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Message 1 of 20
fmccarth
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Insert Tiff image

Hi
I am using Map 5 on WinNT 4.0 Service Pack 6.0

I want to insert a Tiff image by the following -

Insert - Image Manager - Attach - Select Image

I select the image file (which is in Tiff Format) and the preview says "Image File Not Valid".
I can open the same image in R14.
Does anyone know what is the solution to this problem?
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Message 2 of 20
Anonymous
in reply to: fmccarth


Hi,

 

It's odd that a .Tiff file would open in R14 and
not in Map 5. If possible, try converting the .Tiff file to a .jpg or other
supported format.

 

Joe


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Hi

I am using Map 5 on WinNT 4.0 Service Pack 6.0

I want to insert a Tiff image by the following -

Insert - Image Manager - Attach - Select Image

I select the image file (which is in Tiff Format) and the preview says
"Image File Not Valid".
I can open the same image in R14.
Does anyone
know what is the solution to this problem?

Message 3 of 20
fmccarth
in reply to: fmccarth

Hi Joe.
Thanks for the reply. I saved the .Tiff as a .Jpeg format and I was able to import it into Map5.
I can still open the .Tiff image in other packages. Is there any way that I can get MAp5 to import the .Giff images as this is the format in which we receive them.

Many Thanks
Message 4 of 20
Anonymous
in reply to: fmccarth

Hi,

 

It's interesting that the .Tiff images won't
import. I know there are many different types of .Tiff files and perhaps looking
at one of them in something like Adobe's Photoshop to determine the type of file
it is may be helpful. You also wrote about ".Giff" files, do you mean ."Tiff"?
Try to find our what type of file it is, for example 8 bit or RGB or indexed
etc. Are they large files?

 

Joe

 



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Joe.
Thanks for the reply. I saved the .Tiff as a .Jpeg format and I was
able to import it into Map5.
I can still open the .Tiff image in other
packages. Is there any way that I can get MAp5 to import the .Giff images as
this is the format in which we receive them.

Many Thanks

Message 5 of 20
Anonymous
in reply to: fmccarth

You can try to import the TIFF file into PhotoShop and save it back. If
there is something slightly wrong in the TIFF format that prevents Map 5
from reading it, that should get fixed.

Regards
Rakesh

fmccarth wrote:

> Hi
> I am using Map 5 on WinNT 4.0 Service Pack 6.0
>
> I want to insert a Tiff image by the following -
>
> Insert - Image Manager - Attach - Select Image
>
> I select the image file (which is in Tiff Format) and the preview says
> "Image File Not Valid".
> I can open the same image in R14.
> Does anyone know what is the solution to this problem?

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Message 6 of 20
Anonymous
in reply to: fmccarth

Hi,

 

I think your problem might be that your "tif" file
is compressed in a format that is not supported by Map 5.

Try opening it in some other software and "Save-as"
the file without compression.

This helped me before.

 

Arad


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Hi

I am using Map 5 on WinNT 4.0 Service Pack 6.0

I want to insert a Tiff image by the following -

Insert - Image Manager - Attach - Select Image

I select the image file (which is in Tiff Format) and the preview says
"Image File Not Valid".
I can open the same image in R14.
Does anyone
know what is the solution to this problem?

Message 7 of 20
fmccarth
in reply to: fmccarth

Hello.
I opened the .Tiff file and saved it as RGB, Uncompressed and I can now import them into Map 5. The old format was CYMK, LZW Compressed.
Many thanks for the help everyone.
Message 8 of 20
richard.denier
in reply to: fmccarth

Dispite of all the solutions mentioned in the replies, there is a diverence in the imagemodule in map5.
First of all is GIF no longer supported. And TIFF is only supported in uncomressed form.
This not very friendly from AutoDESK.
Because drwaings made in pre map5 versions with these two formats have no longer viewable images.

Tanx AutoDESK.
Message 9 of 20
Anonymous
in reply to: fmccarth

Hi Richard,

 

You are right, these options have been removed from
the *International* versions of Map. This is because of licensing issues with
GIF and compressed TIFF files that affect countries outside of the United
States. Nothing that Autodesk could do about this I'm afraid. However if you
want to move over to the USA and buy Map here, that would fix the problem
;-]

 

Regards,

David Walsh


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Dispite
of all the solutions mentioned in the replies, there is a diverence in the
imagemodule in map5.
First of all is GIF no longer supported. And TIFF is
only supported in uncomressed form.
This not very friendly from AutoDESK.

Because drwaings made in pre map5 versions with these two formats have no
longer viewable images.

Tanx AutoDESK.

Message 10 of 20
Anonymous
in reply to: fmccarth

Just to set the record straight, only TIFF files compressed using LZW
compression are no longer supported in Map. Other compression methods that
were previously supported continue to be supported.

HTH,
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Sriram Gopalakrishnan
Autodesk Design Solutions Division
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Message 11 of 20
Jtiwari91
in reply to: fmccarth

I have three computers using the same version of Autocad Map 13. While in two we are able to attach and work on the same tiff file while on the third we are not able to attach the same tiff file. It says that the file is not supported. Anyone experienced this before? Any solution??

Thanks

Jay

Message 12 of 20
antoniovinci
in reply to: Jtiwari91

Check the path of that file: if you copy it in the root of the C disk, what happens?

Message 13 of 20
Jtiwari91
in reply to: Jtiwari91

I tried that didnt work. Smiley Sad

I believe its a computers problem since we have the same tiff file and the same version of Map 2013. Yet on two computers its working and on one computer it says that tiff file is not supported. I have attached a screen shot for your convenience.

Thanks 🙂

Jay

Message 14 of 20
antoniovinci
in reply to: Jtiwari91

Sounds like you used the _IMAGE command instead of _MAPIINSERT - try again with the latter one, sir.

Message 15 of 20
Jtiwari91
in reply to: antoniovinci

Man Sad No luck sir. It still doesnt recognize the file 😞

Thanks for your time 😄

Jay

Message 16 of 20
Murph_Map
in reply to: Jtiwari91

Does that workstation have all SP and updates?

Murph
Supporting the troops daily.
Message 17 of 20
Alfred.NESWADBA
in reply to: Jtiwari91

Hi,

 

If you say that on 2 of 3 workstations it's working ... do they access the file with the same path or are they connected different to the network (might also be different in terms of permissions)?

As _MAPIINSERT and _IMAGE does not word, what's about _MAPCONNECT?

 

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Message 18 of 20
Jtiwari91
in reply to: Murph_Map

Hi.

 

Murp. All the workstations are the same. I am not sure what do you mean by SP?

 

Alfred. Thanks alot. All the workstations use the same path with the Autocad Drawing and the tiff file in the same folder. The Autocad automatically finds the image in two of the workstations but in the third it doesnt work. I also tried changing the path of the file in "External References" but it shows image not suppoted

I have been able to "Connect" to the tiff file. Thank you alot :D. I prefer attaching the image as i can move them and rubbersheet them. I have failed to move/scale/transform/rubbersheet a connected data. If you could help me out it will be really appreaciated

Jay

Message 19 of 20
Alfred.NESWADBA
in reply to: Jtiwari91

Hi,

 

is that just one tiff that can't be inserted/referenced on that one workstation or are that all tiff's? Is the problem the same if you convert that tiff to any other raster format like JPG or PNG?

If you speak about rubbersheeting ... do you speak about the Map3D-function or do you have RasterDesign installed on that systems?

 

>> I am not sure what do you mean by SP?

SP = ServicePacks, for your Windows and for Map3D (>>>SP for Map3D<<<)

 

- alfred -

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Message 20 of 20
Murph_Map
in reply to: Jtiwari91

SP = Service pacs, updates, hot fixes........

Sounds like cit may be an issue with raster design some where down the line. Even if you don't have RD installed an old version may have a dll or other file interfering. If that seat is part of the full industrial suite for Civil/Map you may want to try installing Raster Design.

Murph
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