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Parent page: Schematic Objects
An image object is a non-electrical drawing primitive. It is essentially a container for an image file that can be imported and placed onto a schematic sheet. The image associated with an image object can either be linked or embedded.
Image objects are available for placement in both Schematic and Schematic Library Editors:
After launching the command, the cursor will change to a cross-hair and you will enter graphic placement mode. Placement is made by performing the following sequence of actions:
Additional actions that can be performed during placement while the graphic's frame is still floating on the cursor and before its first corner is anchored – are:
This method of editing allows you to select a placed image object directly in the workspace and change its size, shape or location graphically.
When an image object is selected, the following editing handles are available:
Non-Graphical Editing
The following methods of non-graphical editing are available:
Panel page: Image Properties
This method of editing uses the associated Properties panel mode to modify the properties of an image object.
The Image mode of the Properties panel
During placement, the Image mode of the Properties panel can be accessed by pressing the Tab key.
After placement, the Image mode of the Properties panel can be accessed in one of the following ways:
The Properties panel supports multiple object editing, where the property settings that are identical in all currently selected objects may be modified. When multiples of the same object type are selected manually via theFind Similar Objects dialog or through a Filter or List panel, a Properties panel field entry that is not shown as an asterisk (*
) may be edited for all selected objects.
Panel pages: SCH List, SCHLIB List, SCH Filter, SCHLIB Filter
A List panel allows you to display design objects from one or more documents in tabular format, enabling quick inspection and modification of object attributes. Used in conjunction with appropriate filtering - by using the applicable Filter panel or the Find Similar Objects dialog - it enables the display of just those objects falling under the scope of the active filter – allowing you to target and edit multiple design objects with greater accuracy and efficiency.
The majority of supported image formats - including bmp, png, jpg, and tiff - are Raster-based. Simply put, they are created (or composed) graphically of a fixed series of dots. While all of these image formats render adequately, their attraction diminishes when the image is scaled. Zoom into an image in one of these formats and the 'blocky' or 'pixelated' nature of the image's dot composition soon becomes apparent. The solution to this is to use a Vector-based image format. Vector images are composed of graphical shapes rather than dots, which are preserved upon scaling.
The Schematic Editor supports vector-based graphics in the form of WMF (Windows Meta File) and SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) formats.
An example image on a schematic. A PNG version above with its SVG incarnation below. When zoomed-in, the quality of the latter becomes appreciatively noticeable.
.bmp
, .dcx
, .dib
, .emf, .jpg
, .pcx
, .png
, .rle
, .tif
, .svg, .tga
, and .wmf
.
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