AUTOCAD 2010

-Extend the Value of Existing Information

Unlock and make the most of existing scanned
engineering drawings, plans, and maps by using
them in current projects. You can save redrafting
time with powerful raster editing and raster tovector conversion tools.

-Improve Decision Making

Get projects approved faster by creating drawings
and presenting proposals that integrate informationrich plans, maps, aerial photos, and other forms of imagery that enhance communication and understanding of your design intent.

When used with AutoCAD Map 3D-based software,
AutoCAD Raster Design provides additional
functionality so you can better utilize geospatial
imagery to create color elevation representations
directly from DEM, DTED, and ESRI® GRID raster
files. Visualize the slope and aspect information
you need to help make better design and policy
decisions. Show vegetation, land cover, and
environmental information using readily available
multispectral satellite imagery.

-Enhance, Preserve, and Maintain Valuable Raster Assets

AutoCAD Raster Design software enables you to
easily clean up, edit, enhance, and maintain your
archive of scanned drawings and plans with image
cleanup, processing, and hybrid editing tools in a
familiar AutoCAD environment.

-Use Industry-Standard Image Formats

AutoCAD Raster Design supports numerous image
formats so designers can easily integrate and use
imagery within their projects. Supported image
formats include MrSID,® ECW, and JPEG 2000,
DigitalGlobe® Quickbird TIFF, Landsat FAST-L7A
format multispectral imagery, and the National
Imagery Transmission Format (NITF), which is an
important tool for the U.S. Department of Defense
and the federal intelligence community.
Other supported formats include the following:

BMP, CALS, DEM, DOQ, ESRI, GRID, FLIC, GeoSPOT, GeoTIFF, GIF, IG4, JPEG/JFIF, DTED, PCX, PICT, PNG, RLC, TGA, TIFF

-Clean Raster Drawings and Images

Improve usability and legibility of scanned drawings with powerful image cleanup tools. Despeckle removes stray pixels that result from scanning 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. By using these and other tools, you can reduce the time and effort necessary to clean up scanned drawings and maps while better maintaining your image archives.

-Convert Raster Data to Vector

Do you want to be able to use scanned drawings and map content without having to redraft? Would you like to convert raster lines, arcs, and text to vector for use in AutoCAD-based products as part of your drawing, model, or design? With vectorization tools in AutoCAD Raster Design, you can interactively convert raster to vector to accelerate project turnarounds and improve efficiency.

-Use Optical Character Recognition

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