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June 15, 2016

2D Detailing: Embed Images in Drawings

  • June 15, 2016
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Attached to this blog post is a short presentation and a video on the new enhancement to allow direct embedding of images into drawings in Creo 4.0.

Any questions or feedback you have related to the ability to embed images in drawings should be provided as comments to the blog post.

That will be the easiest way for me to keep track of the comments and also be able to provide timely responses to your questions. If you follow this post, you can be notified of those comments as well and be able to learn from what others are asking. I may also periodically update this post to add some new details or information related to this enhancement.

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Additional details on this enhancement:

  • By default, the image is not saved with the drawing file but will continue to appear as long as Creo can find the image file on disk. Since this Images tool in drawings is the same tool that is used in Part and Assembly mode it follows the same behavior as in those modes. There is a config.pro option "save_texture_with_model” that when set to YES will allow the image to be saved with the model. This option is currently not working for drawings in the Sneak Peek, but it will be fixed by the time we ship F000.

 

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    kfilurin13-Aquamarine
    13-Aquamarine
    July 5, 2016

    What about PDF?

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    RaphaelCNascime1-VisitorAuthor
    1-Visitor
    July 6, 2016

    pdf is not a supported format for the Images tool (in 2D or in 3D) in Creo 4.0.

    The workaround would be to convert the particular sheet of the pdf that you want to embed into a supported format and then embed that object.

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      23-Emerald IV
      TomU23-Emerald IV
      23-Emerald IV
      July 6, 2016

      Will this image export correctly out to the derivative file types?  (DWG, DXF, PDF, etc.)  Will it show up correctly during publishing? (PVZ, HPGL [.plt], etc.)

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      mborst5-Regular Member
      5-Regular Member
      July 13, 2016

      When importing an image file and rotate it about 45 degree the print preview and output is not ok.

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      23-Emerald IV
      TomU23-Emerald IV
      23-Emerald IV
      July 26, 2016

      Raphael Nascimento‌, something is very, very wrong with the Postscript output of these images.

      Print Preview (and also Save a Copy to PDF)

      What the Postscript contains (both output from a color printer and converted to PDF)

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      23-Emerald IV
      TomU23-Emerald IV
      23-Emerald IV
      July 26, 2016

      There is also a problem with the images and the new "Auto Rotate" printing option.  The image is being rotated and/or resized.

      How it's supposed to look:

      How it looks with Auto Rotate on and selecting a different orientation:  (wrong size)

      There is also some type of "modal" switch that gets flipped behind the scenes causing a similar issue with Save a Copy to PDF:  (rotated)

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      23-Emerald IV
      TomU23-Emerald IV
      23-Emerald IV
      July 26, 2016

      Same issue when exporting to DWG:

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      23-Emerald IV
      TomU23-Emerald IV
      23-Emerald IV
      July 26, 2016

      It would be nice to have a config option to set the initial (default) transparency level.  I would prefer 0% instead of 50% as the initial value.

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      RaphaelCNascime1-VisitorAuthor
      1-Visitor
      July 27, 2016

      I'll pass these issues along to the development team to get fixed.

      Thanks!

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      RaphaelCNascime1-VisitorAuthor
      1-Visitor
      July 27, 2016

      Not a bad idea. I'm not sure if we can squeak that into F000, though...

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