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    • Exporting a high quality model with opacity

      Hello,

      I'm using Sketchup mostly for two dimensional drawings.
      However, sometimes I find it necessary to highlight certain parts of my work. Up till now, I would export it to some image format, then highlight it in Powerpoint or any similar programme. I realised that wasn't a very smart approach because Sketchup uses vector graphics, so I can get those models in as high resolution as I wish - so I better do the highlighting in Sketchup as well (in addition, it will obviously be more accurate).
      I thought a bit and found a trick - to highlight something, I would simply draw the shape I want to highlight, fill it with some opacity, and put it above the relevant drawing - that way I get opacity and highlighting. If I view the model from above, with no perspective, it looks like I want it to look.
      I can export this to some image format and be happy.
      Then I thought to myself, why stop here? As I'm using the pictures in a Word document, which will be exported to a PDF file, I can use the vector graphics, and that way I will have "infinite resolution", which is pretty important for me. However, exporting is as an EPS file loses the opacity.

      Is there any way to bypass this problem?

      Thanks,
      Ron.

      posted in Newbie Forum sketchup
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