Hi there,
I'm trying to plot to JPEG format. We often use drawings in powerpoint presentations and I end up converting a PDF in photoshop to a JPEG - This is not fun. So, is it possible to print straight to JPEG rather than PDF?
I've tried loading the Workspace\system\plotdrv\jpeg.plt file but it says the printer configuration is invalid.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Matt
Have you tried using JPEG.PLTCFG instead? (I just tried that on a simple test case and it worked fine...) If it does, there could be something in the .PLT that you are using that MicroStation V8 XM Edition's print engine is not liking.
BTW, if you are going to PPT, have you tried just using
oleserve viewcopy
Matt,
IMO the printing solution is best to use when you want to get a JPEG from an existing layout or from a fence.
In many cases you might need more control. For presentations it might be desireable to have the JPEG created in MicroStation in the same resolution and aspect ratio as digital photographs. In this case you can create a JPEG on the fly from a View. You can easily do this using the menu command:
/Utilities/Image/Save
To take full control over the size and aspect ratio of the image you can configure your View using the menu command:
/Settings/Rendering/View Size
To create screenshots in MicroStation including toolboxes you can use the menu command
/Utilities/Image/Capture
HTH
Gunnar
Matt: We often use drawings in presentations and I end up converting a PDF in photoshop to a JPEG
If you want to use high-quality vector drawings in Office applications, whether for printing or projection, a good choice is Enhanced Metafile Format (EMF). Don't be put off by the name: EMF is a Windows internal standard graphics format. Office applications understand it and reproduce it to good effect.
Here's an article from Ask Inga that advocates EMF — there are a few other articles in the Wiki.
Regards, Jon Summers LA Solutions
Thanks to Jon for pointing out my emf2word.plt plot driver posted over at AskInga. I've been using it very successfully for almost ten years now with various versions of Microstation. We routinely use it for putting readable, vector copies of full E-size engineering drawings into Word documents or Powerpoint slide presentations without the drawback of large file sizes or unreadable text that you get with raster images. Matthew, I hope this will help in your situation.
Jim