Working with snapshots

You can make snapshots of particular states of a design's folding sequence and use them to document the stages the design goes through during its construction. The most common use of snapshots is in print presentations, where they demonstrate what the final product looks like in various stages of the production process.

Types of snapshots

Snapshots can be:

• Named. By assigning different names of snapshots, you can build sequences of images that follow a production process — for example, you can make a snapshot of each step of the folding sequence of a structure.
• Preview. These snapshots record the current state of the 3D model. Preview snapshots are available as one-at-a-time images — that is, a 3D drawing can have only one preview snapshot at a given time.

IMPORTANT: Preview snapshot are always named Preview Shot and each new one replaces the earlier. This makes it referable in automated workflows.

• Product preview image. This is a visual reference of the folded state of a design. It shows the state in which the folded design appears in the preview area when you are browsing the Library. A product preview image shows also the state in which the 3D model of a design appears when you open the design's 3D drawing.