I can’t get my company logo to remain in my title block after closing the program.

[jrsSYSCB]

Hey guys. I am pretty new to AutoCAD, and some of the finer details are causing some confusion in my workflow. 

I have created both my imperial and metric templates and they both work fine. 

the issue is that I can not get my company logo to remain in my drawings after closing them. 

The logo does however remain in my template file. So every time I create a new drawing from the template - it is there.  But once I create a new file, and eventually close it … it is no longer in that drawing. 

it’s worth mentioning that the logo has been inserted  as  a JPEG.  I’m guessing it has something to do with that. But I’m not sure why it remains in my template, and  never in a  drawing created from the template.

any help would be much appreciated.  🙏🏼 

[CodeDing]

@jrsSYSCB ,

Can you post a copy of your template by chance? That would help greatly.

Also, when you select your image, what type of entity is it? (it will say at the Top of the Properties Palette)

Best,

~DD

[TheCADnoob]

I would recommend converting your logo to geometry and solving the issue permanently. 

[jrsSYSCB]

Thank you for a prompt response. So far, it seems I was able to get it working by bringing it in as an OLE. 

I guess I’m more interested in knowing now why the template always opened with the JPEG logo  in place but not once it was saved as a new file and closed/reopened. 

im guessing it’s  because with a jpeg attachment its just referencing a file - but im confused as to why it continued to remain in the template file 

[CodeDing]

@jrsSYSCB ,

It was probably attached as a Raster Image in the template, with a Relative Path. That would explain why it would not appear if you saved a new dwg somewhere else.

In short:

- Raster Images are "linked" images in your drawing and reference an external file (saves DWG file space).

- OLE images are "embedded" images in your drawing (uses more DWG file space)

Best,

~DD

[paullimapa]

Attach image files (like Xref dwgs) require a path type which is an index reference to the location where the file in this case a jpeg file resides:

If you use Full path (like a network location) that full path can be found again when that drawing is opened within the network. Then you'll see the logo.

If you use Relative path and when that drawing is saved in a location (even within the network) but that's in a completely different folder structure then it can no longer locate the file. 

OLE on the other hand actually Inserts your jpeg file as a permanent object in the drawing just like an insert BLOCK. The difference here is that if you ever changed your jpeg file, the inserted version won't automatically update.

But the attached version will automatically update.

[jrsSYSCB]

Thank you! This is good information for me.  I’ve spent a lot of time drawing, and  have figured that sort of thing out relatively effectively. But details  like this is where its still a bit confusing for me.  So these explanations help with the principles behind the results. 

thank you. 

[paullimapa]

You are welcome… cheers!!!

[opadraftingsolutions]

you can always check where the attached images are being pulled from, type "XREF" and a window will open up showing the file locations of where the XREF'd images reside.

When you send drawings externally it's usually advantageous to send an etransmit package instead of the CAD.dwg.

Typing etransmit will take you to  the packaging window and you can rearrange all the xref paths to the single zip file archive etransmit makes. I have found that the recipient will still need to unzip the etransmit folder for any attached images to be accessible on there end.