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Create a lined image (illustrative)

Caroline
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In Virtual Worlds, you can create a lined, illustrative-style image of your design.

As well as creating a clean-lined image, Illustrator Mode is useful to present the placement of tiles.

For example, it may not be easily apparent where tile cuts or grout is intended to be due to the colour scheme or lighting. A lined image overlaying the render, or a lined image on its own, can assist in clarifying these details.

VW_illustrator mode.jpg
  • Illustrator Mode enabled
  • Generate line drawing only ticked
 VW_illustrator mode with render.jpg
  • Illustrator Mode enabled
  • Line drawing generated over render

Generating a lined image is the same process as creating a standard image, but you tick Illustrator Mode in the image preset before generating the image.

1. Open Edit Preset

  1. In an open design, click Tools in the menu bar.

     
  2. Click Create Image file.... In the Create Image window, access the Edit Preset function to change the projection and save it.
    Note: For detailed guidance on Edit Presets, see Editing photo quality presets.
  3. Click Edit... in the Photo Quality section.

    VW_EN_Create image_Photo quality Edit.png

2. Change projection type in Edit Preset

  1. In the Settings List, click Image.

     
  2. In the Illustrator Mode section, tick Enable. This setting will produce a rendered image with lines on top. For just a lined image, tick Generate line drawing only.

     
  3. Click Save As... to save a new preset.
 VW_Edit preset Illustrator mode.png

The new preset will now be selectable in the Preset drop-down.

3. Start or Export render

  1. In the Create Image window, click the Preset drop-down and select the new preset.

     
  2. Confirm all other settings such as Resolution and Brightness.

     
  3. Click:

 

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