Hello all,
 
I have drawn a 3D object and I am wanting to take the rendered object from the isometric view and place it in the 2D view as it would look in the isometric view when rendered.  I have done it before by somehow sending it to paint and saving it as a bitmap but when I do that now all I can get is the wireframe 3D drawing.  Is there a window command that will freeze the rendered 3D object in the isometric view?? Hope this makes sense and someone can help.
 
Thanks,

You could "capture" the rendered image a few ways:-"printscreen" key, then paste to paint-"jpgout" command-plot to a raster printer

Ok, the print screen works and now I can get the rendered view into paint but now I am having a problem of getting that rendered 3D isometric view back into autoCAD as a bitmap image.  All I get is a blank square with nothing in it.  I am using AutoCAD mechanical 2006.  
 
Thanks for the help
 
 
 

Wait, you drew an object in 3D.
Meaning you have some sort of 3D design software?
And you want to get it into 2D.... for autoCAD.... via a bitmap or raster image, right?
Why not just save the 3D file (from the get-go) as an .stp file, or .iges or .sat or even .jpg or .bmp?

I am designing a fixture and have all the dimensions on the front and side 2D views.  I then made a 3D drawing using the "extrude" command and was wanting to have the 3D isometric picture of the part in the top view so my shop could get a good visual of what they are making.  Im not very good at explaining this so hopefully you can make some sense of it.
 
Thanks, 

So your shop folk basically use a paper drawing from you showing dimensions?
Maybe you could plot using paper space instead of model space?
Then you could open up mulitple viewports of any veiw you need from model space and arrange them all on a single sheet aka drawing aka print.
Open up one for the 2D views with dims, then another (or however many) you want showing the 3D in what ever rotation you desire to help get the point across.