KOMPAS-3D v23

The element

Description

Chromaticity

This list is used to select the number of colors.

Since the size of a raster file is proportional to the number of colors, high chromaticity is recommended to use only for writing 3D models (or documents containing inserts depicting 3D models) – that will let correctly reproduce color renditions.

Having written a file, view it in an appropriate bitmap editor. If the color transitions do not look "smooth" enough, increase chromaticity and write the file again.

Display in grayscale

This option is used to write color tints in grayscale.

The amount of grayscale will be the more, the higher chromaticity is set. Therefore, the inclusion of this option is not equivalent to choosing black-and-white as a saving method in which shades of gray are created by "mixing" black and white pixels.

Color

A list from which you can select the color of the image. More about available options...

All lines are thin

To define line thickness for a bitmap file the line thickness settings from the dialog for setting up system linesThe thickness in pixels is calculated such that when printed with the resolution specified in the Resolution, dots per inch, they have the thickness set for printing. The result is rounded to integer value.

For example, thin lines with default settings (thickness on paper = 0,18 mm, resolution = 96 DPI) will have the thickness 1 pixel in bitmap file. The same lines with the 300 DPI resolution will have the thickness 2 pixels.

The All lines are thin option controls the line thickness: if enabled, all lines in the raster file will have the thickness set for thin lines, and if disabled, lines will have individual thicknesses.

Line thickness on paper is a line style option. For system styles, it is set in the system lines settings dialog, and for user styles when setting them.
The line style also contains the “thickness on screen” parameter. Its value does not affect the result of saving bitmap.

The state of the option All lines Are Thin does not affect the thickness of the lines of the font.

The entire document in one file

For raster formats, excluding TIFF, the option allows you to save all drawing sheets in one file. If the option is disabled, each sheet is saved in a separate file. File names for saved sheets will be formed as follows: additional elements corresponding to the sheet numbers will automatically be added to the name specified when the document is saved.

When saving a document to the TIFF format, the option allows you to save all the sheets of the document on one page of the file. If the option is disabled, the result of the document saving depends on the status of the option Multi-page TIFF. If this option is enabled, the document will be saved to one file. Sheets of the document are saved on separate pages of the file. If option Multi-page TIFF off, then each sheet is written to a separate file in the same way as other raster formats.

Scale

The field to set the image scale.

Resolution, dots per inch

The field in which you can enter or select the image resolution.

Since the size of a raster file is proportional to the resolution, high resolution is recommended to use only for writing documents that contain fine details and boundaries of substantial curvature – that will help reproduce them with minimum losses.

Having written a file, view it in an appropriate bitmap editor. If you are not satisfied with the image quality, increase the resolution and write the file again.

Pages

The group of controls that is used to select pages for writing.

All

When enabled, this option means that all pages of the document will be written.

Current

When enabled, this option means that only the current page of the document will be written.

Range

When enabled, this option means that the specified pages will be written. You can enter numbers and/or ranges of page numbers in the field, e.g. "1, 3-5".

Page Sequence

A list that allows you to specify which pages of the range you want to write: all, only even, or only odd.

Multi-page TIFF

The option allows, upon saving a document in the TIFF format to generate a multi-page file on whose each page one document sheet will be located.

With this option disabled, a separate TIFF file is created for each sheet.

The option is unavailable for other formats.

Document size, mm

Page image dimensions in mm.

Image size, pixels

Page image dimensions in points. This value depends on the specified scale and resolution.

Preview Window

The window is used to display the page selected for writing.

Writing to raster formats is subject to setting print filters. For example, the created drawing file will contain only those objects of the KOMPAS document for which printing was enabled.