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AutoCAD Raster Design 2010
User’s Guide
April 2009
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Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction to AutoCAD Raster Design 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . 1
What is New in AutoCAD Raster Design 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Accessing the Raster Design Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 About AutoCAD Raster Design dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Installation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Supported Image Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Image Portability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 AutoCAD Raster Design History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 2 Inserting and Correlating Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Inserting Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Inserting Local Images Using the Insert Image Dialog Box . . . . . 10 Inserting an Image from the Internet Using the Insert Image
Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Inserting an Image from an FTP Site Using the Insert Image
Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Inserting an Image Using the Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Adding Image Sources to Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Assigning a Color Map to an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Creating New Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Correlating Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Correlating an Image During Insertion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Using Quick Insert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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Specifying Correlation Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Adjusting the Image Frame Before Insertion . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Correlating an Image After Insertion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Matching Image Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Moving an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Scaling an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Rubbersheeting an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Chapter 3 Saving Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Saving an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Saving Images with AutoCAD Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Embedding Images in a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Saving an Image to Another File Name, Type, or Location . . . . . . . . 43 Saving an Image to an FTP Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Capturing an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Exporting Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Exporting an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Exporting an Image to an FTP Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Exporting a World File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Correlation Output Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Encoding and Data Organization Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Chapter 4 Changing Image Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
AutoCAD Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Image Display Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Image Display Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Image Frame Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Image Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Linetype of an Image Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Foreground Color of a Bitonal Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Transparency Color of an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Unused Color for Transparent Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Chapter 5 Managing Images and Insertions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Controlling the Image Manager Toolspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Modifying the Item View Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Copying Information to the Clipboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Managing Image Display and Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Zooming to an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Changing the Color Map of an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Adding a Visual Elevation Key to a DEM Image . . . . . . . . . . 69 Creating Another Insertion of an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Displaying Point Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Showing and Hiding Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
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Changing the Display Order of Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Erasing an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Detaching an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Unloading/Reloading an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Changing the Active Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Changing the Saved Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Chapter 6 Modifying Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Selecting an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Controlling Image Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Undoing Edits to an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Snapping to COGO Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Cleaning Up Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Deskewing an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Removing Speckles from an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Adjusting the Image Bias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Reversing the Light and Dark Shades in an Image . . . . . . . . . 88 Mirroring an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Touching Up an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Image Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Adjusting Images with the Histogram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast of an Image . . . . . 92 Maximizing Details in an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Converting a Color Image to Grayscale . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Converting a Grayscale or Color Image to Bitonal . . . . . 100 Making Tonal Adjustments to an Image . . . . . . . . . . 101 Convolving an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Reducing Harshness and Noise in an Image . . . . . . . . 105 Median Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Making Differences in Shading More Distinct . . . . . . . 107 Lowpass Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Highpass Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Edge Enhancements Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Shift and Difference Edge Enhancements Filters . . . . . . 110 Laplace Edge Enhancements Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Gradient Directional Edge Enhancements Filters . . . . . . 111 Matched Filter Edge Enhancements Filters . . . . . . . . . 111 Using Bitonal Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Changing Image Density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Setting the Color Depth for an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Using the Palette Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Manipulating the Color Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Changing Selected Colors in the Image Palette . . . . . . . 118 Combining Selected Colors in the Image Palette . . . . . . 120 Designating a Transparent Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Selecting a Color Directly from the Image . . . . . . . . . 122
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Removing Duplicate Entries from the Image Palette . . . . 123 Resetting the Image Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Importing and Exporting Image Palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Importing an Image Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Exporting an Image Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Displaying Image Palette Information . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Converting Grayscale Images to Paletted Images . . . . . . 130 Controlling Palette Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Controlling the Display of Unused Colors . . . . . . . . . 131 Controlling the Display of Transparent Colors . . . . . . . 132 Controlling the Display of Color Values . . . . . . . . . . 133 Sorting the Color Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Adding and Removing Columns from the List
Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Masking Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Creating a New Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Creating a New Mask Using the Command Line . . . . . . . . . 138 Changing an Existing Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Changing the Image Mask Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Changing an Existing Mask Using the Command
Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Enabling or Disabling a Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Clipping an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Converting a Mask to Image Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Cropping Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Line Cropping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Circular Cropping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Rectangular Cropping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Diagonal Cropping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Polygonal Cropping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Aligned Rectangular Cropping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Removing (Rubbing) Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Rubbing a Raster Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Rubbing a Raster Arc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Rubbing a Raster Circle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Rubbing Multiple Line Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Rubbing Raster Data Within a Circular Region . . . . . . . . . . 152 Rubbing Raster Data Within a Diagonal Region . . . . . . . . . 153 Rubbing Raster Data Within a Polygonal Region . . . . . . . . . 154 Rubbing Raster Data Within a Rectangular Region . . . . . . . . 155 Remove Raster Using Existing Vector Geometry . . . . . . . . . 155 Removing Raster Entities Using REM Commands . . . . . . . . . 156
Removing a Line, Arc, or Circle Using Smart Pick . . . . . 157 Removing a REM Line Primitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Removing a REM Arc Primitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Removing a REM Circle Primitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
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Merging Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Merging Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Merging Vectors into a Raster Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Selecting Pen Widths for Vector Merge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Chapter 7 Raster Entity Manipulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Characteristics of REM Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 How REM Objects Are Associated with an Image . . . . . . . . . 166 Deciding Which Image to Use REM Commands On . . . . . . . 166 AutoCAD Properties of REM Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 REM Objects and Non-REM Edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Defining REM Region Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Defining a REM Rectangular Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Defining a REM Polygonal Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Defining a REM Diagonal Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Defining a REM Circular Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Defining a Region From an Existing Vector Object . . . . . . . . 174 Removing Part of a Region Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Defining REM Enhanced Bitonal Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Defining REM Primitive Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Defining a REM Line Primitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Defining a REM Circle Primitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Defining a REM Arc Primitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Defining a REM Primitive Using Smart Pick . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Defining a REM Primitive From Existing Vectors . . . . . . . . . 185 Changing the Linetype of a Primitive Object . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Manipulating REM Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Editing REM Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Resizing a REM Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Using REM Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Trimming and Extending REM Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Filleting REM Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Offsetting REM Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Smoothing REM Linework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Defining REM Objects Partially Outside the Image . . . . . . . . 195 Using REM to Delete Raster Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Clearing REM Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Merging REM Objects into an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Converting REM Objects to a New Raster Image . . . . . . . . . 199 Using REM Transparency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Using REM Copy To Clipboard Command . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Separating Raster Linework Using Knife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Chapter 8 Converting Raster Entities to Vector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Configuring VTools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
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ProdNameShort Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Dynamic Input Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Using SmartCorrect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Vectorizing Raster Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Vectorizing Raster Lines and Polylines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Vectorizing Raster Rectangles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Vectorizing Raster Circles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Vectorizing Raster Arcs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Following Polylines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Using the Polyline Follower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Using the Contour Follower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Using the 3D Polyline Follower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Vectorizing Raster Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Creating Single-Line Vector Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 Creating Multiline Vector Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Using Text Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Entering Settings for Text Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Recognizing and Converting Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Using the Verify Text Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 View Window Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Edit Pane Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Chapter 9 Raster Snapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Specifying Raster Snap Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Snap Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Chapter 10 Configuring Raster Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Changing the Quick Bar Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Changing the Image Frame Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Setting the Default Internet Location for Images . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Setting the Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Contour Vector Separation Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Correlation Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Correlation Search Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 General Vector Separation Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 General VTool Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Image Detach Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Image Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Image Mask Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Image Thumbnails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Inserting Images From GSX or ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 Locking Method for Image Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Message Display Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 Mouse Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 New Image Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
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QSave Preference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 Raster Design Startup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Raster Entity Detection Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 REM Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Rub and Crop Line Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Remove Under Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 Vector Merge Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 VTools Follower Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Appendix A Troubleshooting and Reference Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Correcting Image Display Order using REGEN . . . . . . . . . . 273 Raster Snap Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Plotting Raster Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Images that are Not Editable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Problems Inserting Images from the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Sharing Projects with Images from Different Locations . . . . . . 276
Command-Line Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 AutoCAD Commands for Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Image Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 Raster Design Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 Raster Entity Manipulation Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 The Quick Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Appendix B Raster Design Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
About AutoCAD Raster Design Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 Assign Multispectral Band Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 Band Assignment Color Map Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 Bitonal Filters Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 Change Density Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Choose a New Directory Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Choose a Resource File Directory Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Coordinate System Assignment Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 Data Organization Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Despeckle Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Display Manager Raster Layer Capture Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Drafting Settings Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Raster Snap Tab (Drafting Settings Dialog Box) . . . . . . . . . . 309 Edit Status Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 Encoding Method Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Export Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Export Options Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 Export Palette Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 GeoTIFF Coordinate System Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . 315
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Grid Parameters Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 Histogram Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 Brightness/Contrast Tab (Histogram Dialog Box) . . . . . . . . . 316 Equalize Tab (Histogram Dialog Box) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Threshold Tab (Histogram Dialog Box) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 Color to Grayscale Tab (Histogram Dialog Box) . . . . . . . . . . 321 Tonal Adjustment Tab (Histogram Dialog Box) . . . . . . . . . . 322 Image Data Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Image Filters Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Image Insertion Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 Assign Color Map Tab (Image Insertion Dialog Box) . . . . . . . 325 Source Tab (Image Insertion Dialog Box) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 Modify Tab (Image Insertion Dialog Box) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 Insertion Tab (Image Insertion Dialog Box) . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Transform Tab (Image Insertion Dialog Box) . . . . . . . . . . . 329 Image Manager Toolspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 Image Insertions View (Image Manager Toolspace) . . . . . . . . 331 Image Data View (Image Manager Toolspace) . . . . . . . . . . . 332 Image Select Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Import Data Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 Import Palette Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Insert Image Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338 Median Filter Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 Mirror Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Multi-frame Select Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 New Image Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 New Image Mask Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 New Palette Color Insertion Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 Palette Assignment Color Map Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 Palette Color Map Definition Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 Palette Information Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 Palette Manager Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 Raster Data Query Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 Raster Design Options Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Image Defaults Tab (Raster Design Options Dialog Box) . . . . . 351 Feature Settings Tab (Raster Design Options Dialog Box) . . . . . 352 Image Mask Tab (Raster Design Options Dialog Box) . . . . . . . 353 New Image Tab (Raster Design Options Dialog Box) . . . . . . . 354 Paths Tab (Raster Design Options Dialog Box) . . . . . . . . . . 355 REM Tab (Raster Design Options Dialog Box) . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Raster Entity Detection Tab (Raster Design Options Dialog
Box) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 User Preferences Tab (Raster Design Options Dialog Box) . . . . 358 Vector Merge Tab (Raster Design Options Dialog Box) . . . . . . 359 VTools Follower Tab (Raster Design Options Dialog Box) . . . . . 360 VTools General Tab (Raster Design Options Dialog Box) . . . . . 362
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Raster Pen Settings Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 Recognition Character Sets Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 Rubbersheet - Set Control Points Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 Save As Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 Select a Lock File Directory Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 Select Coordinate System (Export) Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368 Select Coordinate System (Insert) Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 Select Global Coordinate System Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 Select Working Coordinate System Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 Target Color Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 Temporary File Location Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 Text Recognition Setup Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 Transparency Color Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373 Vector Separation Options Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
General Tab (Vector Separation Options Dialog Box) . . . . . . . 373 Contour Tab (Vector Separation Options Dialog Box) . . . . . . 375 Verify Text/Table Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376 VText Edit Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
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Introduction to AutoCAD |
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Raster Design 2010 |
The AutoCAD Raster Design User's Guide includes conceptual, procedural, and reference details about the tools and features found in AutoCAD Raster Design 2010.
This chapter provides information to help you get acquainted with Raster Design requirements, capabilities, and history.
What is New in AutoCAD Raster Design 2010
AutoCAD Raster Design 2010 builds on the features introduced in Raster Design
2009. |
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New in Raster Design 2010 |
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Function |
Description |
Citrix support |
AutoCAD Raster Design 2010 is now avail- |
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able for use on Citrix XenApp v4.5 and 5.0 |
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for use with AutoCAD Map 3D 2010. |
Additional Autodesk product support |
AutoCAD Raster Design 2010 can now be |
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used with AutoCAD P&ID 2010 and |
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Autodesk Topobase 2010. |
Improved image format support |
Support for TIFF and BIL image formats |
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had been improved. In addition, AutoCAD |
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Raster Design 2010 now includes 64-bit |
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MrSID Codec support. |
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New in Raster Design 2010 |
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Function |
Description |
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Updated ribbon |
The ribbon interface has been updated to |
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be even easier to use. |
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New in Raster Design 2009 |
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Description |
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64-bit support |
AutoCAD Raster Design 2010 supports |
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both the 32-bit and 64-bit environments |
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of its hosting Autodesk products. This will |
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allow you to easily and confidently install |
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AutoCAD Raster Design 2010 on any sup- |
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porting application, using any of its suppor- |
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ted operating systems. |
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Discrete-themed data handling |
Discrete-themed data is a form of raster |
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data commonly used to represent such |
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things as land cover, zoning, and any other |
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classified data. Coupled with the continu- |
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ous-themed data handling required for |
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working with elevations, this provides a |
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much more robust environment for accur- |
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ately using raster grid data. |
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Vista ribbon-style interface |
This interface presents command options |
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in a concise visual format, enabling you to |
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quickly select commands based on the |
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work you are doing. Moving between ap- |
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plications is now quick and intuitive. The |
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ribbon is both customizable and expand- |
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able, so it can be optimized for each user |
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and to meet each company's standards. |
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New in Raster Design 2008 |
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Description |
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Support for additional image formats |
Read images in these formats: |
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QuickBird TIFF |
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Landsat FAST |
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New in Raster Design 2008 |
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Function |
Description |
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■ NITF (National Image Transmission |
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Format) |
Vectorization improvements |
Prompts during vectorization operations |
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can display conveniently near the cursor, |
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using AutoCAD Dynamic Input. Grips ap- |
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pear on previously vectorized segments to |
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facilitate editing. |
Editing multi-resolution images |
Edit MrSID, ECW, and JPEG2000 images, |
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then save changes in JPEG2000 format. |
Image embedding |
Embed one or more bitonal images inside |
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the drawing for convenience of image |
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transfer and management. |
Improved insert options |
The insert process has been improved with |
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better image preview handling, support |
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for multi-frame images, better indication |
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when default settings are being applied, |
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and enhanced control over coordinate |
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transforms. |
Enhanced image capture |
When used with AutoCAD Map 3D, Raster |
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Design can capture FDO (Feature Data |
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Object) data, either in source format, or as |
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stylized by Display Manager. |
Improved Despeckle |
Procedures are streamlined to make des- |
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peckle operations easier and more effective. |
New in Raster Design 2007 |
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Function |
Description |
DTED format support |
Read images in this format. |
ESRI Grid format support |
Read images in both ASCII and binary ver- |
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sions of this format. |
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New in Raster Design 2007 |
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Description |
Coordinate system transformation |
Automatic assignment of the Autodesk |
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Map coordinate system code when insert- |
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ing a GeoTIFF or DEM file. Also, automatic |
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assignment of the correct EPSG code when |
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exporting to GeoTIFF format. |
New in Raster Design 2006 |
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Function |
Description |
Touchup tools for bitonal images |
Edit images at the pixel level. |
REM Operations tools |
Extend and trim raster lines to intersec- |
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tions, add corner fillets, and offset lines. |
Raster Data Query dialog box |
Display data about the pixel under the |
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cursor, such as color value, elevation, and |
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coordinates in the specified coordinate |
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system. |
Transform and edit complex image data |
When using Autodesk Map 3D, transform |
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the coordinate system of 16-bit, multispec- |
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tral or digital elevation models (DEM) to |
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match a drawing coordinate system. |
Write to more image formats |
Save images to JPG 2000 format, and write |
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DEM data to GeoTIFF or DEM format |
Image Capture |
Save displayed images from satellite data, |
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digital elevation models, and other data |
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types that cannot be otherwise saved. |
Default file name formats |
Names now reflect the image source and |
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sequence number. |
Accessing the Raster Design Home Page
If you have an Internet connection, then you can access the Raster Design home page for information about product updates.
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To access the Raster Design home page
■On the Image menu, select Raster Design Home Page. or click 
in the Raster Design toolbar.
About AutoCAD Raster Design dialog box
This dialog box provides you with the following information about Raster Design:
■Name of the licensed owner
■Serial number
■Source of the licence
Installation Requirements
For hardware and software system requirements, refer to System Requirements for a Single User or System Requirements for Network Installations.
If your computer does not meet the minimum requirements, you should upgrade your computer before installing Raster Design.
Supported Image Formats
Raster Design can support most single-image and multispectral file formats. For multispectral files, Raster Design can read most common formats, but can best interpret metadata for the formats listed in the following table.
Image Formats Supported by Raster Design
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bitmap (BMP) |
CALS (page 383) |
DOQ (page 388) |
DTED (page 388) |
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DEM (page 387) |
GeoTIFF (page |
ECW (page 388) |
ESRI Grid (page |
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389) |
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GIF (page 390) |
JFIF - JPEG (page |
FLIC (page 389) |
Generic multispec- |
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391) |
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tral |
JPEG 2000 (page |
PCX (page 394) |
GeoSPOT (page |
GIF (page 390) |
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390) |
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PNG (page 394) |
TARGA (page 399) |
IG4 (page 391) |
IKONOS (8- or 16- |
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bit) |
TIFF (page 399) |
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Landsat FAST L7A |
NITF (page 393) |
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(page 392) |
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PICT (page 394) |
QuickBird TIFF |
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(page 394) |
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RLC (page 395) |
SID (MrSID) |
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RLC2 (page 395) |
(page 396) |
Image Portability
Whether you can open a Raster Design drawing in another Autodesk application depends on the type of image included in the drawing:
AutoCAD image objects can be displayed in the standard version of other Autodesk products such as AutoCAD 2008 and AutoCAD Map 3D. The format of this image type can be
■1-bit bitonal
■4- or 8-bit grayscale
■8-bit index color
■24-bit true color
Raster Design image objects can be displayed in other Autodesk products that include the Raster Design Object Enabler. The format of this image type can be
■ single-band floating-point digital elevation model (DEM)
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■16or 32-bit single-band integer
■8- or 16-bit multiband multispectral
The Raster Design Object Enabler can be installed from the main Install page of the application CD for AutoCAD Raster Design, or from the Autodesk Object Enabler website (http://www.autodesk.com/aecobjenabler). The following applications support the Raster Design Object Enabler:
■AutoCAD® 2010
■AutoCAD® Architectural Desktop 2010
■AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2010
■AutoCAD® Electrical 2010
■AutoCAD® Map 3D 2010
■AutoCAD® Mechanical 2010
■AutoCAD® MDE 2010
■AutoCAD® Topobase 2010
AutoCAD Raster Design History
AutoCAD Raster Design was formerly known as CAD Overlay.
Raster Design History
CAD Overlay 1.0 was introduced in 1988 for AutoCAD Release 2.6. CAD Overlay was the first application to display raster in AutoCAD for “heads up digitizing” of scanned drawings.
CAD Overlay ESP, introduced in 1989, allowed editing and plotting of scanned images. This release was the first to be available in French, German and Italian versions. A Japanese version followed in 1991.
CAD Overlay GS, introduced in 1991, supported grayscale imagery in AutoCAD.
CAD Overlay ESP 4.0 was introduced in 1992 for AutoCAD Release 12.
CAD Overlay GSX was introduced in 1993, and in 1994 the LFX (line following extension) function broke new ground in raster to vector conversion.
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CAD Overlay S7.5 shipped in 1996, the first ObjectARX application that supported AutoCAD Release 13c4. This release combined the functionality of ESP, LFX, and GSX.
CAD Overlay S8 and Autodesk CAD Overlay Release 14 were introduced worldwide in 1997.
CAD Overlay 14.01, introduced in 1998, was the first AEC Product to become Object ARX compliant, and also introduced the first ActiveX interface in CAD Overlay, which adds the ability to customize CAD Overlay through the AutoCAD Visual Basic Editor.
CAD Overlay 2000, introduced in 1999 as part of the Design 2000 family, focused on raster editing enhancements.
CAD Overlay 2000i, introduced in 2000, focused on vectorization enhancements. Powerful “VTools” enhancements increased the speed and accuracy of converting raster geometry to vector.
CAD Overlay 2002, introduced in 2001, was an AutoCAD 2002-enabled version of CAD Overlay 2000i.
Raster Design 3, introduced in 2002, focused on improving the appearance and standardizing the use of color images, and enabling the interactive conversion of scanned text to AutoCAD text. Improved features also enabled the correction of distortions in images with greater accuracy.
Raster Design 2004, introduced in 2003, was an AutoCAD 2004-enabled version, including improved installation and licensing features, as well as True Color support.
Raster Design 2005, introduced in 2004, was based on AutoCAD 2005 and supports a larger range of image types, including digital elevation models (DEM) and multispectral datatypes. Image analysis and display capabilities were improved.
Raster Design 2006, introduced in 2005, was based on AutoCAD 2006 and included new image capture functionality and new raster editing tools. New write formats introduced in this release were GeoTIFF and JPEG 2000.
Raster Design 2007, introduced in 2006, was based on AutoCAD 2007 and designed for greater interoperability with Autodesk Map 3D. This release included support for new file formats ESRI GRID and DTED.
Raster Design 2008, introduced in 2007, was based on AutoCAD 2008.
Raster Design 2009, introduced in 2008, was based on AutoCAD 2009.
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Inserting and Correlating |
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Images |
Use the ProdNameShort insertion tools to insert images into AutoCAD drawings and assign color maps; use correlation tools to precisely position, scale, and rotate images.
Inserting Images
You can use ProdNameShort to insert images for many different supported image types (page 399) and formats into an AutoCAD drawing.
You can insert images from local folders, network locations, or from the Internet.
ProdNameShort provides three ways to insert an image:
■Use the Insert Image (page 338) dialog box to select the image, assign a color map, and specify a correlation method. In this dialog box, you can also preview the image and information such as file type, color depth, density, and size. Shortcuts are provided to various file locations, including Buzzsaw.com and a History folder, which displays the locations you have used most recently.
■Use the Image Data (page 332) view of the Image Manager toolspace to create another insertion of an image that is already in the drawing. For more information, see Creating Another Insertion of an Image (page 70).
■Bypass the Insert Image dialog box by setting the AutoCAD FILEDIA variable to 0, which allows you to insert an image by typing an image file name on the command line. This method is useful if you already have correlation data stored with your images, or if you want to use an AutoLISP routine to automatically insert images into your drawing.
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When you use ProdNameShort to open image files from the Internet, the image file you specify is downloaded to your computer and inserted into your drawing using the correlation method you select. Images downloaded from an HTTP site are opened as read-only files. You can edit the image and save it locally. Images opened from FTP sites can be saved back to their original locations.
NOTE When you insert a bitonal image, ProdNameShort looks for the foreground color in the correlation source selected. If it cannot find the color information, then the foreground color defaults to the current color.
See also:
■Correlating an Image During Insertion (page 21)
■Inserting Images From GSX or ESP (page 256)
■Assigning a Color Map to an Image (page 18)
Inserting Local Images Using the Insert Image Dialog
Box
Use the Insert Image dialog box to insert images from a folder on your computer or from a source on the local area network.
After selecting the image, you can view information about the image, and specify a correlation method.
See also:
■Selecting an Image (page 79)
■Assigning a Color Map to an Image (page 18)
■Correlating an Image During Insertion (page 21)
■Image Insertion Dialog Box (page 325)
To insert images from local sources
1 Click Image menu Insert.
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2In the Insert Image (page 338) dialog box, navigate to the folder where the image is located using one of the following methods:
■Choose the drive and folder using standard Windows navigation procedures.
■Click an icon on the Places List on the left side of the dialog box to navigate directly to a location such as My Documents, the Desktop, or the Favorites folder.
3In the Files of Type box, choose the file format of the images you want to insert.
NOTE If you want to insert more than one image type at a time, select All Images.
4From the list of images, choose the image(s) you want to insert. You can use standard Windows selection methods to select more than one image at a time, or Click the Favorites button to choose a shortcut to an image in a familiar location.
5To view information about an image, such as file type and creation date, before you insert it, click Views Information.
6To display a preview of the image, click Views Preview. Click Open.
This preview setting is especially useful if you are inserting a multi-frame image, as it enables you to preview each frame of the image set.
NOTE When you insert more than one image at a time, the default correlation information is used for the images. The images are inserted automatically into the drawing and the Correlation Wizard is not displayed.
7In the Insert Options section, choose a correlation method:
■Quick Insert automatically inserts the image using correlation values embedded in the image file, correlation data stored in a separate file, or using default correlation values.
■Insertion Wizard divides the insertion process into a series of steps that can vary depending on image type: assigning a color map, specifying a correlation source, setting various positioning values, and transforming coordinate systems. This method is recommended for new or intermediate users.
■Insertion Dialog provides the same functions as the Insertion Wizard, but without the step-by-step process. You can change settings on the
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tabs of the dialog box in any order, then apply them to the image. This method is recommended for advanced users.
8If you want to display only the frame (page 389) of the image you insert, select the Show Frames Only check box.
9If you are inserting multiple images that you want to view as a multispectral set, select Treat as Multispectral.
10To zoom to the extents of the image(s) you insert after correlation, select Zoom to Image(s).
11After configuring the insert options, select the image or images to insert.
12If you are inserting a multi-frame image, under Multi-frame Options, specify whether to insert only the first frame, all frames, or a selection of frames. If you choose the latter, you will see the Multi-frame Select Dialog Box (page 341) after you click Open.
13Click Open to insert the image or images.
Quick Reference
Menu
Image Insert
Raster Design Toolbar
Command Line
iinsert
Dialog Box
Insert Image Dialog Box (page 338)
Inserting an Image from the Internet Using the Insert Image Dialog Box
Use the Insert Image dialog box to insert an image file from the Internet.
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Many Internet connections require you to enter a valid user name and password before accessing the Internet. ProdNameShort prompts you to enter this information.
Some of the ProdNameShort custom image formats may not be insertable from an internet connection.
NOTE Images inserted from an HTTP site are opened as read-only images.
See also:
■Assigning a Color Map to an Image (page 18)
■Correlating an Image During Insertion (page 21)
■Image Insertion Dialog Box (page 325)
To insert an image file from the Internet
1Click Image menu Insert.
2In the Insert Image (page 338) dialog box, do one of the following:
■Click the Search the Web icon at the top of the dialog box to navigate the Internet using AutoCAD's Browse the Web-Open dialog box.
■Click the History icon in the Places List at the left of the dialog box to navigate to Internet locations where you've recently downloaded or stored images.
■Click the Buzzsaw icon in the Places List at the left of the dialog box to navigate to Buzzsaw.com where you can view current construction projects in Internet Explorer.
3If you selected Search the Web in step 2, enter the complete URL of the file in the File Name text box, then click Open.
4Click Open.
NOTE Include the Transfer Protocol (i.e., http:// or ftp://) and the extension (i.e.,
.jpg or .tif) of the file you want to open.
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Quick Reference
Menu
Image Insert
Raster Design Toolbar
Command Line
iinsert
Dialog Box
Insert Image Dialog Box (page 338)
Inserting an Image from an FTP Site Using the Insert Image Dialog Box
Use the Insert Image dialog box to insert an image file from an FTP site on the Internet.
Unlike images from HTTP sites, images inserted from FTP sites can be saved back to their original location.
See also:
■Assigning a Color Map to an Image (page 18)
■Correlating an Image During Insertion (page 21)
■Image Insertion Dialog Box (page 325)
To insert an image file from an FTP site
1Click Image menu Insert.
2In the Insert Image (page 338) dialog box, click the FTP icon in the Places List.
3Click Tools menu Add/Modify FTP Locations. The Add/Modify FTP Locations dialog box appears.
4In the Name of FTP Site text box, type the name of the FTP server.
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5In the Log On As section, choose either Anonymous or User.
If you select the User option, enter a username in the combo box.
6Enter a password in the Password text box.
7Click Add.
8Click OK to return to the Insert Image dialog box.
9Navigate to the FTP site using standard Windows navigation methods.
10On the list of images, choose the image(s) that you want to insert. You can use standard Windows selection methods to select more than one image at a time. The selected image(s) are listed in the File Name box.
NOTE If more than one kind of file with the same name is present in the folder, do not type in a filename with no extension.
11In the Insert Options section, choose a correlation method:
■Quick Insert automatically inserts the image using correlation values embedded in the image file, correlation data stored in a separate file, or using default correlation values.
■Insertion Wizard divides the insertion process into a series of steps that can vary depending on image type: assigning a color map, specifying a correlation source, setting various positioning values, and transforming coordinate systems. This method is recommended for new or intermediate users.
■Insertion Wizard divides the insertion process into a series of steps that can vary depending on image type: specifying a correlation source, setting various positioning values. This method is recommended for new or intermediate users.
■Insertion Dialog provides the same functions as the Insertion Wizard, but without the step-by-step process. You can change settings on the tabs of the dialog box in any order, then apply them to the image.
This method is recommended for advanced users.
12If you want to display only the frame of the image you insert, select the Show Frames Only check box.
13To zoom to the extents of the image(s) you insert after correlation, select the Zoom to Image(s) check box.
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14To view information about an image before you insert it, choose Views Information to view information such as file type and creation date.
15To display a preview of the image, click Views Preview. Click Open.
NOTE When you insert more than one image at a time, the default correlation information is used for the images. The images are inserted automatically into the drawing and the Insertion Wizard is not displayed.
Quick Reference
Menu
Image Insert
Raster Design Toolbar
Command Line
iinsert
Dialog Box
Insert Image Dialog Box (page 338)
Inserting an Image Using the Command Line
You can bypass the Insert Image dialog box by using the command line.
Setting the AutoCAD FILEDIA variable to 0 allows you to insert an image by typing an image file name on the command line. This method is useful if you already have correlation data stored with your images, or if you want to use an AutoLISP routine to automatically insert images into your drawing.
When ProdNameShort locates the image, it inserts it into your drawing using correlation data stored with the image. If ProdNameShort cannot find a correlation file, the image is inserted using the information you defined in the Raster Design Options dialog box. For more information, see Image Defaults Tab (ProductNameShort Options Dialog Box) (page 351). ProdNameShort searches for a correlation source using the following order:
■ Resource file
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■World file
■Tab file
■Image file
For more information about the AutoCAD FILEDIA variable, see the AutoCAD online Help or printed User’s Guide.
See also:
■Assigning a Color Map to an Image (page 18)
■Correlating an Image During Insertion (page 21)
■Image Insertion Dialog Box (page 325)
To insert an image when FILEDIA is <0>
1Click Image menu Insert.
2Do one of the following:
■Type the name of the image you want to insert and its file extension. Example: contour.rlc
If you do not specify a path to the image, ProdNameShort searches for the image using the Project Files Search Path configured in the AutoCAD Preferences dialog box. For more information, open the main Help window for Autodesk Civil 3D or Land Desktop, then select AutoCAD Help User’s Guide The User Interface Customize the Drawing Environment Set Interface Options.
■Type the path name of the image, the image name, and the file extension. Example: c:\AutoCAD 2000\co\sample\contour.rlc
ProdNameShort searches for the image in the path that you specify. If ProdNameShort cannot locate the image in this path, it searches for the image using the AutoCAD Project Files Search Path.
NOTE When FILEDIA is set to 0, you can type a tilde (~) to display the Insert Image dialog box if needed.
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Adding Image Sources to Favorites
You can create shortcuts to provide quick access to the files or folders that contain your images.
When you select a folder, drawing, or other file and choose Add to Favorites, a shortcut to that item is added to the Favorites folder in the Windows system. The original file or folder doesn't move. The shortcuts you create using AutoCAD DesignCenter can also be stored in Favorites.
A shortcut relies on a specific path, so it fails if the destination file or folder is moved or renamed. In that case, you need to create a new shortcut.
To add image sources to Favorites
1Click Image menu Insert.
The Insert Image (page 338) dialog box is displayed.
2Do one of the following:
■If the source is a file, folder, or Internet location, in the Insert Image dialog box, select the item, then click Tools menu Add to Favorites.
■If the source consists of DesignCenter palette contents, right-click the palette background and choose Add to Favorites. The container of the palette contents is added to the Favorites folder.
Quick Reference
Menu
Tools Add to Favorites
Dialog Box
Insert Image Dialog Box (page 338)
Assigning a Color Map to an Image
You typically assign a color map to an image at the time of insertion, but you can change the color map at any time, using the Image Manager toolspace.
Color maps apply primarily to digital elevation models (DEM) and multispectral images. ProdNameShort automatically assigns color maps to traditional bitmaps, tagged image files (TIFF) and other displayed images at the time of
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