Icould not find a recent post so here it is. I have recently acquired a copy of our MrSid Aerial of the Alabama Campus(file size 1GB). No matter which insertion method I try(data connection or mapiinsert), I get an uhandled access error. Am I missing something is there still an enabler or some other attachment needed to make this work?
You shouldn't need any enabler to be able to bring in a sid file any longer. Just to test, I have a .sid file of a piece of the City of Denver that is just under 1.5 GB and it brought it in without issue (and really fast too). I used the MAPIINSERT command (note there are two i's in that command).
I also just tried the FDO method without issue as well. Perhaps it's something with the image? Have you tried other images? Are you sure you have assigned an appropriate coordinate system to your drawing? Does this happen on other computers? In other drawings? etc.
BrianHailey wrote:Are you sure you have assigned an appropriate coordinate system to your drawing?
It doesn't matter, sir: the command _MAPIINSERT loads georeferenced imagery in the right position, even if no CRS was assigned with _ADESETCRDSYS.
The Insert Image is one of the functions that is causing a crash. Currently waiting on our CAD Tech to get back from lunch and install Raster Design.
I am the only Civil3D operator in today so I can't test another computer. It crashes in all drawings. This is the first and only SID file I have had the chance to try, last year I was given our Aerial in 16 TIFF files which made it extraordinarily cumbersome but it worked. The FDO connection works fine right up unitil you try to add it to the Map then it crashes. The image is setup in a local DB on my computer for use in ESRI and it works fine. Is there a way to connect to this database even though it's not on a server?
I have installed Raster Design and it STILL crashes anytime I try to load this SID file. I was also able to try it on one of my co workers machines, and it crashed on his as well.
Is there somewhere online I could possibly get a sample SID file or software to create one from something I have so I can test another file?
Lizardtech.com has a utility that will allow you to extract the tiff image from the sid file. I think you can also get a world file so the tif is georefe'd.
I wonder if the imbedded tif format is supported on the Autodesk side. Some are not in 2012 and previous versions. Not sure about 13.
http://www.lizardtech.com/downloads/category/#tools__utilities
John Mayo
I think the best thing to do is try it on a different computer. If it crashes there, I would look at the file or your network. If it works fine, then that would point to your computer. You could always try a repair install. It shouldn't mess up any customizing you've done and is really easy to do.
jmcpherson1982 wrote:Is there somewhere online I could possibly get a sample SID file or software to create one from something I have so I can test another file?
With this tool, you can easily convert your .SID file into Geotiff: if even the latter doesn't work, so I guess that .SID is damaged...
Plenty of test files out there. Here's NJ.
https://njgin.state.nj.us/NJ_NJGINExplorer/IW.jsp?DLayer=NJ 1995 DOQQs
Paste the whole string not just the blue text.
John Mayo
@jmcpherson1982 wrote:
Is there somewhere online I could possibly get a sample SID file or software to create one from something I have so I can test another file?
City and county of Denver has some available. You need to request access but it's an automated reply system.
http://www.denvergov.org/GIS/ProductsandServices/DataSales/tabid/387714/Default.aspx
Images with multiple geo-referenced formats (including MrSids) are also available at rgis.unm.edu. This site is easy to access.
Some MrSid images get corrupted, so check the world file.
Here is a link to the USGS County Mosaic Site
https://my.usgs.gov/Public/NSDIPartnershipOffice/
That error mesage indicates a damaged *.dll to me I would do a repair / clean install if you can't get images from another source to open. The other problem maybe with avalable memory. Or missing MS Jet and Net Framework files.
I have had up to 10 GB of sids active with no problems. But that is on a Seismic imaging workstation
Jim
Civil3D 2013 / Raster Design
SuperMicro Dual Xeon Workstation
32 GB Ram
Vista 64 pro
Reviving my own thread but I have come across a new possibility. This *.sid file is a 4 band image(it contains that 4th near infared band). About a month ago I remember reading something about AutoCAD not liking that 4th band. Could this be the problem, and if so is there software that I could use to remove the 4th band and have just a 3 band *.sid?
I'd try asking LizardTech's tech support.
http://www.lizardtech.com/support/contact-support/
They might very well have some info on that.
Don Ireland
Engineering Design Technician