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John_Buck7-Bedrock
7-Bedrock
September 10, 2024
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How to import images into mathcad 10

  • September 10, 2024
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I want to be able to import drawings made in other software. 

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StuartBruff23-Emerald V
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September 10, 2024
From the Mathcad Prime 10 Help:
To Insert an Image
1.In a worksheet, click where you want to insert an image.
2.On the Math tab, in the Regions group, click Image. The Browse for Image button appears.
3.Click Browse for Image. The Open dialog box opens.
4.Click the file to open, and then click Open. The selected image is inserted. You can resize the image or move it around on the page.
 
However, bear in mind that Prime simply inserts the drawing and does not retain the link to that drawing.  Consequently, if the drawing changes and you wish to update the Prime worksheet accordingly, you will have to delete the old image and insert the new one.
 
You can, however, use one or more of the image processing functions to "import" a drawing, manipulate it in MP, and then save the modified drawing.   However, you will not be able to automatically display the drawing within the worksheet.  You will still have to go through the above Image process to show it in your worksheet (and rinse, repeat if you make changes).
 
There is a very, very long-standing request to implement an active image/picture component in Mathcad Prime, thus restoring capability that was lost when the original Mathcad was updated to Mathcad Prime.
 
Stuart
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    DJNewman18-Opal
    18-Opal
    September 11, 2024

    Giving my own blog article a shout-out: https://www.mathcad.com/en/blogs/inserting-images-into-mathcad-prime

     

    If you do want to keep a "Link" to another file (Mathcad updates when the file updates), you can use Insert Object.
    Otherwise there the best option is the Browse for Image button. Especially great for if the image you're importing is final and you won't be editing it anymore.

    Make sure the drawings made in the other software have been exported in a standard file type.

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      StuartBruff23-Emerald V
      23-Emerald V
      September 18, 2024

      Nice article, Dave.   

       

      This is what I got when I ollied(*) some different file types, including images:

       

      2024 09 18 A.png

       

      The rtf one took me by surprise, as it spread itself over several pages.

       

      So, there is a way to display linked images within Mathcad Prime 10, but only if the file is saved in a limited number of file types (bitmap, in my case)

       

      Stuart

       

      (*)  Not a clue whether such a word is in use for inserting OLE objects, but it just kind of popped into my head.  And until I googled "ollied" just now, I had no idea I was overloading the word ... I don't think inserting OLE objects has anything to do with skateboarding, but who knows?

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        September 17, 2024

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