Civil 2010 (not 3D) users and sid files

[sfore]

We have some folks using Civil 2010 while the rest of us are using Civil 3D 2010. When I bring in .sid files, I toggle the task-based geospatial to insert the sid image. Our Civil 2010 users don't have that workspace, so is it even possible for them to bring in .sid files, especially coordinately correct?

[Anonymous]

They can use Raster Design to do it.

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"sfore" wrote in message news:6347381@discussion.autodesk.com...
We have some folks using Civil 2010 while the rest of us are using Civil 3D
2010. When I bring in .sid files, I toggle the task-based geospatial to
insert the sid image. Our Civil 2010 users don't have that workspace, so is
it even possible for them to bring in .sid files, especially coordinately
correct?

[sfore]

We don't have Raster Design. I had to install Raster Design Object Enabler on mine and there's to be able to view Sid files. Are they SOL without Raster?

[Anonymous]

Correct. Civil does not have Map. They would need Raster Design as a
substitute.

Matthew Anderson, PE



sfore wrote:
> We don't have Raster Design. I had to install Raster Design Object Enabler on mine and there's to be able to view Sid files. Are they SOL without Raster?
>

[Anonymous]

On 3/2/2010 3:57 PM, sfore wrote:

> Our Civil 2010 users don't have that workspace, so is it even
> possible for them to bring in .sid files, especially coordinately
> correct?

Assuming you have SDW (SID World Files) to accompany them, your Civil
users could consider a low cost add-on (MapWorks Base) that would allow
them to place SID images (requiring only the RDOE) as well as providing
a lot of other functionality they might be missing from Map, such as
importing Shape files, etc.

Details at http://www.dotsoft.com/mapworks.htm.

LizardTech provides a free utility to make SDW files. If your
interested in a 21-day eval, email me at dotson [at] dotsoft [dot] com.

Terry

[sfore]

Yes, .sdw files accompany the .sid. They would also need to work with shape files occasionly as we have some tax maps in .shp format. Thanks for the info.

[Thewitt]

Wait until 2011. I heard that Autocad is dropping Civil only and giving 3D to all current Civil users. Anyone else hear of this?