Applying Image Resources

Image settings are specified through the Attributes palette and applied to a 2D object through the Resource Browser or the Attributes palette. In addition, an image fill can be specified as a default class attribute (see Setting Class Properties). Some objects have the ability to apply image settings while setting the object attributes.

Applying an Image from the Attributes Palette

To apply an image resource from the Attributes palette and specify the image settings:

1. Select the object, and then select Image from the Attributes palette fill list. To change to a different image, click the image preview bar and select a different image from a library or the current file.

 

2. Specify the settings for the current image by clicking the Fill Image Settings button next to the image preview box.

The Image Settings dialog box opens.

Click to show/hide the parameters.

Parameter	Description
Image selector	Select an image resource from a library or the current file
Repeat	Select to repeat the image over the object; deselect to apply a single instance of the image to the object
Apply To	Select Each Object to apply the image to each selected object individually; choose Selection to apply the image across the selected objects, spanning the objects.   When applying an image across several selected objects, group the objects to maintain the image.
X/Y Offset	Indicates the image starting point coordinates relative to the center of the selection bounding box (in the file’s current units)
I/J Length	Specifies the distance in the I/J direction for a single instance of the image fill (in the file’s current units). To maintain the aspect ratio of the image when one length is changed, click the link button; the other length value changes automatically.
Rotation	Specifies the angle of the image fill
Flip Horizontally/Flip Vertically	Select to flip the image orientation horizontally, vertically, or both

3. If desired, click Preview to view the results of the image settings.

4. Click OK to apply the image settings.

The X and Y axes are file-based, relative to the center of the selected object. The I and J axes are image-based.

Applying an Image from the Resource Browser

To apply an image resource from the Resource Browser:

1. Select the object.

2. From the Resource Browser, select the image to be applied. Right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac), and select Apply from the context menu. (Alternatively, double-click the image resource to apply it to the selection or drag the image resource onto an object.)

The image settings can be edited from the Attributes palette.

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Transferring Attributes

Creating Image Resources

Mapping Image Fills

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