Hi All!
I hope you can help me. I would like to display a model in layout with textures. If I set layout to Hybrid, it displays jagged textures (see image). Do you have a solution for this?
export.
this is the low res preview. itâs low res because if it was high res, then layout would just stop working after a few pages. it makes images, photos and other raster elements in low resolution.
however, when you export, you get the resolution you choose in the documentâs parameters.
here itâs more obvious than the raster mode because you have a low resolution (full of pixels) image under a very precise and thin vector set of lines.
try exporting and check the pdf.
Tnx for the fast reaction.
In the PDF it is better, but still not completely good (see image). Can I increase the export setting even higher?
thatâs because of the nature of vector vs pixels.
when you make an angled line using pixels, like the one in the back, you make a small âstaircaseâ. then, anti aliasing will soften this jagged border to make it look less âstaircasyâ.
The anti aliasing happens on lines in sketchup, not faces (as far as I observed).
But here, your lines are not pixels, they are vectors.
Vectors are super precise lines, unlike pixels, they can be angled no issue.
Here I have 3 solutions :
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when exporting, donât use the jpg compression. itâll use the full size images as they were.
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make your vector lines slightly thicker. I usually set my lines at 0,1pt by default, then test print, and adjust. your lines looks very thin, depending how big your image is, it might be too thin.
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zoom out. off course, if you zoom in RIGHT on it youâll see things. but look at it globally. itâll never be perfect, using raster youâll see antialiasing, in vector youâll see tiny lines missing here and there or sticking out slightly, in hybrid youâll see what you see there.
(I would probably do a combination of both)
Here is a simple test.
Using 0,5pt lines, if I zoom in on the pdf :
if I look at the whole picture, full screen :
If Iâm using 0,1pt lines, here is a zoom in :
and here is the whole image
the issue is not visible anymore. only when closing in on the details.
So in this case, I would A) zoom out and stop zooming it at a pixel level to check and B) maybe use 0,2pt lines. if Iâm worried 
This is a common issue when making images.
at times, in photoshop, Iâve descended to change individual pixels, only to realise later that once zoomed out and inserted in the proper context, what I did was pointless.
when you make an image, it has a goal, a destination, and dimension.
- If youâre working on a document that will be read fullscreen at a distance of 1m, then this is the configuration that you need to emulate to see if itâs fine.
- And if your final goal is to print, then test print. because that white pixel you see along the line, once printed, might simply not be visible at all. ink bleeds into paper, and you canât zoom in the way you do in a screen.
Or go full vector. making vector images is so care-free
Thanks for the very clear explanation. I was now indeed working with a line scale of 0.1.
I hoped that I could get it very tight this way, but I now understand that that is not possible.
Thank you very much!
Full vector is not possible with sketchup, right?
it is, instead of hybrid or raster, pick vector.
BUT
faces with photo materials will be converted into faces with colour. thatâs because photo materials are photo, and photos⌠are not vectors, they are pixels
in your case, if you go vector, youâll loose the front of the machine (oven ? washing machine?) because itâs a photo.
Loosing the photo on the countertop (on the left) wouldnât be as problematic. and the brown faces wouldnât feel the difference
ok thans for all!
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