Time. Money. Energy. That’s what’s invested in your paper drawings. You can capitalize on all that legacy data, as well as aerial photos and satellite imagery, by using Autodesk® Raster Design 3. This software is an imaging solution that enhances AutoCAD® products so that they can display and plot raster images with vector data. And AutoCAD users don’t need Autodesk Raster Design to view your hybrid drawings. With Raster Design 3, you can merge raster imagery with vector data to portray the physical world more realistically.

Minimize Costs with Verified Accuracy

Duing the new Optical Character Recognition in Autodesk Raster Design 3, you can save manual data entry time and improve accuracy when converting text-heavy drawings.Plus, interactive vectorization tools let you verify geometry as it’s created. That means you can convert scanned drawings and maps more accurately. One-touch commands covert raster geometry to AutoCAD primitives. With the followers for converting parcel, soils, and topographical maps to vector, you can control every aspect of the vectorization process, including output linetype, color, and action at decision points. And when accuracy is assured, you spend less time converting drawings, which translates into lower production costs.

Communicate Design Intent Electronically, Securely

Autodesk Raster Design 3 lets you use your company’s intranet, extranet, or the Web 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 3, 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. However, because there are no layers to turn off and on, the drawing cannot be altered. No encryption, no plug-ins. Just a simple way to secure your valuable drawings and distribute them over the Internet.

Faster Projects, Faster Approvals

Getting approvals can take as long as completing the project itself. You can speed up that process using Raster Design 3 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 leverage 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. As a result you save time, minimize costs, and accelerate productivity.
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