Inserting TIFF Files
You can import a TIFF
image and use it as a background of a part or assembly.
Use Options
, Colors, for more
streamlined and extensive background image capabilities. Under Background
appearance, you can select Image
file and browse for background files that include .bmp
and .png, as well as .tiff
formats. In addition to images, when you use RealView,
you can add scenes to models.
The SolidWorks application does not support LZW format compression for
TIFF files.
To activate
the Picture menu item:
In a part
or assembly document, click Insert,
Customize Menu.
Select
Picture, then click outside the
menu.
To import
a TIFF file:
Click Insert, Picture.
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In the Open
dialog box, browse to a file, and click Open.
The selected file opens as
a background image of the part or assembly.
You can import RGB
Full Color and Black & White
(Bilevel) images, and you can also import Grayscale
and Palette images from other
systems.
To turn
the display of the TIFF image on or off:
Click View,
Display, Picture.
To delete
a TIFF image from a document:
Click View,
Modify, Picture,
Delete.
To replace
one TIFF image with another:
Click View, Modify,
Picture, Replace.
In the
Open dialog box, browse to a TIFF
file, and click Open.