High Resolution Image Export?

[knut_bb78]

Hey

Is it possible to export a high quality image from Revit? I'm not talking about rendered images, but floorplans etc. in hidden line or shading w/edges. I tried the trick in this thread: http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=33107 but it didnt give me the result I was hoping for. Any tips?

[dhurtubise]

You can export up tp 600 dpi, you need more ?

[sbrown]

The best method is to print to pdf, then open in photoshop and save as jpg or tif.

[knut_bb78]

The best method is to print to pdf, then open in photoshop and save as jpg or tif.

I have tried that. The file is only about 85kb! Isnt that very small for a high quality image?

[aaronrumple]

I've got a 30"x42" sheet in front of me that was printed 600 DPI with shadows on all the elevations. It was sent to EPS and then converted to PDF. The file is only 700 Kb and is very crisp and sharp.

The attached detail is an area from the PDF which is only 2" x 2".

[Wes Macaulay]

I have tried that. The file is only about 85kb! Isnt that very small for a high quality image?

It is high quality -- it's vector. In Revit, wireframe and hidden line views are printed as vectors to PDF. Turn on shadows or shading with or without edges, and you get a raster image.

HTH

[Bryan Sutton]

It is high quality -- it's vector. In Revit, wireframe and hidden line views are printed as vectors to PDF. Turn on shadows or shading with or without edges, and you get a raster image.

HTH

Yes
What is also useful is that you can open that PDF file in Illustrator and (with some limitations) use that vector information - tweak line weights / styles, add text, other graphics...
Great for putting together presentation Graphics.
Cheers
Bryan Sutton

[leediggle]

I've got a 30"x42" sheet in front of me that was printed 600 DPI with shadows on all the elevations. It was sent to EPS and then converted to PDF. The file is only 700 Kb and is very crisp and sharp.

The attached detail is an area from the PDF which is only 2" x 2".

How do you send it as an EPS file from Revit? We are having real issues with exporting images from Revit without rendering. We are often up against tight deadlines and do not have the time or resource to set up the rendering.

[ejburrell67787]

Yes
What is also useful is that you can open that PDF file in Illustrator and (with some limitations) use that vector information - tweak line weights / styles, add text, other graphics...
Great for putting together presentation Graphics.
Cheers
Bryan Sutton

nice one Bryan, Are you designing a Mission Control for somone?

[aaronrumple]

How do you send it as an EPS file from Revit? We are having real issues with exporting images from Revit without rendering. We are often up against tight deadlines and do not have the time or resource to set up the rendering.

I use the Adobe Postscript print driver (free) combined with the Acrobat PPD (free). Then just print to file.