Printing w/tubes

[Olly Betts]

On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 07:04:43AM -0800, Erin Lynch wrote:
> I'd like to output a high resolution (or vector) image of a cave with
> passage tubes. Is there any way to increase the "screenshot" 
> resolution in aven?  The current resolution isn't high enough for
> use in publications.

What sort of pixel dimensions are you after?

Most cards seem to support a greater resolution than typical displays
allow - see the "About" dialog for what your card supports, but my
netbook does:

    Max Viewport size: 4096x4096

It should be very easy to render up to that size.  If that's not enough,
it shouldn't be too hard to extend the screenshot code to render the
image as a grid of tiles each that size, then stitch them into a single
image.

Erin - If you want to send me the .3d file and some idea of what pixel
dimensions you're after, I can try to implement this tiling approach.

> Failing that, are there any development versions which have an option
> of printing the centreline with the passage tubes filled in?  I could print
> that to a pdf and then use it as a "black blob" survey.

Ah, the "Northern Caves" look - no, this isn't supported currently.

Cheers,
    Olly