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Images not showing in Drawing views

Images not showing in Drawing views

Images not showing in Drawing views

(OP)
Hay guys I have a question.

I am inserting images into a drawing file and after I complete the insert I get a box that has the filename on it.  I do the print preview as well as print and I get the same thing.

Tried refresh, Force Rebiuld, Save and Close, Shut Down and Restart SW.

Insertion Method: Insert>Object>Create from File>Browse>
"Link" and "Display as Icon" checkboxes are Unchecked.  Files are JPG files.

Any ideas? I'm going to try converting them into something else and see if that helps.

RE: Images not showing in Drawing views

(OP)
OK bmp worked. PNG, GIF and JPG no good.

RE: Images not showing in Drawing views

Open the image in an image viewer (XnView, Paint, IrfanView or similar) and then copy and paste from there.

cheers

RE: Images not showing in Drawing views

I use this method also, Rob.  Simple, quick and not too dirty. :)

Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
sw.fcsuper.com
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group

RE: Images not showing in Drawing views

Most people seem to have no problem at all inserting images the "SW" way. I have never been able to on three different systems. Rockguy enlightened me about "copy-from-image-viewer" method and is the only one that has worked for me for all image types.

cheers

RE: Images not showing in Drawing views

I tried the copy-and-paste method from paint today and everything looks fine until I close and reopen the saved drawing. Then the image doesn't show up.

If I insert > object > from file and choose the BMP, things work as expected.

RE: Images not showing in Drawing views

Well, there also may be an issue with your graphics driver.

Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
sw.fcsuper.com
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group

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