Can I import an image into a Table cell?

[prodriguezLAZEX]

Hi Everyone. Interior Designers use images in their Finish Schedules. I want to use AutoCAD Tables as the basis for our new schedules, however, I do not see an import option for Image, just Block and Field. Is this feature supported in AutoCAD LT 2021 or is there a work-around?

Thank you.

Pedro

[steven-g]

Work-around, turn the images into blocks? Or just move the image over a table cell and resize it to suit, is there any particular reason it has to be 'inside' the table rather than just appearing over the table.

[prodriguezLAZEX]

We source images from many places, sometimes 50-100 per schedule. Currently, Designers copy/paste images into a schedule made of line entities, so they can easily move, stretch, etc.., the schedule along with the images. I fear having to create a block of each image would slow down the process, but it is certainly a good workaround. It's preferable images are embedded so the schedule is easily manipulated, moved, etc., and to avoid accidental deletion of images. Let me discuss with Designers.

Thanks for your help Steven.

[steven-g · Accepted solution]

Keeping things together makes sense, so converting images to blocks would do that, maybe look at creating a 'group' so you just place the images correctly over a table then form a group of the images + table so they remain together, but this means more work if you need to do any edits.

[sally_munden]

hi - our designer uses excel for legends and has images on there - when i use datalink for the excel sheet, the images import in - have tried embedding them but still no good - anyone have any ideas for getting the images to show in datalink?

[pendean]

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@sally_munden wrote:

hi - our designer uses excel for legends and has images on there - when i use datalink for the excel sheet, the images import in - have tried embedding them but still no good - anyone have any ideas for getting the images to show in datalink?

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Not quite the same as the topic of this post, is it? they want to embed an image they imported into an AutoCAD Table, you are using an Excel OLE with datalink.

AFAIK you cannot have both a datalink to an Excel sheet AND embed parts of it into your DWG file. Which would be your preference to commit to? You can only select one.

Please share your exact AutoCAD/LT year version as listed in that program's ABOUT command pop-up, and confirming your OS when you get a chance.