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Printing a Perspective drawing

Caroline
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In Winner, when the user has chosen to print a Perspective drawing, the Select form: Perspective drawing window shows the range of options and forms available.

For more information, see Printing the Plan, the Perspective or the Elevation.

 

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  1. Show all elements - Shows all available printouts.

    Highlight the correct form and then click on Print or Preview.

    Users can also double-click on a form in the list, and a preview of that selected form will be displayed directly on the screen.

  2. Preview - Shows a preview of the selected form to ensure that it looks correct before printing. 

  3. Print - When the user has highlighted the form they wish to print, click Print.

    After that the user will be presented with a window where they can specify the printer for the printout. Winner will automatically suggest the default printer for their PC. For more information, see How to set a default printer in Windows.
    NOTE!: For Winner Flex users the printout will also be saved to the Flex platform. 

  4. Send E-mail - The PDF will be attached in the email and you will need to use the Outlook app for this to generate. A copy of the PDF file will be saved to the Export folder. 

  5. Export PDF - To export the Perspective drawing as a .pdf file, click Export PDF.

    Winner Flex users will be able to upload a copy to the Flex platform, or click Save locally and choose a location on their PC to save the exported .pdf file.

    Winner Design users will be able to choose a location on their PC to save the exported .pdf file.

  6. Macro definition - Deciding on view options for images such as size, colour and resolution, users can then save the layout options as a Macro for future use. 

    For more information, see How can I define a printout as a macro, to use it in my batch print?

  7. View - The various settings for the selected print forms appear in this group box. The settings which appear are the profile name, the type of drawing for example, a line drawing, and the scale/resolution of the print form.

  8. Profile - From the drop-down menu users can choose which type of drawing to use for the selected print form for example, users can choose a colour drawing or pencil drawing. There are also several more options users can choose from, including photorealistic drawing or oil painting.

    The selected profile will be visible as a preview at the bottom of the window.
    NOTE!: If you have selected a photorealistic drawing the progress can be seen in the Photorealistic manager and will be saved to the Export directory for the project. For Flex users a copy will be saved on the Flex platform.  

  9. Scale / Resolution - When printing a perspective drawing this column displays the choice of resolution of the printout. The resolution, the number of pixels, can be set at low, medium or high. A high resolution increases the print time for example, printing of a photorealistic drawing will take longer than a pencil drawing.

  10. General options - Select Scale adjustment to change the scale of the printout and, select the Line thickness option to customise a line thickness from 1 to 8.

    This function will have an effect on plan drawing printouts and on line drawings printouts of the Front Elevation and the Perspective drawing. It works for both solid and dashed lines, and will particularly improve the visibility of dashed lines when users copy or fax drawings.

    NOTE! This line thickness adjustment does not show in the Perspective preview. It is only shown when the perspective form is printed.

    NOTE! If the user changes the setting of this function, Winner will remember the last line thickness value entered the next time the printout dialogue is opened.

  11. Perspective options - Select the Iterate viewpoints option to print, export or email all of the user's saved Viewpoints, in addition to the current Perspective view.

  12. Edit profiles - If the user has selected a form that does not contain the desired profile, or if the user wishes to alter something relating to the current profile, click Edit profiles.

    In the Image export settings window, select a profile from the list to the left of the window or create a new profile.

 

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