[Solved-workaround] TD Image - relative path to image-file?

[M4x]

Hey everybody,

I'd like to put an png-image (screenshot) into a TechDraw document. This is working great via TechDraw_Image. But the image isn't a part of the FreeCAD-project or something like that. Instead TechDraw_Image relies on an absolute path to the image file. This isn't very practical if you're thinking about sharing your project (which I'm currently preparing for).

Is there a way to feed TechDraw_Image with a relative path to the image file? I've tried something like "../pictures/example_screenshot.png" but that didn't work out

I've attached an example project to this post (it's a zip-file because the screenshots and folder structure is provided too).

object tree with (part of) path to image

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OS: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS (ubuntu:GNOME/ubuntu)
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.20.25645 (Git) AppImage
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: 37d9757399b4c2ec30318eb88d7cd7c508246345
Python version: 3.9.7
Qt version: 5.12.9
Coin version: 4.0.0
OCC version: 7.5.2
Locale: English/United States (en_US)

[Shalmeneser]

Same problem.
I don't have /home/max/Nextcloud/Documents/FreeCAD/Forum/example_TD_image_M4x/example_screenshot.png in my computer
Modifying the name doesn't seem to help.

Proposition :
* Explain this problem in the wiki
* Modify absolute name to relative name.

Actual solution :
* Put your png in a svg file. SVG file are incorporated, not linked like png.

[M4x]

Are you kidding me? That's an awesome path Nevertheless, it should work after adapting the path to the png-file. It does on my system.

Converting it into an svg is an interesting idea. I'll try that.

[GeneFC]

Can you bring the file into the Image WB first? Then it will be part of the FCStd document permanently.

Insert the image into a TechDraw page the same way as any other object is inserted.

Gene

[M4x]

The svg-workaround is looking good.

The workaround using the Image_Workbench sounds interesting too but I'm not able to get it to work. Importing the png-file isn't a problem. But I'm not able to add it to a TechDraw page. I've tried TechDraw_View, TechDraw_ActiveView and even TechDraw_Image.

[GeneFC]

I'm not able to get it to work.

You are correct.

I thought I had used this, but I cannot make it work.

Gene

[M4x]

Alright, it wasn't me than