TechDraw Image

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TechDraw Image

Menu location
TechDraw → Insert Bitmap Image
Workbenches
TechDraw
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
TechDraw SVG Symbol

Description

The TechDraw Image tool inserts a bitmap image (PNG, TIFF, JPEG, etc.) from a file into the page as a view.

Image inserted in the drawing page

Usage

  1. Press the Insert Bitmap Image button
  2. A file dialog will open. Select a location and file name.

Properties

See also TechDraw View.

Data

Image

  • DataImage File (File): The file containing this bitmap.
  • DataImage Included (FileIncluded): Embedded image file. System use only.
  • DataWidth (Float): The width of the cropped image in mm. Only used if ViewCrop is true.
  • DataHeight (Float): The height of the cropped image in mm. Idem.

View

Image

  • ViewCrop (Bool): Crop the image to DataWidth x DataHeight.

Scripting

See also: Autogenerated API documentation and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

The Image tool can be used in macros and from the Python console by using the following functions:

dvi = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject('TechDraw::DrawViewImage','TestImage')
rc = page.addView(dvi)
dvi.ImageFile = "pathToMy/imageFile.png"
dvi.Height = 200
dvi.Width  = 200