Better Resolution on Export

[Jim57]

Maybe this is a stretch, but I'm trying to export presentation documents from SketchUp or LayOut. My curves have a case of the jaggies, even when I use LO to make a "fine" quality PDF. JPG is no better.

I seem to remember a choice somewhere between vector & bitmap, perhaps— does this relate to exporting, and if so, where is it? If not, what controls export resolution/rendering?

Do most folks use another render engine for this?

TIA,

Jim

[jeff hammond]

you can choose vector output via the print dialog then save as pdf..
not sure if you can do this on pc

[jeff hammond]

i should add that you're still not going to entirely get rid of the jaggies by doing that..
a better method would be to export at a giant size then reduce in photoshop.

[Jim57]

That works nicely from SketchUp. It looks like the image quailty has already been set by the time it's in Layout? Is there a way to up the image quality so I can compose images like in LayOut? Or should I export individual images from SketchUp and compost them in separate graphics software?

[Jim57]

Whoops, I didn't see your answer, Jeff. I'll try that using Canvas (I don't have Photoshop). Looks like I would do that under File/ Export/ Options, then set image size. I presume a larger image size gives better resolution, e.g., the resolution is fixed and a bigger image gets more fine detail?

Thanks,

Jim

[jhauswirth]

You can select vector or hybrid rendering of SU models in LO
by selecting the model and changing the rendering type in the
SketchUp Dialog.

[Jim57]

Cool. I get it now, thanks.

It takes forever to render if there's a lot of edges, but it makes for a really nice output when I set the Model Window output choice to either Vector or Hybrid (depending on the amount of surfaces) and set the Export/ Options quality to High.

Jim