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JWJoe Walton20/03/2008
This problem seems to go away then come back with each SW
service pack.
I create Installation Instructions for my company and the first page has a picture, well actually 2, one picture and one logo picture. I am running Solidworks 2008 SP3.0.
Here is my problem and what I have done to recreate it every time. I insert a picture (Insert - Picture... then I insert a .jpg) and scale it up to a viewable size that is pretty much most of the page, which is page 1. The consecutive pages, usually up to 7 or 8, are drawings and details along with notes on how to assemble each product. I save the drawing. Now if I close it, then re-open it, the picture I inserted on page 1 disappears. The object is still there as a box, but you can't see the picture and there are no options to do anything to bring it back other than reinserting it which adds time. I have tried to rebuild, update, and everthing else I can think of to the drawing and it will not show back up. Does anyone have this same problem or know how to fix this?
Now I do have a second picture, it is actually a logo. I believe I inserted it as an OLE object because I right click on it and go to Properties... and it shows a dialog box as OLE Object Property. This does not disappear after saving and reopening. I'm not sure why or what I did differently. I tried to insert the larger picture as an OLE object, but all the comes up is an empty box with the file name inside it and the picture does not show up.
I believe this did NOT happen in SW SP2.0 and I believe it DID happen in service packs earlier than that. This is a major thing for our company and adds a great amount of time when I have to reinsert the pictures everytime I update this, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Setting the 1st page as a separate drawing really isn't the way we want to do this. I know the picture feature works for single pages, but not multi-pages. We have hundreds if not thousands of Installation Instructions and having a separate 1st page really isn't an option since it could get lost, deleted or even misplaced. That's why we use the multi-page drawings so we can easily keep everything in one file. Plus we PDF these drawings and having to add the first page to each one also adds time. We are always in a time crunch to when it comes to making these Installation Instructions and every little bit helps.
Thanks to anyone that can help me out. Joe
I create Installation Instructions for my company and the first page has a picture, well actually 2, one picture and one logo picture. I am running Solidworks 2008 SP3.0.
Here is my problem and what I have done to recreate it every time. I insert a picture (Insert - Picture... then I insert a .jpg) and scale it up to a viewable size that is pretty much most of the page, which is page 1. The consecutive pages, usually up to 7 or 8, are drawings and details along with notes on how to assemble each product. I save the drawing. Now if I close it, then re-open it, the picture I inserted on page 1 disappears. The object is still there as a box, but you can't see the picture and there are no options to do anything to bring it back other than reinserting it which adds time. I have tried to rebuild, update, and everthing else I can think of to the drawing and it will not show back up. Does anyone have this same problem or know how to fix this?
Now I do have a second picture, it is actually a logo. I believe I inserted it as an OLE object because I right click on it and go to Properties... and it shows a dialog box as OLE Object Property. This does not disappear after saving and reopening. I'm not sure why or what I did differently. I tried to insert the larger picture as an OLE object, but all the comes up is an empty box with the file name inside it and the picture does not show up.
I believe this did NOT happen in SW SP2.0 and I believe it DID happen in service packs earlier than that. This is a major thing for our company and adds a great amount of time when I have to reinsert the pictures everytime I update this, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Setting the 1st page as a separate drawing really isn't the way we want to do this. I know the picture feature works for single pages, but not multi-pages. We have hundreds if not thousands of Installation Instructions and having a separate 1st page really isn't an option since it could get lost, deleted or even misplaced. That's why we use the multi-page drawings so we can easily keep everything in one file. Plus we PDF these drawings and having to add the first page to each one also adds time. We are always in a time crunch to when it comes to making these Installation Instructions and every little bit helps.
Thanks to anyone that can help me out. Joe