Technical Profile

M ICRO S TATION
MicroStation Descartes adds high-performance raster image display, transformation, enhancement, editing, mosaicking, georeferencing (warping) and plotting capabilities to MicroStation. MicroStation Descartes supports engineering and mapping projects that require the use of large images, and can be used to create hybrid maps, plan sheets and other visual documents. It provides a consistent, tightly integrated platform for MicroStation raster projects and is designed for production throughput. Great attention has been paid to display speed, interactive interfaces, simple and accessible tools, ease of learning and ease of use. MicroStation Descartes contains everything that you need to incorporate images in any MicroStation project, including the following components: Image ManagerImage display, management and plotting Image EditImage editing, mosaicking and enhancement Image TransformImage placement and document layout RegisterImage and vector warping VectorizeInteractive conversion to vector geometry Work as if you are at the site. Capture information from an accurate source. Produce hybrid plots that are easy to understand. Reduce digitizing by letting the image speak for itself. Communicate effectively with clients and the public. Deliver improved output to your clients. Accuracy of information has always been important in engineering documents. But the rules of competition have changed. Clients and public audiences now demand that information be communicated effectively. With MicroStation Descartes you can:

DESCARTES

for MicroStation 95 and MicroStation V5

Stay Ahead of Your Competition

This scene was created for a feasibility study conducted by the Ministre des Transports du Qubec to evaluate access routes to the Pont de Qubec.

Use a Variety of Data Sources

Since every project is different, a good imaging solution should not limit your ability to respond to the needs of each project. One project may require aerials; another, satellite imagery. You may need to work with a map, drawing or mylar sheet. MicroStation Descartes makes it simple to prepare any of these data sources. Once your document is scanned,

can export TIFF, CIT and COT files. To use your work in popular word processing Satellite and presentation software packages, stamp your vectors into your image and export a single TIFF file.

Aerial

Map or Drawing

Navigate Images with Ease

Once images are imported into Mylar MicroStation Descartes, they can be displayed in any of the eight MicroStation views. Turn images on or off as you need MicroStation Descartes provides unparalleled flexibility. Most scanning devices or imaging software packages support TIFF file formats. MicroStation Descartes easily imports a wide variety of TIFFs. If you use Intergraph I/RAS products, you can import your COT and CIT files directly into MicroStation Descartes, maintaining all positional information. With MicroStation Descartes, you can view bitonal, grayscale, or continuous tone images at any scale and at any resolution. Lay a bitonal drawing over a grayscale aerial image, or mosaic several grayscale aerials with a color aerial image. them. You will be impressed when you see how fast the images display and how quickly they respond when you pan and zoom.

Fit Images to Cover the Site

To conserve disk space, you can also use Deflate, PackBits, CCITT3, and CCITT4 data compression to reduce bitonal files by 95% and grayscale and color files by 30%. If you need to move MicroStation Descartes files to another system, you Match specific landmarks on the correct space with the corresponding landmarks on the image. With WYSIWYG warping, you need not be exact when you place points. If a point does not fit, move it. As you gather more points, the vectors will align tightly over the image. Once you are satisfied with the fit, resample the image to its new, correct geometry. Once you have imported the images, the next step is to warp them to fit the correct geographic space. The correct geographic space can be represented by a list of known points or by a geometrically accurate DGN file.

Eliminate guesswork with MicroStation Descartes WYSIWYG warping capability.

Create Seamless Mosaics

The warping process is repeated for each image needed to cover the site. Once all of the images are geometrically placed, the next step is to enhance the images for a consistent look. The Contrast Stretch tool is used to adjust the brightness and contrast of each image. Then, each image is given the same number of grayscale levels and assigned the same color palette.

Use any MicroStation editing tool to draw over your image backdrop. Load your favorite MDL application and use it with MicroStation Descartes as you design.

Create Presentation Documents with High Visual Impact

MicroStation Descartes lets you create a variety of decision support documents, and can include: Site plans

Where the images overlap, cutlines are drawn along convenient breaklines (field lines, streets, and so forth). The areas designated for removal are rasterized to a single color and then made transparent, so that the underlying images are visible to the extent of the
Easily adjust image quality to match your display device with contrast and brightness controls.

Plan drawings Corridor studies Public hearing presentations All MicroStation Descartes document layout tools are designed to be simple to use and quick to operate. You can also copy vectors from the design file that fall within a defined area. The target section can be of any shape and can be easily rotated and scaled to fit any

cutline. The result is a seamless image scene that contains the desired sections of each image. If you would rather work with one file, use the Merge tool to create a single,

report orientation.

MicroStation Descartes contains everything that you need to incorporate images in any MicroStation project.

seamless image scene. Once the target area is delimited, the scene will be trimmed to provide the desired background for the project site.

Use the Image as You Design

Once the image scene is complete, the image can be used at any time in combination with the design file, enabling you to: Examine the site without actually being on-site. Zoom in to explore site details and gather the information you need to consider specific design issues.
This plan sheet was created by one-button operation using MicroStation Descartes unique Corridor tool.

MicroStation Descartes Technical Specifications

System Requirements
Minimum PC Software Requirements Microstation V5 or Microstation 95 DOS, Microsoft Windows 3.1, Microsoft Windows NT or Microsoft Windows 95 Minimum PC Hardware Requirements Intel-based PC 386 (with a math coprocessor), 486 or Pentium processor (DOS/WIN) 8MB minimum RAM; 16MB recommended (Intel NT) 16MB minimum RAM; 24MB recommended 100MB hard disk Input device: Mouse or tablet (tablet on Windows NT requires WINTAB interface) Supported graphics card (256-color card recommended) Export: TIF, CIT, COT, RLE Data compression: Deflate, Packbits, CCITT 3, CCITT 4 Plot: MicroStation or Windows Drivers DISPLAY Bring To Front/Send To Back Image On Image Focus Fit One/All Images To View Actual Resolution 1:1 Edit Header VIEW Raster Images Rotate Transparency Translucency Apply Image To View/All Views PREFERENCES Memory: Image File/Screen Tile Buffers Color Distribution Image Edit TOOLS Raster Edit Parameters Raster Filters Raster Paint Raster Erase Raster Draw Raster Clean Up Raster Transform Raster Copy/Paste Raster Undo/Redo ENHANCE Histogram Image Channels Color Table Editor Contract Stretch Density Slicing Color Compression Standardize Grayscale Transparent Colors Translucent Colors Image Transform Move Scale Rotate Mirror Merge Corridor Vectorize Place Element: Point/Stream Continue Element Place Cell/1 Pt Element Vectorize Settings Center View # Erase Function key settings (customizable): F1: Change Mode: Point/Stream F2: Erase Line Segment F3: Insert Line Segment F4: Snap/Break Vector F5: Center View On Cursor F6: Center View On Last Point F7: Close View F8: Spy Window F9: Raster Snap On/Off Raster Snap: Nearest/Intersection Spy Window: Zoom Factor/Extents Stream Theme Styler: Scale, Naming, Description, Level, Font, Color, Line Type, Line Weight, Cell, Hatch, Pattern, Fill. File: New, Open, Save Tools: Change Theme, Get Theme, Select Theme, Show Theme Register Edit: Add Control Pts, Modify Control Pts, Delete Control Pts, Highlight Control Pts, Locate Control Pts, Coordinate System View: views displaying uncorrected data, views used to locate control points, warping window, dynamic warping, show control points Settings: Colors for Control Points, Warning When Renumbering, Elements Transformation Apply To Image
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File Compatibility
Open: Optimized for HMR Raster File Format Import/Export: TIFF, Tiled TIFF, 4 Bit TIFF, RLE, CIT, COT, Tiled COT Support is provided for the transformation matrix and scan lines orientation for CIT, COT and RLE files. Compression: File Compression: Deflate, Packbits, CCITT3, CCITT4 Color compression: RGB

Output
Supports HP-RTL and PostScript plotting locally utilizing MicroStation and Windows print and plot drivers. Enabling support for CADNET and Intergraph I/PLOT network plotting environments.

Features
Image Manager FILE New image: user definable name, rows, columns, pixels, file type, compression, background color and header. Open/Open & Place (position and scale) Save/Save As Import: TIF, CIT, COT, RLE

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