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■ WORKING WITH REVIT ARCHITECTURE 2011 MODELS
7. Click OK to create the Level2.png image file (Figure 1.22).
Figure 1.22 Image created through Revit’s export feature
Forcing All Lines to Be as Thin as Possible
In Revit Architecture 2011, the export image feature does not respect Revit’s Thin
Lines mode. Thin Lines mode is useful if you want to forgo lineweights in Revit
entirely. If you have a large monitor with a graphics card that supports a high enough
resolution, you can take a screen capture to use as the basis for enhancement in
Photoshop.
Exactly which resolution setting is good enough depends on many factors,
including the physical size of the building you’re enhancing, its relationship to the
graphic scale you’re working in, and the final size you hope to print the enhanced
image from Photoshop.
Note: To maximize image quality, set your display resolution to the highest number of pixels before taking a
screen capture.
The weakness of the screen-capture transfer method is that it is limited by the
number of pixels displayed by your graphics card. However, this is the only way to
export single-pixel-width lines from Revit. Here’s how it’s done:
1. In Revit, close the Properties and View hierarchy panels by clicking their Close
buttons to maximize the amount of screen real estate occupied by the drawing
itself.
2. Activate Thin Lines mode by clicking its button either on the Quick Access tool-
bar or on the View ribbon.
3. Select Hidden Line from the rendering menu at the bottom of the screen, if it’s
not already selected (Figure 1.23).
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