Vector Illustration Settings Window

Use

You can use the Vector Illustration Settings window to establish a number of vector rendering settings for use when exporting to PDF. These include line thickness, and wireframe display.

Features

Fields and Checkboxes	Functional Description
Lines	Selects various line output options for the illustration Line thickness: Determines the thickness of rendered lines Boundary Thickness: Determines the thickness of the object boundaries. The range is 0 to 10. Tolerance Angle: Determines the degree of angle tolerance for all rendered outlines. If the angle between two adjacent faces is greater than this value, then the edge between these faces is treated as an outline edge. Calculate Intersections: Draws lines along all face-face intersections. Vectors are normally calculated using triangle edges. If the lines of intersection fall outside of triangle edges where geometry or objects intersect each other, this option can be used to calculate the triangle intersections and output them as vectors. Remove Hidden Lines: Removes lines that are hidden by the geometry. For example, a Z-buffer. This is usually what is required for rendering. However, at times you may want a see-through effect. We recommend selecting this option. Show as Wireframe: Causes all edges to be treated as outline edges. The tolerance angle setting becomes redundant when this is selected.
Colors	Selects the colors to use in the illustration Use Object Color: Uses the object’s color for each object’s rendered lines Line Color: Opens the color selector so you can select a color for rendered lines. This option is only available if the Use Object's Color check box is not selected.
BOM	Determines if and where the BOM is placed on the illustration None: Excludes the BOM from the illustration Bottom: Places the BOM at the bottom of the illustration Right: Places the BOM at the right of the illustration

Fields and Checkboxes

Functional Description

Lines

Selects various line output options for the illustration

Line thickness: Determines the thickness of rendered lines
Boundary Thickness: Determines the thickness of the object boundaries. The range is 0 to 10.
Tolerance Angle: Determines the degree of angle tolerance for all rendered outlines. If the angle between two adjacent faces is greater than this value, then the edge between these faces is treated as an outline edge.
Calculate Intersections: Draws lines along all face-face intersections. Vectors are normally calculated using triangle edges. If the lines of intersection fall outside of triangle edges where geometry or objects intersect each other, this option can be used to calculate the triangle intersections and output them as vectors.
Remove Hidden Lines: Removes lines that are hidden by the geometry. For example, a Z-buffer. This is usually what is required for rendering. However, at times you may want a see-through effect. We recommend selecting this option.
Show as Wireframe: Causes all edges to be treated as outline edges. The tolerance angle setting becomes redundant when this is selected.

Colors

Selects the colors to use in the illustration

Use Object Color: Uses the object’s color for each object’s rendered lines
Line Color: Opens the color selector so you can select a color for rendered lines. This option is only available if the Use Object's Color check box is not selected.

BOM

Determines if and where the BOM is placed on the illustration

None: Excludes the BOM from the illustration
Bottom: Places the BOM at the bottom of the illustration
Right: Places the BOM at the right of the illustration

Activities

Opening the Vector Illustration Settings Window

When publishing to the .pdf format, choose Start of the navigation path Settings Next navigation step Publishing Options tab Vector Image via Illustration Module Settings End of the navigation path .