# Adding pictures to drawings for better presentations

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/adding-pictures-to-drawings-for-better-presentations/18078>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [March 17, 2022, 7:55am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/adding-pictures-to-drawings-for-better-presentations/18078 "2022-03-17T07:55:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![siris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@siris](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/siris)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 7:55am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/adding-pictures-to-drawings-for-better-presentations/18078/1 "2022-03-17T07:55:53Z")

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For architectural (permit) applications and other design plans:

Adding screen captures of 3d renderings and also actual site photos, mechanical fixtures, design features, appliance, cabinets, etc. would give drawings tremendous impact.

Future wishes: since I present my materials as pdfs, adding u3d elements to drawing based pdfs would be incredible!

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**Author:** ![McD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/mcd/32/15504_2.png) [@McD](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/McD)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/adding-pictures-to-drawings-for-better-presentations/18078/2 "2022-03-17T14:38:07Z")

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Are you saying the Image capture function isn’t good enough? We have been able to screen capture the 3D images ever since I started using Shapr3D (3 years).

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/8/8e5e24dd87a065f4d498c164801931dd5eed3006.jpeg)  
I agree that adding the PDF option would be handy. This would avoid having to convert images to PDF.