Screen captures for reports etc 1

[FreddyB]

Do you need to capture copies of your SolidWorks images or for that matter anything else? I do a lot and have always used PaintShop Pro 9 as it has a really good facility. However, I just got a new PC and my old version of PSP won't run on Win 7.

I looked for an alternative and I just have to share my findings with you. Google CaptureWizPro.

What a program! Not only does it produce better screen shots but the video record facility is really really good. Much better than what you get in SW. Quite cheap too and of course free to try.

What do you think?

 

[MadMango]

Looks like a good solution.

"Art without engineering is dreaming; Engineering without art is calculating."

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[ShaggyPE]

I will look into it. I currently use irfanview and it does the job well... great for free.

-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Pretty good with SolidWorks

 

[SolidsMaster]

Snag-it is another good one to try. I'll have to look into Capture Wiz Pro

Thanks,

John, CSWP
CAD will not make better designers; it will only make poor designers faster...

 

[TheTick]

ctrl-alt-shift-Print Screen captures active window. I also keep MS Paint on hotkey (ctrl-alt-p), good for cropping and recopying. Good enough for emails and handouts.

 

[AnnaWood]

I use IrfanView as well. Good image editor and the price is right.... Free

Jing is also handy.

http://www.jingproject.com

Cheers,

Anna

Anna Wood
Core i7 EE965, FirePro V8700, 12 Gb RAM, OCZ Vertex 120 Gb SSD, Dell 3008WFP 30" Monitor
SW2010 SP2.1, Windows 7 x64

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[jack880]

Windows 7 has a built in feature called Snipping Tool which is specifically made for capturing screen prints or parts of the screen. Its really good.

 

[ctopher]

I have used Snag-It, it works well not for only SolidWorks but for all Windows apps.

Chris
SolidWorks 10 SP4.0
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SolidWorks Legion

 

[macduff]

jack880,
that's an awesome tip! i was going to buy Snagit for my new computer at home, but will look into this windows software.

Thanks!

Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2010 SP 3.1
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer

 

[drawoh]

I will look into it. I currently use irfanview and it does the job well... great for free.

Check the copyright notice for irfanview. I checked quite a few years ago, and it was not free for commercial use.

JHG

 

[drawoh]

Do you need to capture copies of your SolidWorks images or for that matter anything else?

If you want an image of your model, why not just save-as JPEG?

JHG

 

[cpretty]

If you want a high quality image of your model, drop it into a drawing and save as Tiff or PSD. This gives you the ability to output images at print resolution eg 600dpi rather than screen resolution 72 dpi. Note - you don't need PV360 to obtain higher resolution renders.

By using the various Realview presets you can usually get something that approachs real life. You can then crop, resample, and resave into whaterver format you like.

We use this to good effect for all of our marketing material rather than photographs.

Craig Pretty
Tru-Design Plastics

 

[FreddyB]

Interesting number of alternatives and I have looked at some of them. I have to say though that at the end I still think CaptureWizPro is excellent and worth every penny. I used it yesterday to make a movie of my model being spun around on screen to explain a particular set of features. Smooth and clear - not like the SolidWorks inbuilt thing. In addition, capturing just the parts of the screen I need as images is so simple.

Has anyone else actually looked at it and tried it?

 

[macduff]

jack880,
The snipping tool worked prefect when I test drove it ove the weekend in windows 7, thanks!

Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2010 SP 3.1
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer