Prepares a printable sheet of the current 3D view. The sheet is a report made from a template and opened in FastReport Designer.
Takes a picture of the current view and fills a report with the project name, the date, the picture and a table of how many objects of each kind the project holds. The report opens in the FastReport Designer, where you look at it, adjust it and print it.
Where to find it
File tab → Project group → Print (button label Print).
Before you start
- Put the 3D view the way you want it on paper: the picture is the live view as it is plotted, including whether the ground is shown.
- The free FastReport Designer Community Edition must be installed.
How to
- Frame the view.
- Click Print.
- The report opens in FastReport Designer. Print from there.
What the sheet contains
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Project name | The name of the current project. |
| Date | The date of printing. |
| Viewport picture | The view, rendered off-screen at A4 landscape size (1754 x 1240 pixels, 150 DPI). |
| Summary table | One row per object kind with the number of objects, the most numerous first. |
The layout is the file Templates/PrintTemplate.frx in the templates folder next to the program. It is made from the built-in layout when missing, and you can edit it in the Designer.
If something goes wrong
| Message | What to do |
|---|---|
| FastReport Designer is not installed. Install the free FastReport Designer Community Edition, or set CROSSCUT_FASTREPORT_DESIGNER to its Designer.exe. | Install the Designer, or set the environment variable CROSSCUT_FASTREPORT_DESIGNER to the full path of its Designer.exe. |