With Enterprise Architect (Version 9.2), I created some Class and Sequence UML Diagrams. Now I need those Diagrams in a Word document.
My first approach was to just cut them out with the Windows 7 Snipping Tool and paste them into the document. But for printing purposes the quality was way too poor.
The second approach was to "Save them as Images" as offered in Enterprise Architect. But with this, the quality was even worse.
The third way was to export them into a pdf file. With this the quality was quite decent and I could import those pdfs into Inkscape and then convert them into *.png files to import them to word. The problem is, that Enterprise Architect kinda fails with the fonts. Meaning the picture itself has high-quality, but it tries to convert the font of the classes and then I have some spaces between letters where there should be none.
So long story short - is there a way to export my UML Diagrams from Enterprise Architect to a common picture format like .png or .tiff, while retaining decent quality?
As I'm sure you're already aware, you can save a diagram as an image in several formats, including PNG but not TIFF.
The quality of the images can be controlled in the options (Tools - Options), "Diagram" tab.
The "Image Memory Limit" controls the amount of memory the image conversion process is allowed; increasing this should improve the quality of large diagrams.
"Scale Saved Bitmaps to" allows you to set a higher resolution for the images.
I haven't checked whether these also affect the copy-to-clipboard function (in the Diagram menu or CTRL+B), which is the way I usually copy diagrams into documents.
To have diagrams in word there is very easy way.
Simply, open diagram in ea then select all with CTRL+A, then copy CTRL+C, go in word and just do paste CTRL+V. Easy and perfect quality.
For some reason, when you use Ctrl-B to export a Sparx EA model to MS Word, you get a bitmap copied to the clipboard, but when you paste into Powerpoint, you get an Enhanced Metafile. This is vector graphics which can be zoomed into etc. with no loss of detail.
Prep
Before you start, go into EA and Tools->Options (or hit Ctrl-F9).
Ensure that the General properties page is selected.
Check 'Clipboard' is set to 'Metafile' (if it is set to Bitmap, you will
only ever get a bitmap produced, even in Powerpoint).
Steps
Open your EA model to be exported.
Open Powerpoint and clear the default bounding boxes leaving a blank slide.
Open Word and locate the point in your document where you want to paste the model.
Back to EA, open your model window and hit Ctrl-B (Diagram->Paste Image to Clipboard)
Go into Powerpoint and hit Ctrl-V to paste.
Resize the model to fit the slide.
Hit Ctrl A then Ctrl C to ensure everything is copied to the clipboard.
Go into Word and hit Ctrl-V to paste - you should now have an EA model in EMF metafile format, not a bitmap. Document reviewers can now zoom in and see the full detail in the model.
Do the following:
PACKAGE->Documetation->Publish as HTML
Create new folder for output and set the path in"Output" field.
-> Press Generate
Goto ..[your folder]\EARoot, the files named EA*.[png|gif] are your diagram
images in original resolution.
Myself, I used ctrl+P and used my pdf converter for printing.
- Before this, I setup the page size in the Diagram properties -> Diagram -> Page Setup -> Advanced.
- I set "Scale to one page" then i click "Page Setup", choose the appropriate page size and orientation.
- My PDF converter is PDFCreator: http://download.cnet.com/PDFCreator/3000-2064_4-10558866.html
While I see that you seem to have this resolved (happy to hear), I'll post this in case others don't have any luck with the above.
I've always just selected (ctrl+A for the whole diagram) and pasted in to Word/PPT/Outlook and the diagrams were converted automatically to nice PNG scalable images (without ever changing the memory/quality settings).
But on a recent project it seems that when I tried to do the same the quality was very poor/fuzzy and the text was sort of squashed.
Are you by chance using Remote Desktop to connect to a machine that is Running Sparx EA? There is another thread floating around somewhere (sorry don't have the link) where others were having this similar trouble when connected via RDP in Full screen display mode. I was able to export good quality from a non-RDP session, or I think if I connected via RDP but not in Full-Screen mode it owuld export in the quality I'm used to.
Hope this helps anyone else with a similar issue
Change your diagram themes, go to tools->diagram->Themes and change diagram themes to "blueprint" and go to file->Print to PDF
With Version 13 (probably older versions as well) you can press Ctrl-T to open the dialog "Save as Image". There you can choose between .png, .bmp, .jpeg, .tga, .gif, .wmf and .emf.
Copy the diagram Ctrl + A, Ctrl + C and paste it into Microsoft Paint and then save it as jpg/png file.
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I have tried to add the &z=15 and %zoom=15 to try to edit the default zoom in the embed code but it seems to not change anything. Also, I have changed up the width and height of the embed code but that didn't change the zoom just the overall dimensions. I am trying to embed a flowchart into my company's intranet SharePoint but the zoom is always set to 19% or 24% by default which makes it impossible to see anything in the diagram by default. I want it to start zoomed in at like 100% so the website/diagram is easier to use.
I have also tried to print it in a pdf, converting it to pdf, and converting it to other formats for the file viewer to give different views but it came to no avail. The closest thing was when I changed it to pdf and it gave me a better view, but I lost the interactive embed that a normal Visio embed would give.
Thank you for your help!
Puzzled with a similar problem, I've built a special Web Part for that (it provides additional options for embedding that are not part of the stock web part, such as zoom).
The source code:
https://github.com/nbelyh/VisioOnlineSpfxWebPart
Here web part in MS Store: https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/office/wa200002491
when editing text in gimp the text tool is displayed on the screen.
Sometimes the text tool is blocking my view when adjusting or if I zoom in a lot, is not displayed in the visible portion of the screen.
How can I move the text tool itself, so that it is in a place where it does not obstruct any important part of the image.
Btw: This is the text tool:
You can't (this is a rather common complaint).
I have to make a high resolution screen capture of part of an Excel session. I can zoom in on the contents of the spreadsheet, but the Sort dialog box I want to capture as well doesn't change size, so its pixel resolution doesn't increase.
Working on Windows 7, Excel Professional Plus 2010, screen 1280x1024 (max).
First look toward right-click blank area of desktop ► Screen resolution ► Make text and other items larger or smaller ► Larger - 150%. May require a reboot so be prepared to shut everything down.
If that is insufficient, next look toward the Windows 7 Magnifier utility. Hint: do not use Alt+PrntScrn to get your screen capture as it seems to collect a .BMP with less quality than a screen capture program's (e.g. Snipping Tool) .PNG capture.
When I went to turn on the magnifier I found a solution that works better for me than the magnifier. Under Control Panel -> Ease of Access -> Optimize Visual Display -> Change the size of text and icons I selected Larger - 150% and logged out and in. There's a little pixelation but it does what I need.
FWIW I don't understand the downvote to the question. Someone might think this is something I should have known.
I've downloaded and am using the VNX 5300 stencil/shape from https://download.emc.com/downloads/DL38235_VNX_Visio_Stencil.zip (I had to create a free account to download it).
I can hit F2 to edit the text, as normal, but it will not display. On other downloaded shapes/stencils, if I right-clicked on the shape/stencil, I would have the option to hide/show shape text, but it doesn't exist on this one. I have looked in the shapesheet data, and "hide text" is already set to false. In developer options, the text is not protected.
Is there a way to force the text to display? I hope to learn how to fix this problem, rather than band-aid it and merely add a second text box.
This stencil was created oddly. I had to right-click and ungroup from master. Then I had to, again, right-click and ungroup a second time. After the two ungroup actions (from its original format--I did NOT group it to anything, whatsoever), I was able to edit the text and see it, but cannot move it. The shapesheet then showed the "text transform" options so I can pin it, but again, cannot move it to the location I want.
I then had to completely frankenstein and butcher the shapesheet text transform to barely get it moved where I wanted. Adding a text control handle was not possible.
This is a faulty stencil made by EMC, apparently, as I have not had these problems with any of the other brands' stencils I've downloaded.
illustrator shows the font/text aliased compared to the way the browser interprets it
the difference is noticeable here
(in chrome:)
the bottom is illustrator, and as you can see, it's a bit bolder and smoother.. is there a setting I can change in illustrator so I can see how it will look when I actually output it to the website ?
if I disable Aliasing artwork, it looks completely off.
this is more evident when the text is bigger, as well.
No, Illustrator has it's own text anti-aliasing modes that differ from what your browser shows you. However, the differences between your examples are minor compared to how different browsers and operating systems render the same fonts.
Preview the image in save for web and devices. (file -> save for web & devices) I'm assuming you're exporting the image traditionally through file -> export, but save for web & devices shows you how the image will look on the web. The reason it looks different is because illustrator is a vector-based design program, unlike photoshop which is bitmap, or pixel based. This means that text in illustrator has infinite resolution until you export it as an image. If you want a cleaner look for text, go to save for web & devices and select "type optimized" from the menu next to the "apply" button on the right side of the screen. Then hit "apply" and then "save".