Exporting the Display as a Bitmap

Model Viewer can export a bitmap of the display area.
  1. Resize the display area to the desired dimensions.
  2. Click the File menu and select Export As Bmp. (See note 1 below.)
  3. Select Screen if you want a bitmap at the screen resolution. Otherwise, select 150 ppi or 300 ppi and specify either the width or height (but not both) of the bitmap in inches. (See note 2 below.)
  4. Click OK.
  5. Navigate to the folder in which you want to save the bitmap file.
  6. In the File Name box, enter the name of the bitmap file. This name should end with the extension .bmp
  7. Click Save.

Notes:

  1. The exported bitmap has a color depth of 24 bits per pixel, or a maximum of about 16 million colors.
  2. If you select 150 ppi or 300 ppi (pixels per inch) in Step 2, the bitmap size will depend on the specified width or height in inches. If you specify the width, then the height will be automatically determined so that the aspect ratio of the bitmap matches that of the display area. If you specify height, then the width will be automatically determined. For example, if you specify 300 ppi and a width of 4 inches, the bitmap will have 1200 pixels in the x dimension. When you import such a bitmap into an application that recognizes bitmap resolution, the bitmap will be displayed as a picture with the specified width and height in inches.