Realistic Display and Rendering??

christopher_owens

Hello! I have a project to model a replica of a concept building of which the customer wants images. I have used SolidWorks PhotoWorks before, and I am just wondering with Onshape(BETA) how could I get close to  "Realistic Display and Rendering"??? Or is there a way to "Export to PNG" ??

christopher_quijano

You could always export out the cad and import it into another program. Lagoa is cloud based and free for some things.

3dcad

You can also 'export to png' by choosing Print from hamburger menu and RMB on preview and choose Save image. Quality is a bit better than taking a screenshot, but if you have HD screen - screenshots print out pretty nice too.

But if you need professional rendering then you will need to go through some actual renderer like Lagoa in cloud or installed software such as Keyshot.

3dcad

Look at program Lightshot, it will replace your screenshot button with much better tool (select area, save to file, comment, etc..)

And if you don't have windows, you can still use Lightshot installed in your browsers..

christopher_quijano

You could always export out the cad and import it into another program. Lagoa is cloud based and free for some things.

christopher_owens

Thanks Christopher!

3dcad

You can also 'export to png' by choosing Print from hamburger menu and RMB on preview and choose Save image. Quality is a bit better than taking a screenshot, but if you have HD screen - screenshots print out pretty nice too.

But if you need professional rendering then you will need to go through some actual renderer like Lagoa in cloud or installed software such as Keyshot.

christopher_owens

"Hamburger menu"... like it! I did the RMB - Save Image on the preview and it worked great! I think for sharing a "rough draft" image of the model with the customer this works great! I did use the PrtScrn - Paste into Paint - Crop - Save method to share images on LinkedIn and a colleague before...this is much faster! Thanks!

3dcad

Look at program Lightshot, it will replace your screenshot button with much better tool (select area, save to file, comment, etc..)

And if you don't have windows, you can still use Lightshot installed in your browsers..

christopher_owens

I did learn by "why not try it Clicking" that I can go through my available printer options and save a PDF to my Google Drive! Keeps the file in the "cloud"!

christopher_owens

Since I use Google Chrome, Lightshot works great!! Thanks!