Export options

Context menu Export as Image File... in the fabric view

Image Format

• PNG with and without transparency
  Export the fabric view for further processing to a 3D apparel software always as PNG with enabled transparency (PNG Alpha Channel).
• JPG with specification of the quality
  The fabric view as JPG is always exported with a black background.

Exports (Variants)

So-called Maps are used for the 3D visualization and 3D simulation to assign two-dimensional images to the three-dimensional surfaces of the models.
The different types of Maps give a more detailed and realistic appearance to the computer generated 3D models.

• Front Side
• Rear Side
• Alpha Map
  An alpha Map contains information about transparent areas of a texture.
  In a 3D software it is required to define the transparent space.
• Normal Map
• Also referred to as Bump Map.
• The Normal Map specifies the angle, with which virtual light is reflected over a digital surface.
• With it the appearance of the texture depth is simulated.
• The Normal Map is a necessary part of digital textures in a 3D software.
• Displacement Map
• Also referred to as Height Map.
• A Displacement Map can artificially generate an additional height of a digital texture.
• This way, a more realistic appearance of three-dimensional surface structure results within a 3D model.

Image Source

• Entire pattern
  Select, if a complete fabric is to exported.
• Selected Area
  Exports only the desired, selected section of a pattern.
  This function is helpful in case cycles are to be used in a 3D apparel software.
• Current Image Section
• Exports only the area that currently appears in the document window of the fabric view.
• Keep Aspect Ratio
• The size ratio of the pattern is maintained.