Use this dialog to save a screen capture that you can reuse in the project documentation.
- Access
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- Right-click in the View window and select
Screen Capture, or - Go to the View window, and then click File
Screen Capture.
- Right-click in the View window and select
Dialog elements
- Label
- Enter the name of the screen capture in this box.
- Comment
- (Optional) Enter a comment in this box.
- Insert date and time
- Inserts the date and time into the documentation.
- Screen Capture Type
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- View updated upon printing: Updates the screen capture in the documentation every time it is printed or previewed. This update includes the current geometry, data and results of the project.
- Whole structure: Updates the screen capture with all its elements automatically. The update includes bars, panels or any other objects added later on. When the Whole structure option is deselected, new elements will not be included in the structure view. Note: The modifications of the geometry, such as the deletion of elements for example are updated during the preparation of the printout.
- Whole structure: Updates the screen capture with all its elements automatically. The update includes bars, panels or any other objects added later on. When the Whole structure option is deselected, new elements will not be included in the structure view.
- Current view (PNG): Generates a *.PNG file. The image shows the project at the moment of the screen capture. If the structure model is modified, the view is not updated, which is useful when analyzing results of large structures.
- Copy to clipboard: The screen capture is saved as a clipboard copy of the current view and can be inserted into the documentation.
- Resolution: Available when Current view (PNG) or Copy to clipboard is selected. Use this slider to set the screen capture resolution. The selected resolution settings display in the field above the slider.
- View updated upon printing: Updates the screen capture in the documentation every time it is printed or previewed. This update includes the current geometry, data and results of the project.
- Screen capture orientation
- Select an orientation for the screen capture.
- Scale
- Select a screen capture scale (automatic or user defined).
Note: The list of screen captures is accessible from the Screen Capture tab of the Printout Composition dialog. From there, screen captures can be placed in projected structure documentation.