Possible to bind pdf reference image

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Possible to bind pdf reference image

atrizzy (Structural)

(OP)

24 May 17 18:21

For some reason I can't find a way to bind a pdf reference image (or another bitmap image for that matter) to the dwg file. Anybody know a tip or trick to achieve this? I'd prefer not to send multiple files each time I send a dwg file to someone for review.

felix7502 (Mechanical) · Answer 1 · 2017-05-25 13:58:50

I'm not sure if this is what you want.
Convert pdf to image (jpg, png etc.)
Add new sheet to Draftsight file.
Go to Insert on the menu - Reference image.
You can insert bmp, gif, jpg, jpeg, png, tif, tiff.
Zoom in for clarity.

atrizzy (Structural) · Answer 2 · 2017-05-25 14:19:15

I think I figured it out... I had figured out how to reference an image file previously but the dwg file never combined the references with the dwg file.
For some reason, when I opened the jpeg in paint, hit Ctrl+A and dragged and dropped into the dwg file, Draftsight actually uploaded the entire file into the dwg file (not just referenced it).

German Malpede (Industrial) · Answer 3 · 2017-07-26 15:14:50

Hi! the reason of that is because with that action (copy and paste from MS paint) you has inserted an OLE element (Object Linking & Embedding) instead of an external reference. The same happes if you try using the command INSERTOBJECT.

Regards,

Germán Malpede

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