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What's New and on the Horizon in the Realm of Raster?. Yves Boivin. Raster Manager XM. Main Features Raster as Element GUI Enhancements Display Planes Display Priority Support for Levels Draping When prepared by Descartes V8 XM edition 100% PW Compliant! Cache Manager.
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What's New and on the Horizon in the Realm of Raster? Yves Boivin
Raster Manager XM • Main Features • Raster as Element • GUI Enhancements • Display Planes • Display Priority • Support for Levels • Draping • When prepared by Descartes V8 XM edition • 100% PW Compliant! • Cache Manager
Raster Manager XM • Raster as element • Raster selection • New element type • Raster Attachment • Support named groups • Support auto-locate • Support AccuSnap
Raster Manager XM • GUI Enhancements • New Icons Tool Bar • Hierarchy Pane • Element Info Integration
Raster Manager XM • Display Planes • Background Plane • Design Plane + Display Priority • Foreground Plane • Raster on Level • Raster must be on a level (like vector elements) • A default raster level can be set in preferences
Raster Manager XM • ProjectWise integration • iDesktop Integration • Raster attachment and world files saved by scan ref. • Check/Copy Out control from Raster Manager GUI • Reference Out • New technology allowing raster files to be “streamed out” instead of totally copied out • Saves Time and Disk Space • Data transferred are cached locally
Raster Manager XM • Cache Manager • 3 options to delete the caches • Delete cache files on exit • Delete cache files older than xxx days • Limit disk space usage to xxx MB • Cache folder • View the cache files • Change the cache folder
Bentley Descartes XM Edition • New GUI • Raster as Element • New Vectorize Engine • New OCR engine • Pixel Grid
Bentley Descartes XM Edition • New GUI! • Inherited from Raster Manager
Bentley Descartes XM Edition • Raster as Element • Rasters are supported in many MicroStation tools • Vector and raster can be manipulated together • Example: • Manipulate fence tools • Attach Tags • Add, drop graphic group • Change Attributes tools • Manipulate tools • Raster tools are now dynamic
Bentley Descartes XM Edition • Pixel Grid
Coming in Athens • Raster Manager • New proprietary format “ITIFF64” • GeoRaster support (Oracle 10g) • Support of WMS • New display engine • CS projection can be done without DC • Draping can be done without DC • Better design history integration • New Memory Manager
Coming in Athens • Descartes • Many new filters • A new tool Clone Brush • Super Resolution
Coming in Athens • New proprietary format “ITIFF64” • File can be bigger than 4 GB • Can save the 3D orientation
Support of WMS • Web Map Service (WMS) • Standard from the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) • Manual connection in 8.9.x • New interface in Athens
New Display Engine • Dynamic display • Display doesn’t interrupt MS • Display stopped by a new display request • Actual data used for immediate feedback
New Memory Manager • Select how much memory will be reserved to keep raster in memory • Select how the memory will be used • Automatic: Rasters are loaded in memory until the memory limit is reached afterward it will use Standard Mode. • Standard: Cache files will be created if required. • RAM: Rasters are always loaded in memory.
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