Export Exploded and Ballooned Drawing View as PNG with Transparent Background

[petestrycharske]

All,

Good evening!  I've recently had someone ask me if it was possible to export an exploded and ballooned drawing view as a PNG file with a transparent background.  They would like to be able to place this on another document and not bring along any of the sheet information.  Please see the screencast below for a visual description of the issue.  I couldn't seem to find a way to do this, but am hoping that I've overlooked something simple.  Thanks in advance for any assistance and have a most blessed night!

Peace,

Pete

[Xun.Zhang]

Hello @petestrycharske,

Unfortunately, drawing view is not support transparent image export yet.

Two workarounds -

1. Export PNG with a pure color for background and then leverage Photoshop or photoshop likewise application to remove the background.

2. Direct make annotation/balloon in ipn and export transparent PNG from presentation.

Hope it helps!

[petestrycharske]

@Xun.Zhang thanks for the feedback.  I was not aware that one could apply balloons to the IPN environment.  Can you please send me some information on how that is accomplished, as I couldn't find those tools on the ribbon?  Thanks again for reaching out and have a most blessed night!

Peace,

Pete

[Xun.Zhang]

Hi Pete,

Sorry, still have to add annotation after export to PNG in 3rd application like Paint.

[alewer]

With the API, there may be a way to directly export a drawing to .png with alpha channel. Without the API, you can get a .png with alpha channel (transparent background) with the following steps:

1. Export the drawing to .pdf
2. Open the .pdf with appropriate software (I use Inkscape) and export to .png

I created a screencast showing the steps: https://autode.sk/2XTlO3T