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Support for ESRI GRID files-NEW

Insert both ASCII and binary format ESRI® GRID files into your session.  Take advantage of data available in ESRI GRID raster format. The result is better interoperability with other systems and more sources of data for your projects.

Read support for DTED format elevation data – NEW

Insert DTED format level 0,1, and 2 files.  Increase usability of Raster Design for federal agencies like the Department of Defense. Increase the range of data available for use in your projects.

Raster Data Provides More Than Background Imagery

Represent and analyze raster data in new ways through color mapping. Visualize raster data in pseudocolor and false color infrared. Bring a wider range of information into projects.

Additional Support for Raster Data Formats

The software reads and writes 16-bit TIFF integer and 32-bit TIFF floating-point files. It provides new support for writing GeoTIFF files and reading DOQ files. Use a wider range of raster data that you can display, analyze, and apply to your project without requiring additional applications.

Transfer Georeferenced Images Using URL Support

Extend your file system to include Internet and intranet file locations. Use sophisticated imagery in civil, mapping, and infrastructure management projects. Use precorrelated image data to match the project coordinate system. Improve productivity and communication of information through seamless data sharing, and reduce the time required to position images accurately.

Insert Georeferenced Wavelet Format Imagery

Use images from municipal government agencies that may already be providing data in popular (ECW and MrSID®) digital formats on the web or on CD. Save time, money, and disk space, and reduce transmission time with highly compressed imagery.

Adjust Correlation Parameters Using the Correlation Wizard

The Correlation wizard divides the correlation process into several phases, beginning with the data included in the correlation source and ending with the actual coordinates of the image after it has been inserted into your drawing. Save time using precorrelated image data to match your project coordinate system. Save money by adapting existing data to your new project.

Access Object Properties in the AutoCAD Properties Window

View and change object properties for any object using the standard AutoCAD® interface. Control image, raster entity manipulation (REM) object, mask, and other properties from the drawing database. Reduce learning time and improve productivity with AutoCAD integration.

View Image Properties and Thumbnails Before Insertion

Use the Insert Image dialog box to select one or more images to insert into a drawing. View information about an image and preview the image before you insert it. Save time and improve accuracy by ensuring that you insert the correct image.

Use a Polygonal Mask Boundary to Display Image Subsets

The Mask feature provides greater flexibility than using the Image Clip feature in AutoCAD by working across multiple image boundaries. Use Mask to display and plot a subset of the images in your drawing. Save time and improve accuracy by working with a single image mask instead of multiple clip objects.

Right-Click for Image and Context-Sensitive Commands

Raster Design commands and operations are integrated with typical AutoCAD menu systems. Integration with the familiar AutoCAD interface helps reduce learning time and improves productivity.

Use and Customize the Places List

Customize the Insert and Save dialog boxes to quickly and accurately handle your most commonly used Internet and network file storage locations. Save time locating raster data for your project. Integration with AutoCAD reduces learning time.

Interoperability with Autodesk Map 3D and Autodesk Civil 3D—NEW

Autodesk Raster Design can serve as the raster data preparation and editing tool for Autodesk Map® 3D 2007 and Civil 3D® 2007 software users.  Typical data preparation tasks include performing true coordinate transformations, cropping unwanted regions, merging multiple images together, and performing image processing operations.

Image Capture Feature

Create a TIFF format snapshot of color-mapped imagery at the same insertion point and scale as the original. Extend the use of your DEM or multispectral data analysis so your results can be used in other applications such as Microsoft® Word and PowerPoint® programs, and AutoCAD® software. Use the snapshot to produce “what-if” scenarios and enhance your presentations.

Edit and Save Multispectral Imagery and DEMs

Transform multispectral and DEM data from their native coordinate systems to yours when you use a Autodesk Map 3D-based platform. Crop these images to conform to your project area. Merge images to cover larger areas with a single image. Change image density to handle images more efficiently. Save time by adapting multispectral and DEM data to match your coordinate system. Make easier use of large multispectral images by reducing them to cover just the area you need for your project.

Save DEM files

Save the result of your edits or coordinate transformations on DEM data in GeoTIFF or DEM format. Minimize repetitive processing and editing of your multispectral images and DEMs. You can now save DEMs using any GeoTIFF-supported coordinate system.

Save Images in GeoTIFF Format

Save multispectral and other images in GeoTIFF format to preserve correlation and coordinate system information outside AutoCAD. Move imagery between applications using industry-standard methods. Retain complete georeferenced information that remains tied to the image data. Reuse multispectral imagery that has undergone edits or a coordinate transform.

Raster Data Point Query feature

Retrieve pixel values from multispectral imagery, DEMs, and other image types. Use the data contained in your raster images to determine underlying data values for such things as reflectance, elevation, slope, aspect, and current display color values. Avoid multiple trips to the field by getting the answers you need from the imagery. Dynamically “see” raster data values as you draw AutoCAD geometry over an image.

Save to JPG 2000

Save your images to JPG 2000 format. Decrease the size of your files without compromising visual image quality by taking advantage of the high compression ratio of the JPG 2000 image format. Use industry-standard JPG 2000 in addition to the very popular LizardTech™ MrSID® and ECW formats.

Restructured Image Management Interface

Work in a simple and intuitive graphical environment for managing and displaying complex raster data. Get up and running quickly through a shorter learning process for new data types and operations.

Support for Multispectral Imagery

Use and analyze multispectral data from sources such as Landsat, IKONOS, and others. Color-map bands of visual, infrared, and thermal data to show features such as vegetation, minerals, water, urban development, and more in false color. Use new sources of information for better analysis and decision making.

Support for DEM Format Data

DEM data provides accurate and timely surface information for large surface areas. Analyze DEM data for elevation, slope, and aspect. Use color-mapped DEM files for interpretation and map composition. Take advantage of easily obtained, low-cost data for timely and effective evaluations and presentations. Use DEM data as input for site analysis.

Tonal Adjustment

Use a nonlinear contrast curve to improve the appearance of scanned photos and satellite imagery. The software provides single-exponent (gamma) value, fitted-curve, or piecewise linear curve adjustment. Improve the clarity and usefulness of scanned imagery by bringing detail out of the shadows without affecting highlights.

Palette ManagerStandardize the use of color images, improve efficiency of color usage in images, and improve control of transparency color selection.

Rubbersheeting

Automate control point selection for grid points. Use the triangulation algorithm that is more compatible with global positioning system (GPS) and surveyed control points. Improve accuracy and get more predictable results.

Edit Images by Smoothing Raster Geometry

Use the bitonal filters to clean up raster images. Use these filters with other cleanup commands such as Despeckle and Deskew. Get the full value from scanned drawings. Transform old, illegible data into an understandable, working part of your design information.

Control Display Order and Manage Images and Insertions

Use the Display Order buttons to move an insertion forward or backward in the display order in relation to other insertions. Create powerful image mosaics with streamlined control of images and image insertions.

Despeckle, Bias, and Mirror Commands

Despeckle removes stray pixels in images resulting from scanning of imperfect drawings or blueprints. Bias corrects distortions in an image’s aspect ratio. Mirror reflects an image along the horizontal or vertical axis to correct reversed-image problems in scanned drawings. Improve usability and legibility of your scanned images with powerful image cleanup tools.

Change Color Depth and Image Density

Create smaller files by decreasing the number of colors displayed. Control image density to reduce the file size of the image or drawing. Standardize image formats for your organization. Adjust and improve images. Save time, money, and disk space and reduce transmission time with smaller files.

Erase Raster Using Existing Geometry

Use existing vector geometry to remove portions of the underlying raster image. For instance, trace a complex spline in your image and then remove the traced raster. Save time and reduce confusion during vectorization of raster images.

Use Unlimited-Point Rubbersheeting

Transform or stretch an image so that specified control points in the image match corresponding points in the drawing as closely as possible. Save costs by using readily available aerial photography and scanned maps instead of expensive orthocorrected imagery.

Import and Export Control Point Files for Rubbersheeting

Apply and correct saved control points for images to be rubbersheeted. Save time and improve accuracy by modifying previously defined complex control point sets.

Erase and Crop Raster Data

Crop raster data in an image or across multiple images. Image frame size changes in cropped images to compensate for any removed border data. Rub or erase raster data in an image or across multiple images. Update images as an alternative to costly and time-consuming vectorization.

Match Images to AutoCAD Scale and Rotation

Align an image to existing vector linework by specifying control points on the image and drawing. The Match command rotates, scales, and moves the image. One-step image registration saves time and improves accuracy when working in raster or hybrid files.

Preserve Image Correlation Information

Civil, mapping, and GIS projects require correlated imagery to enhance presentations. Use powerful options to save the correlation information to a resource file, a Word file, or the image file. Save processing time and file storage space by exporting a correlation as a world file without the associated image.

Save Images to Different File Formats

Read in any image format and then save in your standard image format. Use images in other software applications. Save an image to another file name, file type, or location without saving the drawing file. Share and use data in other applications. Standardize your image formats for consistency within your organization.

Enhance Images

The Histogram command equalizes images, adjusts brightness and contrast, converts grayscale or color images to binary images, and converts color images to grayscale. Convolve uses smoothing filters to reduce ruggedness and noise and sharpening filters to make differences in shading more distinct. Invert reverses the light and dark shades of binary, color, and grayscale images. Improve and adjust the appearance of images. Take full advantage of your investment in existing imagery.

Highlight Image Details Using Color Channels

In color images, adjust the brightness and contrast of individual color channels for the whole image or a subregion. Improve and adjust the appearance of images to better communicate project information.

Touchup Tool

A Paint-style drawing tool with multiple resizable brushes that paints in either foreground or background image color. Reduce your time and effort in cleaning up scanned drawings and maps.

Raster Entity Extend, Trim, and Offset Operations

Extend and trim REM entities to each other, as well as to AutoCAD® entities. Create offset REM entities from existing raster entities. Save time and effort cleaning scanned drawings and maps. This feature is easy to use since it works like the corresponding AutoCAD command.

Raster Entity Fillet

Create fillets between REM entities. Improve efficiency and save time with automated tools to convert this common geometry found in numerous mechanical and schematic drawings.

Use Standard AutoCAD Commands on Raster Regions and Primitives

Edit raster entities in binary, color, and grayscale images. Adjust the radius of a raster circle, remove some dimension lines on a mechanical drawing, or use REM to copy electrical symbols between images. REM commands define raster entities as REM objects. Use AutoCAD commands to move, scale, copy, rotate, and perform other operations on those objects. Merge modified raster data into an existing image or create a new image from the data. Save time by reusing existing data instead of redrawing. Seamless integration with AutoCAD software speeds learning and improves productivity.

Create REM Primitives

Use a primitive object to select a raster object. Primitives are more flexible than regions because you can change their dimensions. Change a circle’s diameter but maintain its original width. Use grip stretch commands or the Properties window to change the dimensions of a primitive. Fast, accurate, and powerful raster selection methods save time and improve productivity, including SmartPick, One Pick, or Multipoint Selection Methods.

Create Enhanced Bitonal REM Regions

An enhanced bitonal region object includes complete raster entities within the region, which is defined by the selection option you choose, inlcuding Smart or Connected options as well as standard data selection techniques. After you define an enhanced bitonal region object, use AutoCAD commands to modify it. Merge the REM objects back into the original raster image, or create new images from them. Save time using powerful AutoCAD selection techniques for raster data.

Easily Erase Raster Lines, Arcs, and Circles

Delete a raster line, arc, or circle that you define as a primitive object using the Quick Delete functionality of SmartPick. Autodesk® Raster Design automatically detects the geometry of the selected raster entity, deletes it, and cleans up intersections with other raster entities. Modify scanned drawings quickly and accurately.

Enhanced Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

Recognize machine and hand-printed text and tables on raster images to create AutoCAD® text or multiline text (mtext). Use interactive verification to correct results with dictionary matching. Save manual data entry time and improve accuracy when converting drawings with lots of text.

One Pick vectorization tools give you more accurate results when creating lines and polylines from raster data. Use the verification step to get precisely the results you require. Increase value of existing design data with faster conversion. Save time and improve accuracy by eliminating related cleanup steps.

Fast One Pick vectorization tools integrate with AutoCAD drafting settings to give you more accurate results. Use the verification step to get precisely the results you require. Integration with AutoCAD software program improves accuracy and reduces learning time.

Quickly create polylines or Autodesk® Land Desktop contour objects, controlling the process with sophisticated options by tracing the raster data semiautomatically. Improve accuracy when using vector models.

Vector Separation assigns layer and polyline width values to created vectors based on the width of the underlying raster for continuous and noncontinuous objects. Control contour creation using integration with Autodesk Land Desktop settings. Save time and get results that meet your design standards.

The 3D Polyline Follower command traces a defined fence or existing vector polyline, stopping at each point where it intersects the raster to prompt for elevation data. The resulting AutoCAD 3D polyline represents the elevation of the raster contours it intersects. Save time by capturing the most appropriate data for rapid analysis of existing conditions. Quickly analyze profiles or surfaces.

Snap to Raster in Any Command

Snap your cursor to end, center, corner, intersection, or edge points on a binary raster entity. Raster snap works on raster objects the same way that AutoCAD® object snap works on vector objects. Snap to more than one image at a time. Save time and improve accuracy when modifying scanned drawings.