Images

Discussion in 'AutoCAD' started by Martin Euredjian, Feb 10, 2005.

  1. Two scenarios:

    1- email drawings that have images (JPG)
    2- Move drawings (that have images) to another machine/drive/directory

    I want to keep it simple and have a "/images" directory within the same
    directory that the drawing is in. Example:

    Drawing located at: D:\Drawings\Project1
    JPEG files located at: D:\Drawings\Project1\images
    A specific file: D:\Drawings\Project1\images\logo.jpg

    These paths could change and become anything you can imagine:

    Drawing: M:\Drawings\Project1
    JPEG: M:\Drawings\Project1\images
    file: M:\Drawings\Project1\images\logo.jpg

    or

    Drawing: E:\Drawings\Archive\Project1
    JPEG: E:\Drawings\Archive\Project1\images
    file: E:\Drawings\Archive\Project1\images\logo.jpg

    The "Project1" structure, however, always remains the same. When drawings
    are emailed they are transmitted in a ZIP archive that maintains the
    "Project1" structure. If a project is moved to another
    machine/drive/directory, the entire "Project1" structure is moved/copied as
    a unit.

    Given the above, how does one specify a relative path in the Image Manager?
    Nothing I've tried works ".\images\logo.jpg" is one example.

    I've even tried moving images to the project root directory (say,
    D:\Drawings\Project1) and entering "logo.jpg" in Image Manager. It doesn't
    like it.

    Any ideas/suggestions?

    Thanks,

    -Martin
     
    Martin Euredjian, Feb 10, 2005
    #1
  2. Martin Euredjian

    Rad_Cadder Guest

    Martin,
    It is my understanding that the only way to make sure your images are always visible, such as after drive change, email, etc... is to have it reside in the same file folder as your dwg.

    We also have an image folder for each project, but when emailing drawings with images attached, I move them to one folder to aleviate confusion for the person opening the drawing. Not everyone is CAD Literate enough to know how to repath.

    Hope this helps!
     
    Rad_Cadder, Mar 14, 2005
    #2
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