Convert, resize, annotate, and compare images from the command line. Useful anywhere a pipeline produces or consumes image files — site visit photos from a phone, renderings from a visualization model, scanned drawings. Handles HEIC natively so your assistant doesn't have to ask you to convert first.
Image format conversion, metadata, annotation, and QA for AEC workflows. Handles site photos (HEIC), renderings (PNG/JPG), and drawing scans (TIFF).
Vendored sidebinaries — verified by bim doctor --json:
exiftool — required for exif verbsheif-convert — required for HEIC/HEIF inputInput: PNG, JPG, TIFF, WebP, BMP, HEIC, HEIF Output: PNG, JPG, TIFF, BMP (HEIC output not supported)
| Verb | What it does |
|---|---|
bim image info <file> |
format, dimensions, color model, EXIF presence |
bim image convert --in --out [--format] [--quality] |
convert between formats |
bim image resize --in --out [--width] [--height] [--max-edge] [--fit] [--rotate] [--auto-orient] |
resize, rotate, fix orientation |
bim image exif read --in |
GPS, datetime, make/model, orientation as JSON |
bim image exif strip --in --out |
metadata-free copy |
bim image exif set --in --out --tag --value |
write one EXIF tag |
bim image annotate --in --out --ops JSON |
draw rects, lines, arrows, text onto image |
bim image diff --a --b [--out] [--threshold] [--fail-over] |
pixel-level comparison; exit 1 if diff ratio exceeds fail-over |
bim image to-pdf --out [--page-size A4|letter] [--dpi] files... |
wrap images as PDF pages |
[
{"type":"rect","x":100,"y":200,"width":300,"height":150,"color":"#ff0000","linewidth":2,"filled":false},
{"type":"text","x":100,"y":195,"text":"revise","color":"#ff0000","size":18}
]
Supported types: rect, line, arrow, text. Pass "-" to --ops to read NDJSON from stdin.
For agent use: /image/llms.txt