AutoCAD 2010/2011/2012 DWG Format

[#1]

Newbie - Can you import images in to CAD (2010) and are there any restrictions.

[#2]

Yes you can, you can import them as xref's

go to Insert tab, find Reference section, and click insert, then find your image file and click open, then choose from the standard positioning options and away you go!.

you can also access the xref manager by typing xref into the command line.

hope this helps.

[#3]

Will I have any technical issues I imported a number of images in to one DWG file?

[#4]

as far as i am aware the only isssue you may have is that the file size will increase as you add more photo's.

i have worked on drawings with 10+ large photos and had no problems at all.

[#5]

russ190 many thanks for your advice

[#6]

No problem!

[#7]

Semantically only DWG files are XREFs.  There are operations, not just Ataching/Overlaying/Binding, etc, that you can only do with xrefs. 

Everything else (Images, DGNs, PDFs, DWFs, etc) are considered Underlays.  We still tend to call them xrefs though. 

Dave.

[#8]

Dave Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Regards Glynn