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Summary

When you attach an image file, you link that referenced file to the current

drawing. Any changes to the referenced file are displayed in the current

drawing when it is opened or reloaded.

The Select Reference File dialog box (a

standard file selection dialog box) is

displayed. Once you select an image file, the

Attach Image Dialog Box on page

943 is displayed.

After the file is attached, you can adjust and clip the underlay through the

Image Ribbon Contextual tab.

TIP Use the generic CLIP command to clip images, external references, viewports,

and underlays.

NOTE When Texture Compression is turned on, the amount of video memory

required to open a drawing that contains attached images is decreased. Texture

compression can reduce the amount of video memory necessary to display the

drawing, but it can increase the time it takes to load the images the first time that

they are accessed; it can reduce the quality of the images when they are displayed

in the viewport or plotted. To determine whether Texture Compression is turned

on, enter 3dconfig, and click Manual Tune. Look at the Hardware Effects List in

the Manual Performance Tuning dialog box.

Attach Image Dialog Box

Quick Reference