MeshInspector offers several built-in options for creating screenshots directly inside the app, so you do not need a separate screen-capture tool for reports, documentation or messages to colleagues. Depending on your workflow, you can use Screenshot, Save Screenshot, or Screenshot to Clipboard.
Where to find it
All three options are available under the View tab: click Screenshot, or open the Screenshot drop-down for the other two.
| Option | What it captures | Where the image goes |
|---|---|---|
| Screenshot | The Viewport scene, with the size and background you choose | An image file |
| Save Screenshot | The whole MeshInspector window, including the interface | An image file |
| Screenshot to Clipboard | The Viewport scene | The clipboard |
Screenshot
The Screenshot option saves the current Viewport scene as an image file. It captures the visible objects from the current camera angle, including the active zoom level, visible scene elements, and their position in the Viewport. Once you click it, a dedicated panel with settings opens.
How to use it
- Set up the view: the camera angle, the visible objects and their display.
- Click Screenshot on the View tab.
- Set the options in the panel (see below).
- Click Capture. A saving window opens with a file name like
Screenshot_2026-11-02_10-15-30. - Choose the file location, enter the file name, select the output format and click Save.
Options
- Width defines the screenshot width in pixels.
- Height defines the screenshot height in pixels. By default, the width and the height match the current size of the MeshInspector window.
- Transparent Background, when enabled, removes the viewport background from the exported image. When disabled, the screenshot keeps the current viewport background.
- Hide scene overlays, when enabled, removes the navigation cube, the basis axes, the global basis, the rotation center and the viewport border from the image, so only your objects remain.
The Format dropdown lets you save the screenshot in one of the available image formats:
- PNG saves the screenshot as a Portable Network Graphics file.
- JPG saves the screenshot as a JPEG image.
- TIF/TIFF saves the screenshot as a TIFF image.
- BMP saves the screenshot as a bitmap image.
Result
The exported screenshot below contains the current Viewport scene without the MeshInspector interface panels. Since Transparent Background was enabled and the PNG format was chosen, the viewport background is removed, leaving only the visible model and the orientation cube in the output image.
Save Screenshot
The Save Screenshot option saves the entire MeshInspector window as an image file. Unlike Screenshot, it captures not only the Viewport, but also the visible interface elements, including the toolbar, panels, and the Scene Tree. To use it, go to the View tab, open the Screenshot dropdown, and click Save Screenshot.
After you click Save Screenshot, no additional screenshot settings panel opens. Instead, the same saving window described above opens directly, allowing you to choose the file location, enter the file name, and select the output format.
As you can see below, the image exported via Save Screenshot contains the full MeshInspector interface, not only the Viewport scene.
Screenshot to Clipboard
The Screenshot to Clipboard option copies a screenshot of the current Viewport scene to the clipboard instead of saving it as a file. To use it, go to the View tab, open the Screenshot dropdown, and click Screenshot to Clipboard.
After you click Screenshot to Clipboard, no saving window opens. The screenshot is copied to the clipboard immediately. Unlike the Screenshot option, this tool does not open a settings panel and does not provide a Transparent Background option.
In the example below, we switched to a Google Doc and used Paste. The captured Viewport scene was inserted into the document as an image. The pasted image includes the visible model, viewport background, and orientation cube, but does not include the MeshInspector interface panels.
Tips
- For a clean picture of the model for a report, use Screenshot with Transparent Background, Hide scene overlays and save it as PNG: the JPG format has no transparency.
- For a high-resolution image, increase Width and Height before you click Capture.
- Screenshot to Clipboard is not available in the web version of MeshInspector: use Screenshot there.
