Bentley Descartes

Visualization

• Image Draping on DTM or 3D Objects
• Drape image mosaics
• Based on MicroStation Rendering
• Real-life textures
• Lighting Effects
• Shadows
• Fog Effects
• 3D Image Manipulation
• Elevation
• Perspective
• Orientation
• Create Dynamic Presentations
• Fly-throughs
• Animations
• Plot or Publish
• Create 3D PDF

Interpretation and Conversion

• Automatic and Interactive Modes
• Intelligent Conversion
• Wide Range of Image Types
• Topologically ready linework
• Point, stream, and arc modes
• Gap jumping
• Line straightening
• Generalization
• Raster Snap
• Convert contours
• Convert all connected lines
• Erase raster while vectorizing
• Spy Window
• Optical Character Recognition
• Foreign language support for OCR
• Custom OCR dictionary
• Raster symbol recognition and replacement

High Fidelity Imaging

• AccuSnap enabled Image borders
• Manipulate as standard MicroStation Selection Sets
• Move, Scale, Rotate using standard MicroStation tools
• Dynamic transparency
• Use with levels
• Set Display Priority
• New line conversion engine
• New generalization algorithms
• New Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Engine

On-the-Fly Projection of Georeferenced Images

• Dynamic reprojections
• Fingertip coordinate system  and
  projection system control
• Transform vector and raster data
• Georeferenced file format support
• Georeferenced “sister files”
• 5500 project systems
• User defined projections
• Multiple warping methods
• Align
• Helmert
• Similitude
• Affine
• Thin-Plate Spline
• Polynomial 2nd degree
• Polynomial 3rd degree
• Projective
• Batch Processing

Rapid Document Cleanup, Editing, and Enhancement and Flexible Image Manipulation

• Clean-up Tools
• Speckle removal
• Selective cleanup by area or color table driven
• Cleanup mask
• Touch-up and editing tools
• Vector Stamping
• Drafting
• Rubber sheeting

Image Enhancement and Manipulation

• Translate, Scale, Rotate
• Clipping
• Translucency/Transparency
• WYSIWYG Enhancement tools
• Crop using non-rectangular shapes
• Selection Set operations

Registration

• Precision warping with register
• Easy-to-use interface for creation of more precise warps
• Accurate results the first time with WYSIWYG display of vectors and control points over raster
• Precise fit without iterations
• Ability to offload processing to a convenient time with batch resampling
• Georeferenced File Formats
• Georeferenced “Sister  Files”

Dynamic Tools to Rapidly Create Image Mosaics

• Automatic seaming
• Automatic feathering
• Unlimited number of images
• Automatic color balancing
• Corridor cropping to DGN elements
• Image Selection Sets
• Perform the same operation on multiple images, simultaneously
• Process mosaics as a single image
• Move, scale, rotate, or warp image mosaics in a single operation

Intuitive and Flexible High Performance Image Display

• High-performance image display
• WYSIWYG Display
• Superior large image handling
• 1-bit to 24-bit color support
• 16-bit/channel support (64bits)
• LUT Support
• Set image in background or foreground
• MicroStation Views
• Fast Open and Save Operations
• No Conversion Needed

Standard File Formats

• New! ECW (unlimited), PDF, IMG, JPEG 2000, BIL, DOQ, FLI, SPOT CAP and Digital Image Map
• TIFF (1 to 32-bit), GEOTIFF, iTIFF, COT, CIT, RLE, CALS, PCX, IMG, BUM, TG4, INT, RGB, TGA, JPEG, RLC, RS, HMR, BMP, and IKONOS 3, and 4 bands from Space Imaging
• Compression schemes: Deflate, PackBits, CCITT3, CCITT4, and JPEG
• Wavelet compression schemes: ECW and MrSID