Product Information

Autodesk® Raster Design edits, modifies, and enhances raster data so you can integrate maps, scanned documents, and paper drawings, satellite imagery, and aerial photos into your work.

Overview

Maximize the Value of Your Existing Design Data
Time. Money. Energy. That’s what you have invested in your paper drawings. You can capitalize on all that existing data, as well as aerial photos and satellite imagery, by using Autodesk® Raster Design 2004 — imaging software that enhances AutoCAD® products so that they can display and plot raster images with vector data.

Now you can import raster data that has been georeferenced with AutoCAD vector and attribute data. Improved rubbersheeting capabilities transform images and scanned drawings accurately to match real-world coordinates. You can view a raster image with any AutoCAD software–based product, but with Autodesk Raster Design 2004 you can merge raster imagery with vector data to portray the physical world more realistically.

Minimize Costs with Verified Accuracy
Using Optical Character Recognition in Autodesk Raster Design 2004 has many benefits:

• Save manual data entry time and improve accuracy when converting text-heavy drawings.
• Verify geometry as it’s created using interactive vectorization tools. That means you can convert scanned drawings and maps more accurately.
• Convert raster geometry to AutoCAD primitives using one-touch commands.
• Control every aspect of the vectorization process, including output linetype, color, and action at decision points, with the followers for converting parcel, soils, and topographical maps to vector.

Electronically Communicate Design Intent Securely
With Autodesk Raster Design 2004, you can use the Web, your company's intranet, or an extranet as an extension of your file system to open and save image files. The redesigned Image Manager centralizes all image control functions in one dialog box, making it easier to use for novice and advanced users.

Raster imagery also provides an easy solution for distributing your drawings securely while allowing other users to view them. With Autodesk Raster Design 2004, you can create a raster version of any drawing and deliver it electronically over the Internet. Other users can view the drawing with any browser, but because there are no layers to turn off and on, they cannot alter it.

Faster Projects, Faster Approvals
Getting approvals can take as long as it takes to complete the project. You can speed up that process by using Autodesk Raster Design 2004 to bring your project to life with photos and other realistic imagery available as raster data.

Projects that require minor revisions to large drawings go faster when you can modify the original drawing without redrafting. And by converting scanned drawings from raster to vector data with SmartCorrect, you can access the power of AutoCAD drafting settings with any AutoCAD command. Raster Design consolidates many commands into fewer steps, such as the features in the vectorization tools, reducing keystrokes, mouse-clicks, and your effort.