Pictures and 360° panoramas
Save a picture of the 3D view for print or the screen, a 360° panorama from inside a room, and saved views for an illustration sheet.
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How to do it
Open 3D and set up the view you want: orbit, dollhouse or a walk, the floors you show and the time of day.
Press “Save picture” in the 3D view, or “Save picture…” in the menu. Pick the size – this window, Full HD, 4K, or A4 or A3 at 300 dpi for print – and JPEG or PNG, then press Save.
For a panorama, walk into a room and press “360° picture”: it is taken all the way round from where you stand, with the horizon level, as a JPEG.
To keep a camera, open Views (the bookmark beside the picture buttons), give the view a name such as “From the garden” and press “Save this view”. Click it later to go back to it, or to save its picture again after the house has changed.
In Drawings, “Add illustration sheet” puts up to four saved views on an A3 sheet with the title block, each with its name under it: for the neighbours, the bank or the family.
Good to know
- “Save picture” and 360° pictures come with Pluss.
- Facebook, Google Photos and other 360° viewers show the 360° picture as a panorama you can turn. “Sharp” makes it 8192 × 4096 pixels where the device can, “Standard” 4096 × 2048.
- A large picture is drawn in pieces, so A3 at 300 dpi works on any computer; a phone is offered the sizes it can handle. You see how far it has come, and can stop it.
- The picture leaves out the app, the selection outlines and an open suggestion from the assistant, as the drawings do. The illustration sheet isn’t part of the application: see Permit drawings and printing.
- Or ask the assistant: “show the house from the garden at seven in the evening”, “stand in the living room and look at the window”. It places the camera, saves the view if you ask, and points you to “Save picture” for the file. See The assistant.
Questions and answers
How big can a picture be?
Up to A3 at 300 dpi, 4961 × 3508 pixels, for print, or 4K, Full HD or the size of your window for a screen. JPEG gives small files for sharing and e-mail, PNG the best quality.
How do I share a 360° picture?
Upload the JPEG to Facebook or Google Photos as you would any photo: they read the panorama data in the file and show it as a 360° picture you can turn. Other 360° viewers do the same.
Do saved views follow the house?
Yes. A saved view keeps the camera, the mode, the floor, the roof and the time of day, not the picture: when the house changes, go back to the view and save its picture again. The illustration sheet draws its pictures afresh each time it is shown or printed.