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Martin Euredjian · Guest

Two scenarios:

1- email drawings that have images (JPG)
2- Move drawings (that have images) to another machine/drive/directory

I want to keep it simple and have a "/images" directory within the same
directory that the drawing is in. Example:

Drawing located at: D:\Drawings\Project1
JPEG files located at: D:\Drawings\Project1\images
A specific file: D:\Drawings\Project1\images\logo.jpg

These paths could change and become anything you can imagine:

Drawing: M:\Drawings\Project1
JPEG: M:\Drawings\Project1\images
file: M:\Drawings\Project1\images\logo.jpg

or

Drawing: E:\Drawings\Archive\Project1
JPEG: E:\Drawings\Archive\Project1\images
file: E:\Drawings\Archive\Project1\images\logo.jpg

The "Project1" structure, however, always remains the same. When drawings
are emailed they are transmitted in a ZIP archive that maintains the
"Project1" structure. If a project is moved to another
machine/drive/directory, the entire "Project1" structure is moved/copied as
a unit.

Given the above, how does one specify a relative path in the Image Manager?
Nothing I've tried works ".\images\logo.jpg" is one example.

I've even tried moving images to the project root directory (say,
D:\Drawings\Project1) and entering "logo.jpg" in Image Manager. It doesn't
like it.

Any ideas/suggestions?

Thanks,

-Martin

Rad_Cadder · Guest

Martin,
It is my understanding that the only way to make sure your images are always visible, such as after drive change, email, etc... is to have it reside in the same file folder as your dwg.

We also have an image folder for each project, but when emailing drawings with images attached, I move them to one folder to aleviate confusion for the person opening the drawing. Not everyone is CAD Literate enough to know how to repath.

Hope this helps!

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