Printing a RockPlot3D View

RockPlot3D | File | Print

Step-by-Step Summary

Follow these steps to print a 3D image.

If necessary, open the Rw3D file you wish to print. (See Opening a RockPlot3D View.)
Adjust the image view to your satisfaction. This includes, but is not limited to, the rotation angle, zoomed-in state, vertical exaggeration, etc.
- ! This is important because the printing tool captures a bitmap image that’s based on what’s currently displayed in the 3D View.
Select the File | Print menu command.
Select the Rendering Quality:
- You can choose from Draft quality (150 dots per inch or dpi), Good quality (300 dpi), or Best quality (600 dpi) output.
- Click OK to continue.
Next you'll see a standard Windows print window, with information taken directly from the installed driver.
- Double-check that the displayed printer name is the one to which the output should be sent.
- Use the printer’s Properties or Setup button to access printer-specific settings, including page size.
- RockPlot3D can scale the view to fill whatever paper size you have selected.
Click OK to send the print job to the printer.

Tips

If you need printouts larger than a single page of your printer paper, we recommend that you export the image to a high resolution raster (JPG, BMP, PNG, TIFF) image, and then print from a graphic application. (See Exporting RockPlot3D Images.)
The general shape of the image must be adjusted before selecting the File | Print command (see the second step, above). Unlike 2-dimensional (flat) images like contour maps, 3D images cannot be printed at a specific horizontal and vertical units-per-inch scale.