© 2007 Bentley Systems, Inc. 1 What's New and on the Horizon in the Realm of Raster? Yves Boivin

© 2007 Bentley Systems, Inc. 2 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 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

© 2007 Bentley Systems, Inc. 3 Raster Manager XM Raster as element Raster selection New element type Raster Attachment Support named groups Support auto-locate Support AccuSnap Raster as element Raster selection New element type Raster Attachment Support named groups Support auto-locate Support AccuSnap

© 2007 Bentley Systems, Inc. 4 Raster Manager XM GUI Enhancements New Icons Tool Bar Hierarchy Pane Element Info Integration GUI Enhancements New Icons Tool Bar Hierarchy Pane Element Info Integration

© 2007 Bentley Systems, Inc. 5 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 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

© 2007 Bentley Systems, Inc. 6 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 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

© 2007 Bentley Systems, Inc. 7 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 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

© 2007 Bentley Systems, Inc. 8 Bentley Descartes XM Edition New GUI Raster as Element New Vectorize Engine New OCR engine Pixel Grid New GUI Raster as Element New Vectorize Engine New OCR engine Pixel Grid

© 2007 Bentley Systems, Inc. 9 Bentley Descartes XM Edition New GUI! Inherited from Raster Manager New GUI! Inherited from Raster Manager

© 2007 Bentley Systems, Inc. 10 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 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

© 2007 Bentley Systems, Inc. 11 Easily Manipulate Raster and Vector

© 2007 Bentley Systems, Inc. 12 New Vectorize and OCR engine

© 2007 Bentley Systems, Inc. 13 Bentley Descartes XM Edition Pixel Grid

© 2007 Bentley Systems, Inc. 14 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 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

© 2007 Bentley Systems, Inc. 15 Coming in Athens Descartes Many new filters A new tool Clone Brush Super Resolution Descartes Many new filters A new tool Clone Brush Super Resolution

© 2007 Bentley Systems, Inc. 16 Coming in Athens New proprietary format “ITIFF64” File can be bigger than 4 GB Can save the 3D orientation New proprietary format “ITIFF64” File can be bigger than 4 GB Can save the 3D orientation

© 2007 Bentley Systems, Inc. 17 Support of WMS Web Map Service (WMS) Standard from the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Manual connection in 8.9.x New interface in Athens Web Map Service (WMS) Standard from the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Manual connection in 8.9.x New interface in Athens

© 2007 Bentley Systems, Inc. 18 New Display Engine Dynamic display Display doesn’t interrupt MS Display stopped by a new display request Actual data used for immediate feedback Dynamic display Display doesn’t interrupt MS Display stopped by a new display request Actual data used for immediate feedback

© 2007 Bentley Systems, Inc. 19 WMS and the New Display Engine

© 2007 Bentley Systems, Inc. 20 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. 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.

© 2007 Bentley Systems, Inc. 21 Super Resolution

© 2007 Bentley Systems, Inc. 22 THANK YOU. SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!