Embed a raster image

Is it possible to embed a raster image into an AutoCAD drawing (I do not wish to distribute bmp files along with the dwg file). I also tried to paste an image into an AutoCAD drawing but could not find a way to programmatically paste it at a specified location. I even tried to move the inserted OLE object but to no avail.

 

use acaddocument.modelspace.addraster (filename....


cheers,
Krishnaprasad

 

As far as I know, it's not possible to embed a raster image or any other
type of XRef into a drawing, still keeping it's original functionality.
There is, though, a very complex solution that embeds raster's binary stream
into the ACAD Dictionary structure, displaying it later via ObjectARX-coded
mechanism. But it's just too complex to code if you're not _very_ familiar
with C/ObjectARX.

Regards,
Maksim Sestic

wish to distribute bmp files along with the dwg file). I also tried to paste
an image into an AutoCAD drawing but could not find a way to
programmatically paste it at a specified location. I even tried to move the
inserted OLE object but to no avail.

 

Doesn't the DXF file format contain a hex listing of the included raster images? It's funky, but I've done things like this before. When I was unable to get a handle to something from within Acad, write the file to a DXF, read the file and find the stuff you want, programmatically input it into the drawing.

In this case it seems like you could write the DXF, find the raster data, write a smaller DXF that just included your raster data, import it.