Floor Plan Export - Sharp .Jpeg

[PitMan71]

I am trying to export jpg images straight from chief floor plan. Anybody got any suggestions to make the image sharp? No matter what resolution I export to the image is grainy.... I am able to get a sharper image by exporting to PDF first and then using preview to export to jpg. Seems like there should be a more direct way.

 

Thanks

[robdyck]

As far as I know, using a convert pdf to jpg tool is still the simplest way.

[DBCooper]

As far as I know, Chief will only let you export a picture of a plan view using the actual screen pixels, so increasing the DPI will just make the image dimensions smaller.  BTW, you can export a picture from a camera view using a much higher resolution, just not plan views.  You can do the pdf trick or maybe you could export it as a cad file (dwg) instead.

 

[glennw]

Does exporting as a Metafile work (.emf or .wmf)?

I can't try it out as metafiles are not supported on  mac.

Edited Wednesday at 12:29 AM by glennw

[PitMan71]

On 6/2/2026 at 5:17 PM, DBCooper said:

As far as I know, Chief will only let you export a picture of a plan view using the actual screen pixels, so increasing the DPI will just make the image dimensions smaller.  BTW, you can export a picture from a camera view using a much higher resolution, just not plan views.  You can do the pdf trick or maybe you could export it as a cad file (dwg) instead.

 

This is good to know. Thanks.