You can see a preview of the effect by holding the pointer over a value. To change the appearance of the image, click AutoBalance to automatically adjust the image, or click Brightness or Contrast. The Format tab under Picture Tools appears. Right-click the CAD drawing, point to CAD Drawing Object, and then click Properties.Ĭlick the General tab, select the Lock size and position check box, and then click OK. To lock a CAD drawing so that you don't accidentally move or resize it while you are working, do the following: When you’re done, click an empty place in the diagram to clear the selection. Use the tools on the Picture Tools Format tab to crop and adjust the image.įor DWG objects, right-click the object and then click Crop Tool. Right-click the AutoCAD drawing, point to CAD Drawing Object, and then click Properties.Ĭlick the General tab, clear the Lock size and position check box, and then click OK. Unlock the AutoCAD drawing by doing the following: On the Format tab under Picture Tools, click Compress Picture, select Delete cropped areas of pictures, and then click OK. To reduce the size of your diagram file, delete the cropped areas of the picture permanently.

Visio doesn’t delete the cropped part of the picture automatically, so you can change how the picture is cropped later by clicking Crop Tool again. When you're done, click Crop Tool again to turn it off. To see a different portion of the picture (“pan” the drawing, picture, or object inside the cropped border), drag the picture to where you want it. ĭrag the selection handles until only the portion of the drawing, picture, or object that you want is visible. On the Format tab under Picture Tools, in the Arrange group, click Crop Tool.

A Format tab with the heading Picture Tools appears in the ribbon.

Crop image tool