You can use every graphic displayed in the work window for your documentation. You can send the graphic to the printer, integrate it into the printout report, or print it as a PDF. Select the appropriate option in the list button
.
The same applies to the result diagrams of sections, members, and line supports as well as the cross-section details, which you can print out using the buttons
in the respective dialog boxes.
The 'Graphic Printout' dialog box appears. Make the print settings for the image here in order to transfer it to the printer or into the printout report as required.
Image Settings
If you want to change the preset title of the graphic, select the 'User-Defined Name' check box. You can then enter your own designation.
Printout Report
This category is available if you print the graphic into the printout report. In the 'Select Printout Report' list, define the printout report in which the graphic is to be stored.
RFEM prints the graphic 'Automatically' into the associated chapter. If you want to assign the graphic to a specific category, select the chapter in the 'Select Directory' list.
Which Windows
In this category, define whether you want to print 'Only the Active' window or several images. The options for printing several graphics are described in the chapter Using Multi-Print.
Graphic Images
This category controls the format in which the graphic is positioned on the sheet. You can also define only a cut-out of the view. The preview offers a good control option for every change.
- As Screen View: The same display scale is used as on the monitor. This allows you to print zoomed areas or special views.
- Window Filling: The global view is scaled to the page size. The current viewing angle is used to display the entire model in the predefined Graphic Image Size. In this way, border areas around the graphic are minimized or cut-outs are extended to show the global model.
- To Scale: The graphic is printed in the scale you define in the input box. Here, too, the current viewing angle is used. With the button
you can define an area of the view for the scaled printout (see the following description). - Define Area in Graphic: A user-defined area of the view is printed, which you can define graphically using a window. To do this, click the button
next to the selection box. The work window with the 'Edit Printout Report Image' dialog box appears.
Adjust the print area by moving the window borders. Alternatively, use the button
to define the window by clicking any two points. With the mouse button pressed, you can move the area window.
The button
sets the current view as the print area.
If you remove the check mark from the 'Crop Graphic to Selected Rectangle' check box, areas of the view that – depending on the page setting – lie outside the rectangle window will also appear in the print image.
Graphic Image Size and Rotation
This section controls the size of the graphic on the paper. If the 'Entire Page Width' check box is selected, the left margin column is also used for the printed image.
If you do not want to use the 'Entire Page Height' for the graphic, activate the 'Height' option box. You can then define the height ratio of the graphic area relative to the page height.
Options
If you want to store the image as an interactive 3D graphic in the document, activate the '3D Image in PDF' check box. For general information on 3D PDF documents, see the technical article Visual Model Control by Printing in 3D PDF.
The 'Interaction Diagram | Result Table' check box is relevant for the Concrete Design add-on. It allows you to control whether the table with the numerical results is output in addition to the diagram.
Image Quality
In this category, you can adjust the resolution for printing. The preset is a medium quality of maximum 2500 x 2500 pixels. With a high quality of 5000 x 5000 pixels and a 32-bit color depth, a large amount of data is generated, which can cause problems with some printer drivers. Therefore, use the high resolution with caution.
To set the image quality manually, activate the 'User-Defined' option.
Color
For output on a black-and-white printer, you can display 'Text and Lines Black' instead of in 'Grayscale' for better readability. Isobands and support symbols are not affected by this. They appear in color in the printout.
Graphic Border
If you want to adjust the borders around the image, select the 'Border Settings' check box. You can then define the individual distances.
Compress or Stretch Model
If you want to display the model distorted, select the 'With Factor in Direction' check box. You can then compress or stretch the graphic with factors other than 1 for each global direction (see image above). Adjustments of this kind are probably only required in exceptional cases.
Display Factors
This category offers the possibility to adjust the display factors for the individual result types. This allows you to scale the results in the printout independently of the current work window, as may be required, for example, during the final preparation of the documentation.
By selecting the 'Display Factors' check box, the directory structure for the results including add-ons opens. Activate the 'Structural Analysis'. You can then adjust the factors for each result type.
Text Size
The size of the font for dimension lines, numbering, or comments depends on the printer driver. If these texts are barely legible or appear oversized in the graphic printout, you can change the scaling factor in this section. This is often required for large-format plotting.
Symbol Size
The size of the symbols for nodes, supports, or hinges also depends on the printer driver. If these symbols appear too small or too large in the graphic printout, you can adjust the scaling factor in this section. This setting option is also helpful when plotting.
Frame & Text Box
The graphic can be displayed in the printout 'Without' frame or 'Framed'.
If you want to provide the graphic with a text box, select the corresponding check box. RFEM generates a standard text box with the project and model data.
In the Text Box tab, you can adjust the content and layout of the text box.
If you want to change the preset project and model designations, remove the check mark from the 'Synchronize With Base Data' check boxes. This makes the fields for user-defined entries accessible.
In the 'Size and Arrangement' category, you can adjust the width and height of the text box. The value for 'Vertical Offset' describes the distance between the graphic and the text box.
Color Scale
This category is available if results are displayed in multiple colors. Here you can define whether the legend of the control panel appears in the graphic printout and, if applicable, where it is placed.
If the color scale is 'Outside the Graphic Image', a strip of the graphic window is separated and used for the legend. You can adjust the width of this strip under the entry 'Size of Color Scale Window'.
If the color scale is 'Inside', it overlaps part of the image. You can adjust the 'Position' of the legend using the list entries and thus define a different corner.
If both member and surface results are displayed in color in the work window, you can set the color scale relevant for the screen in the tab of the control panel. On paper, two color scales are displayed in this case, whose arrangement you can adjust under the entry 'Orientation of Multiple Color Scales'.
The 'Size of Color Scale Window' is automatically chosen so that the legend is easy to read and the model is covered as little as possible. However, you can also specify the size manually in absolute dimensions or relative to the image size.
If necessary, you can apply a 'Rotation of the Color Scale'. Use the list entries for this.
If you do not need the percentage values in the legend, remove the check mark from the 'Percentage' check box.
Color of Rendered Objects
The 'Color Panel of Rendered Objects' check box controls whether the legend appears in the printout for graphics with color specifications for object properties.
Overview Image
The overview image is a small global view of the model that appears in the graphic printout. It facilitates orientation for zoomed displays. If you select the 'Overview Image' check box, you can define the size and position of this small window.
The area displayed in the graphic printout is marked in color in the overview image.
If the overview image is also to show loads, imperfections, or results, select the 'Display Properties' check box and then activate the relevant categories.