[General] Mesh visualization

Mia · November 6, 2014, 14:44

Hi,

I would like to export a high quality picture of the 3D tetrahedral mesh of my geometry. So far, I have tried the following:

- Select: "Surface with Edges"
- Use: "File -> Export Scene" to export a vector graphic

However, the resulting picture shows the mesh with very jagged instead of straight lines for the element edges (see exemplary file attached). Is there any way of improving this?

Many thanks in advance!

jwstolk · November 9, 2014, 02:55

In my version (Linux paraFoam 4.1.0) there is an option to disable rasterize, just after entering the pdf filename. With that option disabled I get a high quality vector mesh.

For some reason I don't get my surface colors in the PDF, but for your example this should work.
(Enabling the compression option only adds .gz after the filename, but does not compress the file.)

I tried the .svg export, but it's too big to open on my laptop...

I usually use "save animation" for my exports, and export to a (non-vector) jpg, but the size in pixels can be set larger than the current window size, for a reasonable high resolution result.

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November 9, 2014, 02:55		#2
jwstolk New Member Jaap Stolk Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 11 Rep Power: 11	In my version (Linux paraFoam 4.1.0) there is an option to disable rasterize, just after entering the pdf filename. With that option disabled I get a high quality vector mesh. For some reason I don't get my surface colors in the PDF, but for your example this should work. (Enabling the compression option only adds .gz after the filename, but does not compress the file.) I tried the .svg export, but it's too big to open on my laptop... I usually use "save animation" for my exports, and export to a (non-vector) jpg, but the size in pixels can be set larger than the current window size, for a reasonable high resolution result.