Raster Design

Raster Design

Unlock the potential of overlaying, editing, and plotting raster images seamlessly with vector information from AutoCAD using our comprehensive training manual. Dive into Raster Design, the powerful tool that enhances raster display, satellite imagery, scanned aerial photographs, and color TIFF images within AutoCAD. Discover how to overlay photographic images for impactful site feasibility studies, GIS projects, and presentation drawings. With easy-to-use editing tools, locate, draw, erase, and modify raster images effortlessly alongside vectors. Experience the speed and accuracy of “heads-up” digitizing and convert scanned drawings into AutoCAD files or create hybrid raster/vector drawings. Recommended prerequisites include AutoCAD Level I and II. Take your design capabilities to new heights with this essential training resource.

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Learn advanced editing tools that allow you to locate, erase, and modify raster images effortlessly, just like working with vectors. Achieve precise georeferencing using rubbersheeting tools, ensuring accurate alignment. Unleash your creativity by overlaying photographic images behind maps, plan and profile sheets, and construction documents, perfect for site feasibility studies, presentation drawings, and GIS projects. Customize image colors using the Palette Manager, giving you complete control over the visual impact. Experience the speed and accuracy of “heads-up” digitizing, streamlining your workflow. Seamlessly convert raster text to AutoCAD text objects with text recognition routines. Transform scanned drawings into pure AutoCAD vectors or create hybrid raster/vector drawings, offering flexibility in your output.

Table of Contents

• 1. About Raster and Vector
• 2. Raster Design File Management
• 3. Inserting and Managing Images
• 4. Manipulating the Image
• 5. Tracing Vector Entities Over Raster Imagers
• 6. Editing Raster Images
• 7. Saving Raster and Vector Files
• 8. Plotting
• 9. Automatic Line Following
• 10. Videos