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    3.) Does anyone know if there is a way to just bind a raster image into an autocad drawing, without having it show up in the xref manager?

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    Default Re: Tough Question - Bind Image

    It isn't really the XRef manager... it is the External References palette. Since images are an external reference, i.e. the drawing is "broken" when the image cannot be found, they do belong in there.

    You can import a .wmf but not most other image formats.
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    Default Re: Tough Question - Bind Image

    AutoCAD doesn't understand raster formats - it doesn't need to.
    It creates a box and allows an image to be placed in it.

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    If you have Raster Design, you can embed an image into the drawing. Otherwise, there isn't an option that I know of.
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    Default Re: Tough Question - Bind Image

    Quote Originally Posted by johnshar123xx View Post
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    3.) Does anyone know if there is a way to just bind a raster image into an autocad drawing, without having it show up in the xref manager?
    Easy answer - no. Raster images have never been able to be bound like xrefs can be.

    Why are you trying to/what are you trying to accomplish?
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    Default Re: Tough Question - Bind Image

    Quote Originally Posted by CADKitty View Post
    Easy answer - no. Raster images have never been able to be bound like xrefs can be.

    Why are you trying to/what are you trying to accomplish?

    Sounds like he's taking a test judging from the other questions he's asked...

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    Default Re: Tough Question - Bind Image

    [quote=CADKitty;901208]Easy answer - no. Raster images have never been able to be bound like xrefs can be.[quote]

    I think GIFIN and TIFIN in R10, R11 did actually bind images, but I recall it to be horrendously slow.

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    Default Re: Tough Question - Bind Image

    [QUOTE=scott.wilcox;902237][quote=CADKitty;901208]Easy answer - no. Raster images have never been able to be bound like xrefs can be.

    I think GIFIN and TIFIN in R10, R11 did actually bind images, but I recall it to be horrendously slow.
    I think Windows use of "helper" applications made acad image translation redundant.

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    Default Re: Tough Question - Bind Image

    You can embed an image like a jpg into autocad, open a program like paint, open the jpg, edit>select all, edit>copy, go into autocad, paste. List jpg and it reports as OLE, embedded. The external references palette will not list the image.

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