Raster Image in a 3D view

[Anonymous]

I am developing a series of shadow study views, and have placed a satellite photo at the base of the model.  I am using a decal to do this as bitmaps can not be placed in 3D views... or so I thought.

I've come across the following page, which seems to have acheived this :

http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/vasarirevit-sunpath-visualization

I downloaded their dataset and investigated.

http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/sites/default/files/core-page-files/solarform.zip.zip

(refer to the attached photo,... I don't have the bitmap file so it does not show) 

I tried copying the image from their file and pasting it into my file; I get the typical error.

How did they do this?

[L.Maas]

I (quickly) looked at the website and the dataset. I only see the picture appearing in Vasari not in Revit.

When opening the dataset Revit (2015) it also mentiones it is a Vasari generated file.

[Anonymous]

Thank you EnlInt for looking into the example. For clarity, I do not have Vasari, and do not know enough about it to want it. But it gives me hope that one day raster images can exist in 3D views as their own object.

[cbcarch]

As a workaround, it is possible to create a Decal, the assign you raster image to the Decal, use Realistic View setting, and have the raster image display

in a 3D View. You will need to scale the image carefully in a 2D view for accuracy.

[ToanDN]

Is there still no way to show Raster image in a Shaded or Hidden 3D View?  I cannot use Realistic or Raytraced visual styles because I need to show the Mass Surface Pattern colors, driven by parameter value criteria (imilar to Plan color schemes, but in 3D).