Section: 3.6.7 PDF/PS/SVG Capture

3.6.7 PDF/PS/SVG Capture

In this section we will cover how to capture PDF, Postscript and SVG images within the IDV.

Clear your displays and create a contour plan view.
Select the View→Capture→Image... menu item from the map view's menu bar. The File Dialog will popup.
You can save the display as a PDF, Postscript or Scalable Vector Graphics file. Make sure you are in the directory /home/idv. Enter the name workshop.pdf. Click Save.
In the dialog that pops up select Preview and also enter some label text.
On the workshop Linux machines run evince to view the PDF
```
evince workshop.pdf
```
- Vector capture is a 2 stage process. The raster-like displays (e.g., images) are captured then the vector displays (e.g., contours, maps).
Let's look at the limitations of vector catpure.
- Leaving the contour plan view also create an isosurface display.
- Make sure the contour plan view intersects the isosurface at some level.
- Capture and view workshop2.pdf.