Image¶

Add a raster IMAGE (DXF Reference) to the DXF file, the file itself is not embedded into the DXF file, it is always a separated file. The IMAGE entity is like a block reference, you can use it multiple times to add the image on different locations with different scales and rotations. But therefore you need a also a IMAGEDEF entity, see ImageDef. ezdxf creates only images in the xy-plan, you can place images in the 3D space too, but then you have to set the Image.dxf.u_pixel and the Image.dxf.v_pixel vectors by yourself.

Subclass of	`ezdxf.entities.DXFGraphic`
DXF type	`'IMAGE'`
Factory function	`ezdxf.layouts.BaseLayout.add_image()`
Inherited DXF attributes	Common graphical DXF attributes
Required DXF version	DXF R2000 (`'AC1015'`)

Warning

Do not instantiate entity classes by yourself - always use the provided factory functions!

class ezdxf.entities.Image¶

dxf.insert¶: Insertion point, lower left corner of the image (3D Point in WCS).

dxf.u_pixel¶: U-vector of a single pixel (points along the visual bottom of the image, starting at the insertion point) as (x, y, z) tuple

dxf.v_pixel¶: V-vector of a single pixel (points along the visual left side of the image, starting at the insertion point) as (x, y, z) tuple

dxf.image_size¶: Image size in pixels as (x, y) tuple

dxf.image_def_handle¶: Handle to the image definition entity, see ImageDef

dxf.flags¶

`Image.dxf.flags`	Value	Description
`Image.SHOW_IMAGE`	1	Show image
`Image.SHOW_WHEN_NOT_ALIGNED`	2	Show image when not aligned with screen
`Image.USE_CLIPPING_BOUNDARY`	4	Use clipping boundary
`Image.USE_TRANSPARENCY`	8	Transparency is on

dxf.clipping¶

Clipping state:

`0`	clipping off
`1`	clipping on

dxf.brightness¶: Brightness value (0-100; default = 50)

dxf.contrast¶: Contrast value (0-100; default = 50)

dxf.fade¶: Fade value (0-100; default = 0)

dxf.clipping_boundary_type¶

Clipping boundary type:

1	Rectangular
2	Polygonal

dxf.count_boundary_points¶: Number of clip boundary vertices, maintained by ezdxf.

dxf.clip_mode¶

Clip mode (DXF R2010):

0	Outside
1	Inside

boundary_path¶: A list of vertices as pixel coordinates, Two vertices describe a rectangle, lower left corner is (-0.5, -0.5) and upper right corner is (ImageSizeX-0.5, ImageSizeY-0.5), more than two vertices is a polygon as clipping path. All vertices as pixel coordinates. (read/write)

image_def¶: Returns the associated IMAGEDEF entity, see ImageDef.

reset_boundary_path() → None¶: Reset boundary path to the default rectangle [(-0.5, -0.5), (ImageSizeX-0.5, ImageSizeY-0.5)].

set_boundary_path(vertices: Iterable[Vertex]) → None¶: Set boundary path to vertices. Two vertices describe a rectangle (lower left and upper right corner), more than two vertices is a polygon as clipping path.

boundary_path_wcs() → List[Vec3]¶

Returns the boundary/clipping path in WCS coordinates.

New in version 0.14.

Since version 0.16 it’s recommended to create the clipping path as Path object by the make_path() function:

form ezdxf.path import make_path

image = ...  # get image entity
clipping_path = make_path(image)

transform(m: Matrix44) → Image¶: Transform IMAGE entity by transformation matrix m inplace.