topic Re: Placing External Drawing in Documentation

Placing External Drawing

GSButler — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:46:18 GMT

I am trying to place external content - a tif file - into an independant worksheet. It doesn't indicate any error, but the file is not visible. Any clues??

Re: Placing External Drawing

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:40:59 GMT

Maybe there is something wrong with the resolution of the TIF (like its 32-bit with alpha channel).
Try to convert the file to some other image format and see it that will be visible.

Re: Placing External Drawing

GSButler — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:50:17 GMT

Hi Laszlo
thanks for your reply - other formats work OK.
The tif file which doesn't work is 24bit, 4960x3507pixels, 546Kb at 300dpi resolution.
Is there a maximum size Archicad 13 can handle?? I scanned the plan here at the office, so if there is a limit it would be good to know.

Re: Placing External Drawing

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:16:04 GMT

The maximum image size AC can handle is 32767 x 32767 pixels.
I think the reason it could not handle the TIF is because TIF can be saved with various compression methods. There are several of them. Probably the file was saved with a compression method AC does not recognize.

Re: Placing External Drawing

GSButler — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:38:59 GMT

I should know by now that Archicad can do ALMOST anything! 37000x37000 pixels is pretty good!
I'll experiment with the compression methods - thanks for your reply. Cheers.