QuickTime VR Panorama Export

When the Renderworks product is installed, the QuickTime Virtual Reality Panorama option is added to the list of export file choices. This command creates a QuickTime VR panorama file of the drawing, which can then be opened in QuickTime. Movie resolution is fixed and does not depend on the size of the window in the Vectorworks file; the current Vectorworks view (XYZ coordinates of the view origin or, in other words, the center of projection) becomes the pivot point for the QTVR panorama view, as if the view was rotated to be flat, and then oriented towards the positive Y axis.

QuickTime must be installed to view or create QuickTime movies; it is a separate program. QuickTime includes a viewer for opening several different file types.

To export a drawing as a QuickTime panorama:

1. Render the drawing in Perspective projection with a Renderworks render mode, which is also used for the movie.

Due to a limitation, Renderworks backgrounds cannot be exported.

2. Select File > Export > Export QuickTime VR Panorama.

3. Specify the .mov file name and location, and click Save to generate the QuickTime movie.

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Exporting a Rendered Drawing