Duplicate image within sketch and change the link to another file?

[Intuos5]

Can inventor duplicate an image within a sketch and then relink it to a different image? I have several images of design options that I want to reference (they are all the same size in pixels). I usually duplicate such images and then link to the other file to make sure they are exactly aligned when I use other software, but how does one do this in Inventor?

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! Unfortunately, such workflow does not exist in Inventor. You need to insert the image to a sketch manually or programmatically. There isn't a cloning workflow. You may reuse the same sketch. Copy&Paste may work but the resultant pasted image can behave flakily.

Many thanks!

[Intuos5]

@johnsonshiue,

thanks for the confirmation. What about relinking images? If I duplicate the part file and relink the old image (I checked the link box when I placed the image), is that possible? I'm not seeing a relink images or related dialog in the keyboard shortcuts/ ribbon or any mention of it in the help files.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! Unfortunately, I am not aware of a way to "relink" the image or any OLE object.

Many thanks!