# Patent drawings

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/patent-drawings/17627>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [February 24, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/patent-drawings/17627 "2022-02-24T23:00:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![WayneC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/waynec/32/2060_2.png) [@WayneC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/WayneC)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/patent-drawings/17627/1 "2022-02-24T23:00:46Z")

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Hello! Loving your app, but need to know how to export into a graphic without shading, as I am trying to create a black and white line drawing for a patent.

thanks!

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**Author:** ![PEC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@PEC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/PEC)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 12:20am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/patent-drawings/17627/2 "2022-02-25T00:20:47Z")

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Hi Wayne,

Please try Add Drawing, as it should answer to your need.  
It will create pure 2D drawing without shading, compliant with patent office requirements.  
(I use Shapr3D for patents drawing since the drawing option is available.)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/7/72ffb87de3a68c3f769ace878937ac0e53b01f45.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![WayneC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/waynec/32/2060_2.png) [@WayneC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/WayneC)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/patent-drawings/17627/3 "2022-02-25T16:02:43Z")

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Is there a way to save these in a graphics format (such as GIF or JPEG)?  
It seems without a PDF editor, I cannot select, copy, and paste items from this drawing.

Wayne Crolley  
[waynecrolley@gmail.com](mailto:waynecrolley@gmail.com)

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**Author:** ![JustJesus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@JustJesus](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/JustJesus)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/patent-drawings/17627/4 "2022-02-25T19:47:55Z")

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Very cool to know. Thank you!

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**Author:** ![PEC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@PEC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/PEC)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/patent-drawings/17627/5 "2022-02-25T22:53:40Z")

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DWG, DXF and PDF are the 3 formats supported at present.  
But if you are on MacOS, you can save in pdf, and open it in Preview App, then export to jpg.  
Graphic converter app will do it also.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/9/943cf4b1a406719321785c9dc33352e1e6b25127.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![WayneC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/waynec/32/2060_2.png) [@WayneC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/WayneC)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/patent-drawings/17627/6 "2022-02-28T15:46:33Z")

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Hello!

I was working last week and adding drawings for designs and they all had a white background, but this morning I am adding drawings for a new file which all have gray backgrounds. Any suggestions?

Wayne Crolley  
[waynecrolley@gmail.com](mailto:waynecrolley@gmail.com)

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**Author:** ![PEC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@PEC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/PEC)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/patent-drawings/17627/7 "2022-02-28T18:45:34Z")

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Hello,

unfortunately, no suggestion, I never experimented this behaviour.  
You should contact [Support](https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/requests/new) as it looks like a bug.

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/patent-drawings/17627/8 "2022-02-28T18:46:47Z")

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Can you post a screenshot?

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**Author:** ![WayneC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/waynec/32/2060_2.png) [@WayneC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/WayneC)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/patent-drawings/17627/9 "2022-02-28T19:00:59Z")

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Hello Istvan,

Below from the drawing part of Shapr3D  
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Below a comparison of the drawing against a white background.

![Shapr3d.png](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/2/25ee72db54169e78bc72274626f54a28a76f6bb1.png)

Wayne Crolley  
[waynecrolley@gmail.com](mailto:waynecrolley@gmail.com)

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/c/c360dd5d6b69998c1c108eae15b0457f04a9fbe0.png)

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**Author:** ![WayneC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/waynec/32/2060_2.png) [@WayneC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/WayneC)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/patent-drawings/17627/10 "2022-02-28T22:38:41Z")

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Also, is there a way to change the direction of the isometric view (to show the right side vs. the left side in the diagram below)?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/4/4481f0af50f0a3cd013d7b1fb61e0c9ba6e7ebdc.png)

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**Author:** ![WayneC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/waynec/32/2060_2.png) [@WayneC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/WayneC)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/patent-drawings/17627/11 "2022-02-28T22:39:31Z")

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Ive tried flipping the picture around but makes no difference in the isometric view.

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**Author:** ![PEC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@PEC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/PEC)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 7:54am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/patent-drawings/17627/12 "2022-03-01T07:54:10Z")

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If you rotate the body in the 3D view, the 2D view will change after clicking on update.  
The isometric orientation matches the 3D view orientation.

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**Author:** ![WayneC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/waynec/32/2060_2.png) [@WayneC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/WayneC)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/patent-drawings/17627/13 "2022-03-01T16:39:14Z")

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Well, I must be overlooking how to “update”, can you show me a screenshot perhaps?

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**Author:** ![WayneC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/waynec/32/2060_2.png) [@WayneC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/WayneC)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/patent-drawings/17627/14 "2022-03-01T16:40:14Z")

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Mac version BTW

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**Author:** ![PEC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@PEC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/PEC)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/patent-drawings/17627/15 "2022-03-01T19:02:05Z")

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Let say you started with a first view and created a drawing.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/e/e2955dc86000eae9b6b692aa8fc74bc0eb116d71.png)  
Then, you update the view, rotating the body by 90°. The drawing does not update but indicates it is no longer synchronized with the design : “_Drawing is out of sync. Update to continue editing_” and displays an update icon to update the drawing.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/8/8c469bd081d6b7cdcca1ed12cfb02c39ba8225d5.jpeg)  
Once you click, you get the updated drawing.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/4/49003697c9a141aaaee37e08b9ef0296f8db7cdf.png)

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**Author:** ![PEC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@PEC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/PEC)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/patent-drawings/17627/16 "2022-03-01T19:13:11Z")

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By the way, background is light gray when you do a screen shot, but is true white when exported in pdf. It may be the explanation of your color issue?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/5/5741f862c7fbe5c7193eddaa6c903fbbbddbf023.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/0/047a919b86c02c317b6ef86054155ec0d6ac96f0.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![WayneC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/waynec/32/2060_2.png) [@WayneC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/WayneC)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/patent-drawings/17627/17 "2022-03-01T22:48:24Z")

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I went back and experimented a little more, found that if I screen captured in the app itself, and copied and pasted that screen capture, the background was gray, even though it appears white in the app image. To overcome this, I added a drawing, exported to PDF, opened that PDF, screen captured that image, opened that screen capture in Preview, the selected, copied and pasted the image I needed with a white background.

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**Author:** ![Peterjfirth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Peterjfirth](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Peterjfirth)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/patent-drawings/17627/18 "2024-12-09T00:30:03Z")

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I am looking to do the same thing but can’t find where this Add Drawing feature is. Maybe the package has changed since then? If so, what would be the place to change the view to a patent type drawing of an object please.

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**Author:** ![Peterjfirth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Peterjfirth](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Peterjfirth)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 1:41am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/patent-drawings/17627/19 "2024-12-09T01:41:07Z")

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I found the place where it is now. It is inside ‘Modelling’ and then ‘Create Drawing’.  
I therefore created a PDF and exported it, but the lines on the exported file are very thick compared to the view show in the drawing preview. Is there a way around this at all to get thinner lines do you know?

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**Author:** ![SCALEMODEL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@SCALEMODEL](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/SCALEMODEL)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 1:55am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/patent-drawings/17627/20 "2024-12-09T01:55:29Z")

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![Screenshot 2024-12-08 at 5.54.51 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/f/e/fedcf6e9dd3ca5e330d08b4f11d453a59ef373ce.jpeg)

Check out the right panel under Line Widths

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