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Saving and Printing Tips

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  •   You can Save any open webpage by going to File->Save As and choose file type HTML Complete. This will save the page and the associated files to your computer. I use a folder on my desktop called Webpages

  •   You can add the page to Favorites (Internet Explorer) and check the option Make available offline. It will save the page so you can open it from your favorites menu.

    • You can save the entire website by doing the above and then click the Customize button and choose the depth of linked pages to save. Choose 1

  • To print  a page without printing background images go to Tools->Internet Options and click the Advanced Tab. Under Printing uncheck the box next to Print background colors and images. (See image).

  • To print a portion of a page, select the portion by dragging your cursor over it. You can also select by holding down the SHIFT key and using the ARROW keys. Then select PRINT and check the option SELECTION ONLY. (Not all printers have this option).

  • You may need to set printer to Landscape to fit all of the page.

  •  For printing page as an image see next topic . . .

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Better Image Capture of Shaded Models

  •  Get smooth edges and better colors by 'printing' the model to an image convertor.

  •  See samples:

    • First is DesignCAD's Save Image function.

    • Second is Microsoft Office Image Writer.

      • Installed as option with Microsoft Office.

    • Third is Print-Driver.com's Universal Document Converter.

      • Free trial offered at their website.

  •  (Additional 'Lights' were added to this model for better effect.)

  •  The second and third options function as PRINTERS and are accessed with the PRINT dialog.

    • Select PRINT.

    • Scroll down to installed Image Printer.

    • Choose options for paper, shading and orientation.

    • 'Printer' will create a file and ask you to name it.

    • MS Image writer will open file and allow you to copy it to clipboard or 'save as' a .tif format image.

      • Copied image may be pasted in any software that accepts images.

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Multi-Paperspace Printing in One Drawing.

  •  You can print several Paperspace views of one drawing all at once.

  •  Set up a Paperspace with a single border and Viewframe on a paper size you want for a single print.

  •  Fill in universal Title Block information.

  •  Reset the paper size to accommodate 2 or 4 templates.

    • 4 11x8.5's would be C-22x17

  •  Copy or array the templates with correct spacing for print margins.

  •  Select areas of the drawing for each Viewframe with zoom, pan, and layer choice.

  •  Fill in unique Title Block information.

  •  Go to print Preview.

  •  Click and drag the right lower corner of the Bounding Box down and right to invoke more 'panels. Click the mouse again.

  •  Now you should have 4 panels.

  •  Click the bounding box handle again and drag till the drawings are properly oriented.

    • The center handle will move the whole bounding box so you can fine tune the centering.

  •  When the panels are all lined up you can print the 4 panels, or choose one or more panels for a partial print.

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  • Like the Fit2Win only fitting to the sheet, Printing only prints what's in the white area, which is helpful to me in working around the bug where all the Layouts print under the active one:

I layout as many sheets as practical around the white area (see attached jpg) and when printing I Select All and move everything so that the sheet I want to print is in the white area. I print with everything still selected and then just move everything for the next sheet. This method also helps when duplicating things from sheet to sheet.

I actually stole this idea from my acad friends who layout the entire drawing and move the sheet them plate to what they want to print. However, instead of using View Frames for different parts of the drawing they would duplicate and scale things, ending up with one very large View Frame (or whatever acad calls it). If they make a change to any part of the drawing they would still have to go around manually correcting the rest of the drawing that shows the same thing.

  • See image below. Click for larger.

    Contributed by: Lar

VRML/Vector Graphics Rendering

  •  DesignCAD saves VRML/WRL in 2 ways.

    • EXPORT to VRML saves a static drawing as WRL

    • Animation Mode|Export|VRML saves a Static or Animated model as WRL

  •  Both can be viewed with a Web Browser using a Plug-In such as Cortona to view and manipulate them.

  •  A Plug-In can be integrated into a webpage as here:

 Download the Cortona Plug-in

Click FIT (lower right), then EXAMINE (towards upper-left) (mouse-over controls to see prompts)

Drag mouse in Window. Right-click for more OPTIONS

Install Cortona VRML Client!

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