AGi32 Overview - Presentation
AGi32 provides many different ways to present your work from printing or plotting the drawing and numeric data you have prepared, exporting to CAD, or exporting rendered images or complete movie files. There are a variety of methods and your choice will most likely depend on your needs at the moment, you may even utilize multiple avenues. The different methods are outlined below.
Reports is AGI32’s custom report layout tool. When accessed initially, Reports presents options for the creation of your report. Beginners should use the Create Report option as this is an entirely automated process. More season users may chose to Create a Custom Report; a blank report (you select the page size and page count) for you to layout your presentation. You may include your CAD views, renderings, company logo, schedules, text, almost anything you need to create a complete and dynamic layout. It is a WYSIWYG tool - what you see is what you get. Once your content is ready for presentation, all you have to do is lay it out in your report.
Unique to Reports are two different types of graphics placeholders: Viewports and Imageports. Viewports link to views you have specified in Model Mode (numeric information such as point by point). If you would like to include multiple Viewports with different information in each one, simply create multiple Viewpoints or define and specify multiple views in Model Mode. This is achieved with View Manager. Each Viewport may be assigned a custom print scale. The scale you choose will depend on the content you are displaying and the overall paper size. Imageports contain bitmap images which can be automatically retrieved from Render mode views, Ray-trace images, Daylight Study images, Instabase luminaire images and photometric information or any bitmap (BMP, PNG or JPG) on your computer system.
All schedules can be added directly to your reports instead of being added to a view in Model Mode. Text notes, Smart text, title blocks and logos may also be added directly to your custom page. Once your presentation is complete, you can save the report format for repeated use. To print the report, simply output directly to a printer or plotter. It is also possible to print to PDF with a PDF printer such as Adobe Acrobat.
More information about Reports
Using Viewpoints in Model Mode and in Render Mode
Specifying multiple views with View Manager
Render Mode
BMP, JPG, PNG Export - Export your current Render view as a raster image (BMP, JPG, PNG formats). We suggest specifying an anti-aliasing sampling level before the export operation to smooth out any jagged edges in your image. Toggle Model mode entities on top of the rendered environment to create highly informative composite images where you can combine numeric and graphical results for presentation.
In addition, you may export animations from AGi32 as movie files. Movie files may contain multiple scenes, up to 30 fps and be comprised of customizable image sizes. The calculation techniques contained within each movie file may be radiosity based or ray traced.
More information about Render mode
Model Mode - CAD Export
Export your AGi32 environment as a CAD compatible DWG (or DXF) file. The CAD file will include all visible AGi32 layer information as 3D line and text information. The layer structure in the exported CAD file can be customized to suit your needs or you can use the Layer Structure shown in Project Manager.
Model Mode - Print View
Print the contents of any View in Model Mode using this option.
Model Mode - Print Text
Print detailed reports about the illuminated environment using this feature. The Print Text command allows you to select from a list of possible content. You can also include a customized Title page.