Images

Applies To:

All product levels

Related Settings:

Layers

Draw Image

Menu: Tools>Image

Default Keyboard Shortcut: DI

Draw Image

A basic object for inserting linked images in the drawing.

Inserted Images can be BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG and TIFF

When the inserted image is an 1-bit Image (B&W) then the background color of the image (usually the white) is shown transparent and the other color is shown black or white, depending on the background color. This is useful for drawings to be scanned and then inserted as images in other drawings.

Image has a Scale property that is used to resize keeping the aspect ratio of the image.

The image is defined by InsertionPoint, Rotation, Width and Height.

Draw an image defined by basepoint coordinates, then selecting an image file to link to.

After you start the command, follow the command line prompts for picking each point that defines the object. As you draw, you can:

Finish the Image: Right-click or press <enter>.

To modify the appearance of the Image upon completion of the command, you can highlight the new Image and manipulate any of its grips.

Image Properties

Property	Style/Value Range	Description
Display	Dropdown / Enum	Sets the display properties of the image.
Height	Direct Entry / Double	Sets the height in drawing units of the image.
InsertionPoint	Direct Entry / Coord	Sets the insertion point vertex of the image.
Width	Direct Entry / Double	Sets the width in drawing units of the image.
Path	String	sets the path to the image file.