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03/24/2008

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R&D Technologies Weekly Tech Tip

Topic: Saving A Picture       

SolidWorks will allow you to save a jpeg, tif or psd file from a SolidWorks part or assembly file. The drawback is that there is no way to increase the quality of the picture. The dots per inch(DPI) is set by SolidWorks. However you are allowed to increase the dpi for drawing files. So all you have to do is create SolidWorks drawing that contains the view you are interested in. Then Right Click on the sheet and go to Properties so that you can uncheck “display sheet format” to hide the title block. Then go to your System Colors (Toolsà OptionsàSystem OptionsàColors) and check off “Use specified color for drawings paper color” to hide the wrinkled paper effect. In that area you can also change the background color (drawings, paper color). Now you are ready to hit Fileàsave. Change the file of type to tif file. Once that is done you will see an Options button appear in the lower right. In the options select Print capture and set your DPI to the desired level.

This week’s tech tip submitted by Paul Barclay de Tolly of BdeT Designs, LLC. If you have tips you would like to share please email them to techsupport@rnd-tech.com

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