Export a Vertex File to Another Format
You can save a Vertex 2D drawing or 3D model in another file format in the following way:
- Do either of the following:
- Select > Save As.
- Press Ctrl+E.
The Save As dialog box opens.
- Select the desired Save as type alternative in the dialog box:
- 2D drawing:
- Adobe Acrobat Documents (*.pdf)
- AutoCAD Drawings (*.dwg)
- DXF Files (*.dxf)
- Binary DXF Files (*.dxb)
- Scalable Vector Graphics (*.svg)
- Design Web Format (*.dwf)
- Binary Design Web Format (*.dwf)
- Compressed Design Web Format (*.dwf)
- HPGL Images (*.hpgl, *.hgl)
- TIFF Images(*.tif)
- JPEG images (*,jpg, *jpeg)
- BMP images (*.bmp)
- GIF images (*.gif)
- PNG images (*.png)
- 3D model:
- Adobe Acrobat Files (*.pdf) Select the Version:
- pdf 3d - You can rotate the model in the Adobe Reader program. The 3D PDF Converter is an add-on feature of the Vertex BD software.
- pdf 2d - An image of the model, which you can view using the Adobe Reader program.
- AutoCAD Drawings (*.dwg)
- IGES Files (*.igs)
- SAT Files (*.sat)
- 3DS Files (*.3ds)
- DAE Files (*.dae)
- I3D Files (*.i3d)
- VRML Files (*.wrl, *.vrml)
- STL Files (*.stl)
- IFC Files (*.ifc) - IFC Link is an add-on feature of the Vertex BD software.
- IFC Compressed Files (*.ifczip) - IFC Link is an add-on feature of the Vertex BD software.
- JPS Files (*.jps)
- U3D Files (*.u3d)
- TIFF images (*.tif, *.tiff)
- JPEG images (*,jpg, *jpeg)
- BMP images (*.bmp)
- GIF images (*.gif)
- PNG images (*.png)
- Adobe Acrobat Files (*.pdf) Select the Version:
- 2D drawing:
- Do one of the following:
- Confirm the default save folder, which is the project folder.
- Select another folder using the common Windows dialog box functions.
- Select the saving location from the Directory list and click the Go button to open the selected folder.
- Enter the file name. Type a name in the File name field.
- Click the Save button.
- Depending on the selected file type, make the following definitions:
- Pdf or Pdf 2d - Select the printing settings in the Printing dialog box. You can select either regular PDF format, or PDF/A format suitable for long-term preservation (ISO standard PDF/A-1b) as the file type. Select the option from the Printer list.
- Pdf 3d - Select the model views to be saved in the PDF file. The 3D PDF Converter is an add-on feature of the Vertex BD software.
- DWG-format - Select translation using the default setup file. If this does not produce the desired end result, create your own setup file with the dialog box functions and use it.
- DXF format - Select translation using the DXF.std setup file.
- IGES format (3D) is converted directly.
- SAT format is converted directly.
- 3DS format is converted directly.
- VRML format - If necessary, select saving as a volume model and add navigation data.
- STL format is converted directly.
- IFC format - Select the object types and drawing-model pairs to be transferred.
- TIFF format (drawing) - Define the resolution, select either black and white or colored file type and the file compression method.
- TIFF format (model) - You can save a shaded or an OpenGL wireframe model as an image in TIFF file format. Define the image size in pixels or as a factor of the size of the Vertex working window. You can select white as the background color.
- JPEG format (model) - You can save a shaded or an OpenGL wireframe model as an image in JPEG file format. Define the same information as for a TIFF file.