

        Joe Wood
        woodsshop.com/

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        • Dave RD Offline
          Dave R
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          Jaggies are anticlimactic related so choosing a higher setting could help. My card is a gtx960. I find it works well for me. As to where you can get one, mail order from Amazon or get one locally. There is surely a local store that carries something that will work for you.

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          • Joe WoodJ Offline
            Joe Wood
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            OK folks, I have a much better computer and graphics card, but am still getting these black boxes in exported images!

            can we try again to figure out what's happening??

            I haven't tried using layout yet, but then I shouldn't need to!

            cable rail.jpg

            Joe Wood
            woodsshop.com/

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            • Dave RD Offline
              Dave R
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              Could you share the SKP file with me? I'll try it on my computer and see what I get. What font are you using?

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              • Joe WoodJ Offline
                Joe Wood
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                OK sent off to you Dave, and I'm using Comic Sans MS text. Just tried two others and no change ..

                Joe Wood
                woodsshop.com/

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                • Dave RD Offline
                  Dave R
                  last edited by

                  I'm getting it on that text box, too. I can't see anything as far as a setting to change.
                  Lor4 Test.png

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                  • Joe WoodJ Offline
                    Joe Wood
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                    yeah me either Dave but Oh gawd I've infected you now!!

                    Joe Wood
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                    • Dave RD Offline
                      Dave R
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                      it's a weird, thing, too. I tried making another text box manually typing the same text and got the same black block. I can't seem to create another file in which it happens, though. I've tried several times and it always seems to work fine.

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                      • Dave RD Offline
                        Dave R
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                        Another odd thing is that it isn't always there. I just orbited the view and exported.
                        Lor4 Test.png

                        I did find something that I think is related. The ground group container was painted with the gray glass material while the face is painted with the concrete material. I removed the gray glass and the black box went away.
                        Lor4 Test.png

                        I don't know why the gray glass material had that effect but I also don't know why you painted the group with it.

                        By the way, the face is reversed on the concrete. You should really not leave back faces exposed.


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                        • Joe WoodJ Offline
                          Joe Wood
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                          Darn, I thought you nailed it with the grey glass texture, but I tried removing it and got the same text issue.

                          thanks for digging in to this Dave!

                          another thing is, I export these at 6000 px wide, and if I drop that to 2000, no black boxes.

                          Joe Wood
                          woodsshop.com/

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                          • Dave RD Offline
                            Dave R
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                            Nuts! I didn't catch that the export size got reset. Shoot!

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                            • Joe WoodJ Offline
                              Joe Wood
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                              So Folks, does anyone have any more ideas about this?

                              Joe Wood
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                              • Dave RD Offline
                                Dave R
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                                Joe, you bought, why not do the labeling in layOut?

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