Image

Works with Bricscad (Windows) Classic, Pro and Platinum, Bricscad (Linux) Classic and Pro

Inserts images in drawings through the Drawing Explorer.

Accessing the Command

command bar:  image

aliases:  expimages, im

menu bar:  Settings | Images

toolbar:  Images |

 

: image

Displays the Drawing Explorer open to the Images node:

Attach image files, or modify their properties,and then click X.

Press F1 to access help.

Command Options

Option

Description

New

Attaches raster image files to the drawing; displays the Open dialog box.

Choose a raster file, and then click Open.

Bricscad displays the Images dialog box. See ImageAttach command.

Delete

Erases the image from the drawing.

You may need to use the Regen command to update the screen.

Insert

Inserts the image in the drawing; displays the Images dialog box. See ImageAttach command.

Cut

Cuts the image to the Clipboard. You can paste it in the Drawing Explorer's Image section of another drawing. It is removed from the current drawing.

Copy

Copies the image to the Clipboard. You can paste it in the Drawing Explorer's Image section of another drawing.

Paste

Pastes images and related data.

Regen

Updates the drawing to reflect changes made in this dialog box.

Regen Toggle

Toggles automatic drawing updates:

  • On - updates drawing automatically.

  • Off - updates drawing only when the Redraw button is clicked.

Details

Displays the details of each image.

Icons

Displays the image files as small icons, hiding their details. This is useful when a drawing contains many images.

Tree

Displays the relationship between files in an Explorer tree-like fashion. "Current" refers to the current drawing.

 

Name

Specifies the name of the image. This is usually the image's file name.

Loaded

Toggles whether the image is displayed:

  • On - displays the image in the drawing.

  • Off - does not display the image in the drawing; the image frame is visible, unless turned off by the ImageFrame command.

Size in Pixels

Reports the size of the image in pixels, horizontally and vertically.

References

Reports the number of times the image occurs in the drawing.

Saved Path

Specifies the path to the image file.

Click the ... button to change the path.

Found Path

Reports the path to the image file.

 

Grips Editing

Images can be edited directly through grips:

  1. Select the image. Notice that its frame has four grips.

  2. Drag a grip to stretch (resize) the image.

 

Related Commands

ImageAttach - places raster images in drawings.

ImageAdjust - changes the properties of images through the Properties palette.

ImageClip - clips images.

ImageFrame - toggles the display of the frame around images.

ImageQuality - toggles the quality of the image.

Transparency - toggles the transparency of monotone images.


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