---
name: "iperender"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ipe"
version: "7.2.30-1+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/iperender"
---

# iperender(1)

Export Ipe document as bitmap or SVG

## NAME

iperender - Export Ipe document as bitmap or SVG

## SYNOPSIS

**iperender** ( -png \| -eps \| -pdf \| -svg )  \[ -page *page* \]  \[ -view *view* \] \[ -resolution *dpi* \] \[ -transparent \] \[ -nocrop \]  *input-file* *output-file*

## DESCRIPTION

**iperender** exports an Ipe document as a PNG bitmap, as a figure in Encapsulated Postscript (EPS), in PDF, or in SVG format. Options are:

- **-png**

  export as a PNG image

- **-eps**

  export as an EPS figure

- **-pdf**

  export as a PDF figure

- **-svg**

  export as an SVG figure

- **-page** *page*

  export this page from a multipage document.

- **-view** *view*

  export this view from a page with multiple views.

- **-resolution** *dpi*

  set resolution for exporting to PNG.

- **-transparent**

  make background transparent when exporting to PNG.

- **-nocrop**

  do not crop the page to the bounding box of the objects.

## ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

**iperender** respects the following environment variables:

- **IPELATEXDIR**

  the directory where **ipetoipe** runs Pdflatex.

- **IPELATEXPATH**

  the directory containing pdflatex and xelatex.  If not set, they are searched for on the path.

- **IPEDEBUG**

  set this to 1 for debugging output from **iperender**.

## AUTHOR

Otfried Cheong

## REPORTING BUGS

Please report bugs using Ipe bugzilla at *http://ipe.otfried.org/bugzilla.html*

## SEE ALSO

Ipe is documented fully in *The Ipe Manual*, which is available online at *http://ipe.otfried.org/manual/manual.html .*