Creating a Bitmap File from a Specified View
Use the SmartBMP command to save a specified view of the drawing to a bitmap (BMP) file.
To create a BMP file from a specified view:
- Type SmartBMP at the command prompt.
- Specify the region of the drawing to create a bmp file from:
- Everything: The view to output is determined by the extents of the drawing (the bounding box covered by the visible entities of the drawing).
- View: The view to output is the region of the drawing visible on screen.
- Window: The view to output is the region you determine by specifying two opposite corners in the graphics area.
- Type the bitmap width. Accept the calculated default value or type a value in pixels between 10 and 2000.
- Type the bitmap height. Accept the calculated default value or type a value in pixels between 10 and 2000.
- Specify a corresponding option to define whether to output to File or to the Clipboard.
- Specify the bitmap format: JPEG, RGB, RLE4, or RLE8.
- Type the number of colors to use. 1 creates a monochrome bitmap.
- If you specified to write the image data to a file, specify the file name.
Note: To save the current view to a bitmap (BMP) file use the ExportBMP command.
Access
Command: SmartBMP