Saving a JPEG with white background

Mar 27, 2007 4 Replies

Hi,



I have a gradient background as my default work surface in SolidWorks.



When I save a JPEG of a part (or assembly) that I am working on for a client, I would like to save the image but have the background be white instead of my gradient... it would be handy too when saving "hidden line" views for patent applications as well.



Any thoughts on this, i.e. Is there an easy way to turn off the SolidWorks default background when saving as a JPEG? and of course while leaving the default background alone...



I guess I want the "Save As JPEG" to work like the Print command, do not print the background, only the part or assembly in whatever view "style" (wireframe, hidden line, shaded, etc) is chosen.



Thank you,



Aron


Doing it through Bluebeam will do it for you if you have it, as well as give you a LOT better quality that through SWx, which to me looks no more better than a screen shot. I think this is SWx way of getting you to buy Bluebeam....If you have Abobe Acrobat printers installed, you might be able to do it through there, but I'm not sure - didn't try that.

I don't know of any other way through SWx than to change your gradient properties to an all white background will you do your "save as".....

Scott

Assuming that you're on 2007 - why not just switch your background to "Plain White" using the color scenes icon. It's it two clicks away. If you wanted it to be one click toggle, just remove all scenes but plain white and your defualt gradient (in the spotlight) using tools/options/ Colors current color schemes and you can toggle from one scene to the other by clicking on the scenes tool icon. Don't forget about the very useful View/Screen Capture.

Mark

Also, I use a macro bound to a key for saving jpegs, there are several available on various websites etc. It is very useful as it saves a numbered jpeg into the current directory. Using this macro I can generate dozen's of screenshots within a minute or so which are great either in a powerpoint or emailed prior to a conference call. (It's easier than saying to a bunch of people "just rotate around to the little area with the thingy on the other side and zoom in a bit..... etc. etc.)

Zander

Thanks to everyone for the comments & suggestions... maybe I will make a plug-in / add-on.

I will let you know what solutions I find useful too.

Aron

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