Exploring Images

In the Images Explorer you can:

• Attach images ()

• See a preview of the attached images

• Insert images ()

• Load / Unload inserted images

• Detach images ()

Open the Images Explorer

To open the Images Explorer do one of the following:

• Choose Images in the Settings menu. 

• Click the Image Management tool button () in the Images toolbar.

• Type image in the command bar, then press Enter.

• Select Images in the Open Drawings sub-window of the Drawing Explorer. 

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Images Explorer display options

You can choose between Detail View (list), Icon View and Tree View  to see the images in the current drawing.

Open the Detail View of the Images Explorer

Click the Detail View button () in the Drawing Explorer toolbar. The Detail View button is now pressed (), indicating the image details are displayed.

The selected image displays in the Preview sub-window of the Drawing Explorer.

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Open the Icon View of the Images Explorer

Click the Icon View button () in the Drawing Explorer toolbar. The Icon View button is now pressed (), indicating the image icons are displayed.

The selected image displays in the Preview sub-window of the Drawing Explorer.

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Open the Tree View of the Images Explorer

Click the Tree View button () in the Drawing Explorer toolbar. The Tree View button is now pressed (), indicating the image tree is displayed.

The selected image displays in the Preview sub-window of the Drawing Explorer.

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Placing images in a drawing

As different form Bricscad V7, in Bricscad V8 you need to attach an image first, then insert it in the drawing. As a result, an image can be attached to a drawing, while it is not placed in the drawing yet. If you delete an image in the drawing, it will still be attached and can be inserted again.

Attach images

1. Launch the Image Explorer.

2. Click the New tool () in the Drawing Explorer - Images toolbar.
   The Open dialog window displays.

3. In the Open dialog window browse to the image.
   
   

4. Do one of the following:

5. Click the Open button.

6. Double click the image.

The image is attached to the current drawing.
A preview of the image shows in Preview sub-window of the Images Explorer.

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Insert images

1. Launch the Image Explorer.

2. Select the image.

3. Do one of the following:

4. Click the Insert tool () in the Drawing Explorer - Images toolbar.

5. Right click and choose Insert in the context menu.

The Attach Image dialog opens.

4. On the Attach Image dialog:

5. (option) Select a Position File.

6. Specify an insertion point or select the Specify on-screen check box.

7. Specify scale or select the Specify on-screen check box.

8. Specify rotation angle or select the Specify on-screen check box.

5. Click the OK button.

6. If any of the Specify on-screen options is selected, the image is inserted at the desired insertion point, scale and rotation angle;
   else
   Specify the insertion point, scale and/or rotation angle on-screen.

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Load / Unload images

When an image is attached and then inserted in the drawing, you can unload the image to temporarily remove it. Unloaded images are still inserted in the drawing, but they no longer display. If the Imageframe setting is on, the frame still displays though.

Modify the Image Frame setting

1. Click the Image Frame tool () in the Images toolbar.

2. Choose On or Off on the Imageframe option box.

The display of the image frames changes accordingly.

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Load / Unload a single image

1. Launch the Image Explorer.

2. For the image you want to load or unload, click the check box in the Loaded column.
   
   

3. If the Regen On/Off button () is not pressed, click the Regen tool () in the Images Explorer toolbar.

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Load / Unload multiple images

1. Launch the Image Explorer.

2. Select the images you want to load or unload.

3. For one of the selected images, click the check box in the Loaded column.

All selected images will be loaded or unloaded simultaneously.

4. If the Regen On/Off button () is not pressed, click the Regen tool () in the Images Explorer toolbar.

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Removing images

Since an image is first attached, then inserted in the drawing, you can delete an image, without detaching it.

Detach images

1. Launch the Image Explorer.

2. Select the image(s) that you want to detach.

3. Do one of the following

4. Click the Delete tool () in the Images Explorer toolbar.

5. Right click and select Delete in the context menu.

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