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AutoCAD Raster Design 2008 Rasterize, vectorize, mesmerize.

Use AutoCAD® Raster Design 2008 software with AutoCAD® 2008 software and applications based on AutoCAD 2008 to extend the value of scanned drawings and maps, aerial photos, satellite imagery, and digital elevation models. Clean, edit, and create hybrid raster-vector drawings, or vectorize scanned drawings without expensive redrafting. Using Raster Design, you can transform, edit, and prepare raster data; analyze imagery; and communicate design intent with authoring applications such as AutoCAD® Civil 3D® and AutoCAD® Map 3D software. Improve the design and decision making processes and the quality of your presentations as you increase productivity and get the maximum value from your raster assets by using AutoCAD Raster Design.

Maximize Raster Assets

Edit, manipulate, and incorporate raster images for better decision making and eye-popping presentations. When you’re ready to unlock and extend the value of scanned drawings, maps, aerial photos, satellite imagery, and digital elevation models, you’re ready for AutoCAD® Raster Design 2008 software.

Raster Design’s powerful and intuitive raster tools integrate seamlessly with AutoCAD® 2008–based applications. Use AutoCAD Raster Design to clean, edit, and vectorize scanned drawings without expensive redrafting or conversions. Edit, manipulate, and prepare raster data for use in
presentation and authoring applications. Incorporate scanned drawings, maps, and photographs into projects to improve decision making and enhance communications. With AutoCAD Raster Design, organizations facilitate the design process, maximize productivity—and get maximum value from raster assets.

Make the Most of Your Image Archive
Using AutoCAD Raster Design software’s comprehensive toolset, designers can integrate raster data within projects to communicate design intent accurately. Powerful cleanup tools make it easy to enhance raster image quality. And state-of the-art vectorization and raster editing tools mean
designers spend less time editing images—and more time on higher-value tasks.

Use Industry-Standard Image Formats
AutoCAD Raster Design supports numerous
image formats so designers can easily integrate
and use imagery within their projects. Supported
multiresolution image formats include MrSID®, ECW, and JPEG 2000. Read support for DigitalGlobe’s Quickbird TIFF and the Landsat FAST L7A format multispectral imagery provide broad range of data available within your projects. AutoCAD Raster Design also includes read support for the National Imagery Transmission Format (NITF), which is crucial for the U.S. Department of Defense and the federal intelligence community. Other supported formats include

TIFF** NITF IG4

BMP	CALS	DEM
DOQ	ECW	FLIC
GeoSPOT	GeoTIFF*	GIF
IG4	JPEG/JFIF	JPEG2000
PCX	PICT	PNG
Landsat FAST	RLC	SID
TGA

(National Imagery Transmission Format)

Direct Editing of Multiresolution Image Formats
Increase flexibility and productivity by directly editing multiresolution image files such as LizardTech’s MrSID, ER Mapper’s ECW, and JPEG
2000. Save changes or edits, such as cropping andhighlighting areas of interest, to JPEG 2000 format and retain the multiresolution advantages of a small file size and fast performance with high visual image quality.

Work with Several Images Simultaneously
Work in a simple and intuitive graphical
environment for managing and displaying complex
raster data. Get up and running quickly when
working with new raster data types and operations.

Manage DWG Files and Images
Embed bitonal images within the drawing file so a
DWG™ file can contain both imagery and design data without using external image reference files. Simplify document management tasks by maintaining and transporting only one file and avoiding the necessity of tracking external image references. Easily and reliably send drawings containing images to clients, partners, and agencies, and avert problems with image paths at
the receiving end. Managae DWF Files

Clean Raster Drawings and Images
Improve usability and legibility of scanned drawings with powerful image cleanup tools. Despeckle removes stray pixels in images resulting from scanning of dirty or faded drawings or blueprints. Deskew corrects drawings that were crooked as they were fed through a scanner. Bias corrects distortion in an image’s aspect ratio. Mirror can correct transparencies that have been scanned upside down. Use the Touchup tool to reduce time and effort in cleaning up scanned drawings and maps. This paintstyle drawing tool uses multiple resizable brushes that paint in either foreground or background image color. Use it to fill in gaps, touch up characters, or delete unwanted information on drawings.

Top 10 Benefits

Minimize costly redrafting and accelerate drawing revisions with fast and accurate raster-to-vector conversion tools.
Reduce the time to convert your raster drawings to vector with interactive and semiautomatic conversion tools. Autodesk Raster Design quickly and accurately vectorizes raster primitives such as lines, arcs, and circles. Create and effectively manage hybrid drawings by converting only the necessary raster, thereby speeding up document and drawing revisions and updates. The vectorization follower tools further simplify the process of
converting continuous raster entities into AutoCAD polylines, 3D polylines, and Autodesk® Land Desktop contour objects.
Streamline your raster editing and drawing cleanup tasks.
Clean your scanned drawings with easy-to-use raster editing and cleanup tools. Use the new “paint-like” Touchup tool to fill gaps and erase fragments in raster drawings. Use powerful REM (raster entity manipulation) tools to edit and create raster geometry. REM capabilities now include the ability to extend, trim, fillet, and offset raster geometry. Use cleanup tools for despeckling, deskewing, and correcting bias to clean, straighten, and improve the overall legibility and quality of the scanned drawings.
Work with raster data in formats of your choice.
Autodesk Raster Design supports a broad range of industry-standard image formats, including DOQ, ECW, GeoTIFF, GIF, JPG 2000, MrSID®, and TIFF. The software also supports additional types of raster data such as DEMs and multispectral imagery. This capability means that Landsat as well as 8- and 11-bit IKONOS satellite imagery are supported in addition to imagery from numerous other vendors. Raster Design 2007 also supports NIMA (National Imaging and Mapping Agency) DTED (digital terrain elevation model) files used in military and security applications.
Use ESRI’s GRID raster format.
Now you can import and work with raster data created in an ESRI® ArcGIS® environment within your Autodesk mapping or civil product using Autodesk Raster Design. Both ASCII GRID and binary GRID formats are supported. Use Raster Design to work with these files as you do with USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) DEM files.
Use Raster Data Analysis to Make Better Business Decisions.
Create color elevation representations directly from DEM files. Visualize slope and aspect for the information you need to make better design or policy decisions. Show vegetation, land cover, and environmental information using readily available multispectral satellite imagery.
Use imagery that is not georeferenced.
Get the most out of inexpensive imagery that contains no georeferencing by rubbersheeting to align aerial photography with your project. Not only does the Autodesk Raster Design rubbersheeting feature help you to apply different techniques and manage your control points, but the rubbersheeting preview feature shows you how the image will appear after the rubbersheet operation.
Create high-quality, eye-popping displays with imagery.
Integrate imagery to improve your project’s appearance. Use color mapping to show different representations of your image data. Apply hill-shading and blending effects for professional presentation results. Create color elevation representations directly from DEM files. Visualize slope and aspect for the information you need to make better design or policy decisions. Show vegetation, land cover, and environmental information using readily available multispectral satellite imagery.

Also, create image snapshots for publishing, word processing, presentation, and other applications. Capture color mapping results from DEMs, multispectral imagery, and other images to improve the visual quality of your work and create more compelling presentations for use and distribution to a wider audience.
Enhance your existing image archive.
Get the most out of your raster data with powerful image processing tools in Autodesk Raster Design. The tonal adjustment feature helps you to make nonlinear adjustments for brightness and contrast. For instance, enhance the darker tones while preserving the appearance of mid-tones and lighter colors, and vice versa. Use the Palette Manager to manipulate individual colors and entire palettes for color images. Select and change a color, combine several color indexes, compress the palette, and import and export palettes. Using the Palette Manager, you can also isolate features, such as contours within maps, by turning everything else to the background color. The Palette Manager improves the overall quality of your image database, providing for more uses of this data across the organization.
Adapt existing and new imagery to meet your project requirements.
Use new or reuse existing imagery with a coordinate system different from that used in your current project. Perform coordinate transformations when you receive images with no assigned coordinate system to get the image into your project coordinate system. Coordinate transformations are used to bring spatial data, including imagery, into a common reference system. Do this with all forms of images, including DEMs and multispectral satellite imagery. Also use the raster data query feature to probe your image data, by referencing a coordinate system different from that of your project if necessary. Using coordinate transformations, you can make available imagery adapt to your project requirements, thereby avoiding the need to acquire new imagery and saving you time and money.
Use Autodesk Raster Design with industry-leading AutoCAD 2007.
Take advantage of the many timesaving features in AutoCAD and AutoCAD software–based products when working with Autodesk Raster Design. You can be sure that other professionals working in the AutoCAD environment can use the data you create through raster-to-vector conversions and image editing—seamlessly and without any data loss. Shorten learning time and take full advantage of your design staff’s AutoCAD expertise without the pain and cost of training on a new software application.

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