Features Include:

• Minimise costly redrafting and accelerate drawing revisions with fast and accurate raster-to-vector conversion tools. Reduce the time to convert your raster drawings to vector with interactive and semiautomatic conversion tools. The addition of dynamic dimensioning and grip editing to AutoCAD® Raster Design’s vectorisation tools speeds up the conversion and verification of raster primitives such as lines, arcs and circles. Create and effectively manage hybrid drawings by converting only the necessary raster, thereby speeding up document and drawing revisions and updates. The vectorisation follower tools further simplify the process of converting continuous raster entities into AutoCAD polylines and 3D polylines.
• Make better use of geospatial data through improved Interoperability with AutoCAD Map 3D 2008. Extend the image-handling capabilities of AutoCAD® Map 3D software. The enhanced image-capture capabilities in AutoCAD Raster Design 2008 enable AutoCAD Map 3D to access image data through the FDO (Feature Data Object) Data Access Technology. Only with Raster Design can you then edit (perform true coordinate transformations, crop unwanted regions, merge multiple images and more), process, analyse and save your modifications. AutoCAD Map 3D can then access these edits through an FDO reconnect. Take advantage of this improved interoperability to prepare raster data in Raster Design for more effective use in AutoCAD Map 3D and AutoCAD® Civil 3D® software.
• Use a wide range of raster editing and drawing cleanup tools. Clean your scanned drawings with easy-to-use raster editing and cleanup tools. Use the “paint-like” Touchup tool to fill gaps and erase fragments in raster drawings. Use powerful REM (raster entity manipulation) tools to edit and create raster geometry. REM capabilities now include the ability to extend, trim, fillet and offset raster geometry. Use cleanup tools for despeckling, deskewing and correcting bias to clean, straighten and improve the overall legibility and quality of the scanned drawings.
• Enjoy support for an extensive variety of industry-standard formats. AutoCAD Raster Design supports a broad range of industry-standard image formats, including DOQ, ECW, GeoTIFF, GIF, JPG 2000, MrSID® and TIFF. In addition to support for DEMs, AutoCAD Raster Design 2008 supports multispectral imagery such as DigitalGlobe’s Quickbird and Landsat FAST L7A imagery. DigitalGlobe is a supplier of high-resolution commercial satellite imagery offering submeter resolution imagery supporting applications ranging from map creation to image analysis. The Landsat FAST format is the most widely used of the Landsat image formats.Other supported multispectral imagery types include 8- and 11-bit IKONOS satellite imagery and the NGA (National Geospatial Agency) DTED (digital terrain elevation model) files used primarily in military and security applications.
• Adapt existing and new imagery to meet your project requirements. Get the most out of inexpensive imagery that does not contain georeferencing information by rubbersheeting to align aerial photography with your project. The rubbersheeting feature helps you apply different techniques and manage your control points. The rubbersheeting preview feature displays the image as it will appear after the rubbersheet operation is completed. Use new or reuse existing imagery with a coordinate system different from that of your current project. Perform coordinate transformations when you receive images with no assigned coordinate system to get the image into your project coordinate system. Do this with all forms of images, including DEMs and multispectral satellite imagery. Use the raster data query feature to probe your image data, by referencing a coordinate system different from that of your project if necessary. Using coordinate transformations, you can make available imagery adapt to your project requirements, thereby avoiding the need to acquire new imagery and saving you time and money.
• Reap the benefits of multiresolution image technology. Now you can directly edit multiresolution files such as LizardTech’s MrSID, ER Mapper’s ECW and industry-standard JPEG 2000 formats in AutoCAD Raster Design 2008. Save changes or edits, such as cropping and highlighting areas of interest, to JPEG 2000 format and retain multiresolution advantages of small file size and fast performance while retaining high visual image quality.
• Send drawings containing images easily and reliably to clients, partners and agencies. Save bitonal raster images within the DWG™ file instead of maintaining the image as an external reference. Simplify your document management tasks by avoiding the need to track external image references. Now you need to maintain and transport only one file. The ability to embed or extract images at any point in the process gives you increased flexibility.
• Use raster data analysis to make better business decisions. Create colour elevation representations directly from DEM, DTED and ESRI® GRID raster files. Visualise slope and aspect for the information you need to make better design or policy decisions. Show vegetation, land cover and environmental information using readily available multispectral satellite imagery.
• Create high-quality, eye-popping displays with imagery. Integrate imagery to improve your project’s appearance. Use colour mapping to show different representations of your image data. Apply hill-shading and blending effects for professional presentation results. Create colour elevation representations directly from DEM files. Visualise slope and aspect for the information you need to make better design or policy decisions. Show vegetation, land cover and environmental information using readily available multispectral satellite imagery. Also, create image snapshots for publishing, word processing, presentation and other applications. Capture colour mapping results from DEMs, multispectral imagery and other images to improve the visual quality of your work and create more-compelling presentations for use and distribution to a wider audience.
• Enhance your existing image archive. Get the most out of your raster data with powerful image processing tools in AutoCAD Raster Design. The tonal adjustment feature helps you to make nonlinear adjustments for brightness and contrast. For instance, enhance the darker tones while preserving the appearance of mid-tones and lighter colours and vice versa. Use the Palette Manager to manipulate individual colours and entire palettes for colour images. Select and change a colour, combine several colour indexes, compress the palette and import and export palettes. Using the Palette Manager, you can also isolate features, such as contours within maps, by turning everything else to the background colour. The Palette Manager improves the overall quality of your image database, providing for more uses of this data across the organisation.

Minimum System Requirements:

• AutoCAD Raster Design requires an additional 200 MB of available disk space in addition to the minimum system requirements for the Autodesk product upon which AutoCAD Raster Design is installed.

Educational Pricing

The Autodesk Subscription Program is a software maintenance and support offering that ensures you stay up-to-date with the latest version of your licensed Autodesk software. For an annual fee you can have access to newly released upgrades and software extensions, consistently benefit from the most advanced design technology and can extend your product capability with helpful program information, training, and support.

• Autodesk Home
• Students & Staff

• Autodesk Campus Agreement
• Autodesk Secondary Schools Bundles
• Autodesk Animation Academy

Platform, Geospatial & Plant

• AutoCAD 2008
• New - AutoCAD 2009
• AutoCAD Map 3D 2008
• New - AutoCAD Map 3D 2009
• AutoCAD Raster Design 2008
• New - AutoCAD Raster Design 2009

Manufacturing Solutions Division

• AutoCAD Electrical 2008
• New - AutoCAD Electrical 2009
• Inventor Pro 2008
• New - InventorPro 2009
• AutoStudio 2008

Architecture, Engineering & Construction

• AutoCAD Architecture 2008
• New - AutoCAD Architecture 2009
• AutoCAD MEP 2008
• New - AutoCAD MEP 2009
• Revit Architecture Suite 2008
• New - Revit Architecture Suite 2009
• Revit MEP Suite 2008
• New - Revit MEP Suite 2009
• Revit Structure Suite 2008
• New - Revit Structure Suite 2009
• AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008
• New - Civil 3D 2009

Media & Entertainment

• 3ds Max 2008
• New - 3ds Max 2009
• New - 3ds Max 2009 Design
• Combustion 2008
• Cleaner 6 for Mac
• Cleaner XL 1.5
• Maya Complete 2008
• Maya Unlimited 2008
• MotionBuilder 7.5
• Sketchbook Pro 2.0