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Useful Tips To Fix 5 Common AutoCAD JPEG Problems

Written By Prachi Sahu
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Updated on 17 Jun, 2022
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Summary: Designers, architects, engineers, educators, and students use JPEG images in their AutoCAD drawings to make them relevant and effective. However, the advanced design platform is not free from technical hiccups. Users commonly face issues while embedding, inserting, or importing JPEG image files in their drawings. Sometimes even a simple task of exporting or converting a DWG file to JPEG becomes a mammoth task. To ease your designing experience, we bring the best tips to fix 5 such common JPEG issues in AutoCAD.

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PROBLEM 1: JPG image disappears on reopening AutoCAD file.

Often when you reopen an AutoCAD file that had an embedded JPEG image, the picture may not show up in the drawing. The JPEG image is also not visible in the PLOT preview or the plot itself.

Solution 1: To resolve AutoCAD JPEG not showing the problem, re-embed the JPEG image into the AutoCAD drawing.

Open the JPEG image in Microsoft Paint
Select and copy the image
Go to AutoCAD, use the Paste Special Select the option As Image Entity

Solution 2: Paste the image into Microsoft PowerPoint. Copy it from PowerPoint into AutoCAD, and use Paste Special with As: Picture (Enhanced Metafile).

Solution 3: You can also try to change the image format from JPEG to PNG as a workaround.

PROBLEM 2: JPEG images are distorted or colors are not properly displayed on reopening the AutoCAD file.

You open a drawing and notice the JPEG images are distorted with colors not displayed correctly. The problem generally occurs with JPEG images in CMYK mode. AutoCAD best rasterizes pictures that are saved with the RGB (red, blue, green) color profile instead of CMYK.

Solution 1: Change the JPEG image color profile to RGB mode. Open the JPEG file in image editors such as Microsoft Paint or Adobe Photoshop to change the JPEG file to RGB mode.

Steps to fix distorted JPEG images in AutoCAD drawing:

Open the JPEG image in MS Paint
Save the image without making any changes. It will directly convert to RGB mode.
Delete the problematic JPEG photo from your AutoCAD drawing
Add the newly saved JPEG image back to your drawing
The JPEG image should now appear correctly without any distortion.

Note: If you are using Adobe Photoshop, go to Image > Mode > select RGB Color. Now save your image without any other change.

Solution 2: Delete the image from the drawing and re-embed the JPEG images in AutoCAD. But this time first ensure they are opening properly in any image editor without any distortion. If not, repair your corrupt or distorted JPEG/JPG files using Jpeg Repair Software, then add them to the drawing. It is a repair tool that fixes all kinds of corruptions in JPEG photos including grainy, blurry, broken, or pixelated, and fixes issues like corrupt headers, JPEG file data, and invalid JPEG file structure, etc. The tool is easy to use and is available for both Windows and Mac systems.

PROBLEM 3: Fail to import JPEG image in AutoCAD

Sometimes you try to import a JPEG image stored on your computer into AutoCAD file but it does not show up in the drawing. Check if you are doing it the right way. Copy and pasting the image does not always work in AutoCAD.

In AutoCAD you cannot also attach raster images like JPEG with IMPORT command in the File menu.

Solution: Follow Insert > References panel >Attach > Find. The Select Image File dialog box appears, select the image file and click Open. In the Image dialog box, you can specify insertion point, scale, or rotation and click OK. This would fix your AutoCAD JPEG import issues.

PROBLEM 4: Unable to export AutoCAD file to JPEG or get a poor resolution after exporting to JPEG

You can save AutoCAD drawings in JPEG format by using the JPGOUT command. This helps to share AutoCAD drawings on different platforms such as websites or Word documents. But sometimes the DWG files do not export to JPEG or even if they do, they have poor resolution and are not usable.

Solution 1: Rather than changing to JPEG, opt for PNG format. You can convert AutoCAD DWG file to PNG using PNGOUT command. It gives better quality and your image file will not be pixelated.

Solution 2: Another method is to convert AutoCAD drawing to PDF format. You can use PLOT or EXPORTPDF or PUBLISH commands to export to PDF. PDF format gives higher quality without losing resolution.

PROBLEM 5: JPEG links showing frames but no images

You open the AutoCAD file and notice the drawings do not show up as images but JPEG frames are visible. Though rare, the problem occurs usually after AutoCAD updates.

Solution: Few problems of the program can be resolved only by restoring to original settings. This is one of those. Do a Reset Settings to Default to see if the JPEG images show up in your drawings. Make sure you save the AutoCAD drawings in a folder before performing a reset to default.

On Windows 10, go to the Start menu, click All Apps > Autodesk > Reset Settings to Default.

If AutoCAD files are missing to run the program after reset, uninstall and reinstall the program on your system.

The Bottom Line

AutoCAD is the most convenient and useful 2D and 3D design program. However, users commonly encounter AutoCAD JPEG import or quality issues.

The above solutions to common AutoCAD JPEG problems are surely going to help you fix such issues. While the JPEG repair utility like Stellar Repair for Photo will resolve any image distortion before inserting or importing images in the AutoCAD file. You can also repair your AutoCAD drawings that are converted to JPG but got corrupt.

For any queries or help write to us in the comment box below. Also, do not forget to share with us how you were able to fix your JPEG-related issues in AutoCAD.

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Prachi Sahu

is a Writer who likes to blog about technology. She has a keen interest in Data Recovery, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence. An avid reader, she has also contributed to some leading newspapers and dreams to own a library some day.

28 comments

JT Blenker says:

July 18, 2019 at 2:30 am

Thank you very much for your help. I had an issue with DWG file does not export to jpg. In this blog I found the solution. Now my problem resolved!

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1. Sumona Chatterjee says:
  
  July 19, 2019 at 2:46 am
  
  Hi JT, Thanks for your words!
  
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chuk says:

May 31, 2019 at 5:01 pm

I used plot command and publish to web Jpg,but it only give dwf format. why?
It’s ok for png format

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1. Sumona Chatterjee says:
  
  June 3, 2019 at 3:17 am
  
  Hi Chuk, Dwf format stands for Design Web Format and DWF files are not replaced for native CAD formats such as AutoCAD drawings. you can use PLOT or EXPORTPDF or PUBLISH commands to export to PDF. Thanks!
  
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Micheal says:

April 13, 2019 at 4:28 pm

Thank you very much for your informative article and more thanks for I get the best idea to read this article about .many more days I have searched for this topic, finally, I got it.

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1. Sumona Chatterjee says:
  
  April 15, 2019 at 2:41 am
  
  Hi Micheal, Thanks for your appreciation!
  
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Alison Stieven says:

November 19, 2018 at 10:39 am

Hi, I teach auto cad and working with files. I had an issue to import jpeg image, Thanks for your given information to resolve my problem. Thank you very much!!

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1. Sumona Chatterjee says:
  
  November 21, 2018 at 10:01 am
  
  Hello Alison, Thanks for sharing your valuable feedback with us!!
  
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Robert Hirsch says:

October 18, 2018 at 10:14 am

Hi, Thanks for your explanation. I had an issue with jpeg images I used both Mac and PC. When I tried to open ACAD files and they were missing on my Mac.

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1. Sumona Chatterjee says:
  
  October 22, 2018 at 3:37 am
  
  Hi Robert, Thanks for your appreciation!
  
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Marshall Adams says:

September 19, 2018 at 10:27 am

I had the same problem. I just saved a file and when I opened it again the image has disappeared?? All that’s there is a rectangle with the image location inside it. Thanks for providing the easiest ways to resolve this issue!

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1. Sumona Chatterjee says:
  
  September 20, 2018 at 4:50 am
  
  Hello Marshall, Thankyou!
  
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Sumona Chatterjee says:

August 24, 2018 at 5:51 am

Hi Natalie, Thanks for sharing your feedback!

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Natalie Tarskie says:

August 22, 2018 at 9:58 am

I had facing the problem with my jpeg image disappearing from my .dwg file. I found the solution on your blog through Internet. Thank you very much for the information!

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Preston Keres says:

July 24, 2018 at 2:58 am

When I insert an image into an acad drawing acad crashes with showing error message “fatal error”. Now I found the solution with the help of this article. I really appreciate it!

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1. Sumona Chatterjee says:
  
  July 25, 2018 at 2:49 am
  
  Hi Preston, Thanks for your appreciation!
  
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Christina Blanarovich says:

June 20, 2018 at 10:46 am

I used the solutions to fix my distorted images not displayed on AutoCAD software. Its help me a lot!

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1. Sumona Chatterjee says:
  
  June 29, 2018 at 3:25 am
  
  Hi Christina, Thank You!
  
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