Component: Image

Image component

The Image component is a basic but powerful component available for designing diagrams. Along with Icon and Blocks, it can be used to represent cloud components not yet available with Cloudcraft, as well as add new icon sets and software stacks.

Toolbar

The toolbar is displayed when selecting a component. It allows you to replace the current image with a new one, and customize its visual to your liking.

  • Image name. Name of the uploaded image, with file extension. Clicking the image name allow you to upload a new image to replace the current one.
  • Toggle 3D/2D projection. Display the image in a 3D or 2D view when the diagram itself is in 3D view. Not available for 2D diagrams.
  • Toggle flat/standing projection. Display the image flat or standing on the diagram. Not available when 2D projection is toggled or on 2D diagrams.
  • Scale. Increase or decrease the size of an image.
  • Rotate item. Rotate an image and change its direction.
  • Raise. Raise the image component above other images.
  • Lower. Lower the image component below other images.

API

While you can manipulate an image inside a diagram through our API, the image itself must be uploaded through the Cloudcraft UI.

In the Cloudcraft API, an image is represented in JSON.

{
  "type": "image",
  "id": "53c342f3-3f13-4ba5-bffa-f4e0db874f95",
  "mapPos": [2.25, 9.75],
  "key": "a5a840d9-c1f9-4e19-b67c-6b2bd1bfcdaa/nginx-logo.webp",
  "isometric": true,
  "standing": false,
  "scale": 0.10000000000000014,
  "direction": "down",
  "link": "https://nginx.org/",
  "locked": true
}
  • type: image. The type of component.
  • id: string. A unique identifier for the component in the uuid format.
  • mapPos: [number, number]. The position of the component in the blueprint, expressed as a x,y coordinate pair.
  • key: string. A unique identifier for the image consisting of an UUID, a filename, and an extension.
  • isometric: boolean. If true, the image is displayed using a 3D projection, while false displays the image in a 2D projection. Defaults to true.
  • standing: boolean. If true, displays the image in a standing position instead of flat. Defaults to false.
  • scale: number. Scale the image to increase or decrease its size.
  • direction: string. The rotation or direction of the image. Accepts down, up, right, left as value, with down as the default.
  • link: uri. Link component to another diagram in the blueprint://ID format or to external website in the https://LINK format.
  • locked: boolean. If true, changes to the component through the application are disabled until unlocked.