Raster SP1 Available

[ptrudeau]

From the Autodesk discussion boards:

"Hello,

I am pleased to announce that the Autodesk® Raster Design 2005 Service Pack
1 is now available from the following location:

DL4572841 - Autodesk® Raster Design 2005 Service Pack 1
http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=DL4572841

Please see the Service pack readme for more information regarding issues
that were addressed with the service pack.

Jonathan Golubiewski
Autodesk Product Support
Land.Civil.Survey
"

[mjfarrell]

Why not tell us what issues this service pack addresses
in this happy little PSA?

[mjfarrell]

Why not tell us what issues this service pack addresses
in this happy little PSA?

I retract that comment, I read the read me!
There are OVER 100 fixes contained.
Jeepers who would think it could be so bad
and still be being sold to us to use???


ew Features in Service Pack 1

This service pack fixes over 100 issues in Autodesk Raster Design 2005. Several of the prominent fixes are described in the following list.

* Installs & Licensing

o Loading Land Development Desktop 2005 or Map 3D 2005 does not automatically load Raster Design 2005.
o Silent deployments installed to clients can now be patched or repaired

* File formats

o JPEG CMYK formats can be inserted
o FLC images can be inserted
o Hand edited DEM files with valid USGS data can be loaded
o Improved PICT image loading support
o DEM files inserted with world files now scale correctly

* Interoperability

o Crashes no longer occur when running Raster Design on Civil or Map and displaying surfaces

* REM

o Editing REM regions converted to images no longer crashes

* Rubbersheet

o Rubbersheeting of bitonal images no longer corrupts the image

* Saving

o Fewer problems occur when saving images after a crop operation
o Edited images are prompted for saving when the drawing is closed
o Cropped CALS files can be saved
o CALS files can be read into regular AutoCAD

* Merging

o Improved performance for bitonal and color image merging

* Display

o Bitonal images show less fading and distorting
o Improved display speed during pans and zooms
o Improved bitonal image display quality when zoomed out in high-quality mode
o Display artifacts between tiled images are resolved
o Proper transparency color is assigned

* Image Insertion

o SID and ECW files can have affine coordinate transformation performed during insertion
o Failures due to inappropriate coordinate transformations are better handled

* Despeckle

o On-screen picking of speckle sizes is more reliable
o Improved performance with Despeckle

* Deskew

o Images inserted with rotation, then deskewed, now have correct rotation
o Deskew no longer distorts image

* Stability

o Application is less likely to crash

* Editing

o Non-ortho crop on Bitonal images no longer distorts data.
o Rub circle & arc are working properly

* Options

o Memory allocation is properly reported in the Options dialog.

[Glenn Pope]

I love this one

* Stability

o Application is less likely to crash

After installing this service pack, I can now use Raster. Before, anytime I would insert an image, Autocad would just shutdown. But it works now

[Glenn Pope]

I spoke to soon It half way fixed the problem. I can at least insert an image using the standard command in AutoCAD. I can even open a drawing with an image in it. Before it didn't matter. If there was an image, AutoCAD would crash. Now only the map insert and raster design insert crash the program I guess I will have to forget about using Raster until I get my new computer or IT decide to reformat this one.

[mjfarrell]

We will henceforth call you "Crash Test"
I say get all the good stuff off of your machine.
Secretly issue the REGEDIT command
Delete Keys and Values like a virus, remove your system
restore folder, and reboot. Then you should get a
fresh install.

[Glenn Pope]

Already done that three times now. It will work fine for a while (like right after the IT person leaves) than it screws up. I'm about to throw this computer out the window. I have been having problems with this computer and 2005 since day one. From corrupted windows profiles, images crashing AutoCAD, Communication Center not working, Buttons on toolbars not working. etc.... I got some of these fixed, but this is getting ridicules. I have never has this much problem with a new version of AutoCAD. Heck, I had less problems with R13 on Win95. I just think this system needs to be reformatted. I've had it for 3 years and have had a ton of software installed and uninstalled. I redo my home computer every 6 months.

[mjfarrell]

What, I said was cause the IT guy to
have to reformat the hard drive, be
creative.......

[Glenn Pope]

I get you now

[Glenn Pope]

I just have to say I love Raster Design 2005

Okey, just got a new computer. Everything installed and updated. Everything running smoothly until last week. Then I started havening the exact same problem as before

So I did some more searching and found a post by another unlucky soul in the Autodesk discussion group with the same problem. There was a post about going into the Raster Design options, under the memory tab. There you can set how much RAM to use for images. I had this set to use a nice amount of RAM. In the post, the guy said to change it to 0mb. So far its been working. So if anyone else is having this problem, try that. It seem to work.