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    • J Offline
      Jim57
      last edited by

      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

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

        dotdotdot

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        • jeff hammondJ Offline
          jeff hammond
          last edited by

          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.

          dotdotdot

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          • J Offline
            Jim57
            last edited by

            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?

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              Jim57
              last edited by

              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

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                jhauswirth
                last edited by

                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.

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                • J Offline
                  Jim57
                  last edited by

                  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

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