Hello

  I'm working on export of GIS map to DXF. Everything works well until I try to include images in dxf file. Firstly, for every image (in PNG format) I create instance of DxfImageDef class. It looks like that:

xfImageDef imageDef = new DxfImageDef(dxfModel);
imageDef.Name = path;
imageDef.Filename = path;
imageDef.Size = new Size2D(32, 32);

dxfModel.Images.Add(imageDef);

Then, whenever I need to place image in dxf I do something like that:

DxfImage image = new DxfImage();
image.ImageDef = currentImgDef;
image.InsertionPoint = new Point3D(x, y, 0);
image.ImageDisplayFlags = ImageDisplayFlags.ShowImage;
image.Layer = dxfLayer;

dxfModel.Entities.Add(image);

Unfortunately, it doesn?t work; I can't see any images in my dxf files. I use few viewers and everywhere effect is the same. Dxf files look properly, I can find IMAGE and IMAGEDEF keywords. However, there is one thing quite alarming for me. In dxf files, produced by AutoCAD, IMAGE and IMAGEDEF section looks completely different.

Hi,

I haven't completed the implementation for DxfImage yet (see also on the features page that it's not yet supported by CadLib). I can further work it out and have something by next Monday, would that work for you?

Thanks!

Wout

Thanks for quick answer. Yes, I can wait for implementation.

Hi,

I've done some testing, apparently the writing seems to work with a little modification (had to set ImageIsLoaded to true):

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

using NUnit.Framework;

using WW.Cad.Model;
using WW.Cad.Model.Entities;
using WW.Cad.Model.Objects;
using WW.Cad.IO;
using WW.Math;

namespace WW.Cad.Test {
  [TestFixture]
  public class ImageTest {
    [Test]
    public void TestWrite() {
      DxfModel model = new DxfModel();

      DxfImageDef imageDef = new DxfImageDef(model);
      imageDef.Filename = 'image.png';
      imageDef.Name = imageDef.Filename;
      imageDef.Size = new Size2D(840d, 525d);
      imageDef.DefaultPixelSize = new Size2D(1d, 1d);
      imageDef.ImageIsLoaded = true;
      model.Images.Add(imageDef);

      DxfImage image = new DxfImage();
      image.ImageDef = imageDef;
      image.InsertionPoint = new Point3D(3d, 2d, 0d);
      image.ImageDisplayFlags = ImageDisplayFlags.ShowImage;
      model.Entities.Add(image);

      DxfWriter.WriteDxf('ImageTest.dxf', model, false);
    }
  }
}

Let me know if it works out!

Thanks!

Wout

Hello

  I have just tried this example and it still doesn?t work. In this case, maybe problem is somewhere else. What kind of Cad viewer do you use?