Bentley adds raster editing to MicroStation Descartes; Newest version of engineering imaging gets raster editing and 'clean-up' capabilities for binary, color, and continuous tone scanned images.ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 1996--A/E/C SYSTEMS '96 --Bentley Systems, Inc. (Exton, PA) today announced that raster editing features have been added to MicroStation Descartes(TM), its integrated, high-performance engineering imaging product. Unlike other systems, these editing or "clean-up" capabilities work with all scanned images: black and white, color, and continuous tone. Imaging and MicroStation Descartes are used by engineers and mappers to improve designs, plan more effectively, and present ideas more realistically. Users convert "real-world" images, such as maps, aerial photographs, and satellite imagery Satellite imagery consists of photographs of Earth or other planets made from artificial satellites. History The first satellite photographs of Earth were made August 14, 1959 by the US satellite Explorer 6. , into electronic images that can be analyzed with computers and merged with or superimposed su·per·im·pose tr.v. su·per·im·posed, su·per·im·pos·ing, su·per·im·pos·es 1. To lay or place (something) on or over something else. 2. onto computer-based engineering models. The new and important raster editing allows users to fine-tune and enhance these scanned images as well as repair imperfections. Bentley vice president of GeoEngineering, Jean-Baptiste Monnier, comments, "There is a wealth of untapped imaging information in the world that could make engineers and mappers much more productive. Our goal with the raster editing in MicroStation Descartes is to remove an imaging bottleneck and break open this 'world of images' to all who could benefit." Specific raster editing features in the new MicroStation Descartes include despeckle, hole fill, line smoothing, custom brushes and erasers. Users can automatically draw raster elements by selecting a toggle To alternate back and forth between two states. toggle - To change a bit from whatever state it is in to the other state; to change from 1 to 0 or from 0 to 1. This comes from "toggle switches", such as standard light switches, though the word "toggle" actually refers to and using any of MicroStation's geometry creation tools. Support of imported file types, such as tiled TIFF, has been expanded and integration with MicroStation and Windows(TM) plotting has been improved. MicroStation Descartes and MicroStation(R) are standards at engineering organizations and companies throughout the world. MicroStation 95, for example, is the standard engineering modeling system at 42 of the 50 U.S. state A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States, although four states use the official title "commonwealth". The separate state governments and the federal government share sovereignty, in that an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and departments of transportation (DOTs). The Missouri Highway and Transportation Department, for example, recently standardized on MicroStation 95 and MicroStation Descartes, purchasing over 335 licenses of MicroStation 95 and 17 seats of MicroStation Descartes for image management. The North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. DOT purchased 95 copies of MicroStation Descartes this month. Pricing and Availability MicroStation Descartes offers users their choice of platforms including DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. (TM) for Intel-based systems and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). support for Sun Solaris, HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. and Intergraph CLIX Environ 5. MicroStation Descartes, which supports MicroStation 95 and MicroStation V5, is priced at $2950 U.S. Subscribers to Bentley SELECT(SM), the company's support and licensing program, receive upgrades at no charge. For more information on MicroStation Descartes, the range of MicroStation products, or Bentley, please contact Bentley at 1-800-BENTLEY, +1 610-458-5000 (US), +31 2356-85588 (Europe), +61 3-9699-8699 (Asia), via e-mail at jen.mcwilliams@bentley.com, or through the World Wide Web at http://www.bentley.com/. More on MicroStation Descartes MicroStation Descartes includes four application components: Image Manager for image display, management, and plotting; Image Transform for image placement and document layout; Register for interactive image and vector warping; and, now, Image Edit for image editing Changing or improving graphics images. It typically refers to bitmapped images rather than vector graphics drawings. Using an image editor, images can be modified by an artist using pen, brush, airbrush and other "painting" tools. and mosaicking, and enhancement. Mosaicking is the capability to stitch together several images, while assuring continuous tones. Warping is the capability to overlay and synchronize separate images or images and CAD-produced drawings. MicroStation Descartes supports TIFF, CIT n. 1. A citizen; an inhabitant of a city; a pert townsman; - used contemptuously. Which past endurance sting the tender cit. - Emerson. , COT and RLE (Run Length Encoding) A simple data compression method that converts a run of identical characters into a code. A rough example might be []36* where [] is a code and 36* means 36 *'s follow. formatted files and can import all scanned images and Intergraph I/RAS files. Images which help users design and analyze include aerial photographs, satellite imagery, engineering paper drawings, maps, or mylar sheets. MicroStation Descartes also helps engineers and mappers create decision support documents, including site plans, plan drawings, corridor studies, and public hearing presentations. The imaging product works with all other MicroStation products and is a particularly good match for MicroStation GeoGraphics(TM), Bentley's new GeoEngineering product. More on Bentley Bentley Systems, Inc. is a worldwide leader in engineering software products and user services. The company now serves over 220,000 professionals in building/plant engineering, GeoEngineering, and mechanical engineering. Its MicroStation products are proven at over 70% of the largest U.S. engineering firms and are the software foundation behind the engineering of well-known buildings, airports, hospitals, highways, machines, bridges and industrial plants throughout the world. With annual revenues of over $95 million in 1995, Bentley has risen to number three in the AEC AEC US Atomic Energy Commission Noun 1. AEC - a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States Atomic Energy Commission software segment and become one of the world's fastest growing software companies. -0- MicroStation is a registered trademark; Bentley, MicroStation Descartes, and MicroStation GeoGraphics are trademarks; and Bentley SELECT is a service mark of Bentley Systems, Inc. Windows and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Michelle Allard Boston Communications 617/247-1112 mallard mallard: see duck. mallard Abundant “wild duck” (Anas platyrhynchos, family Anatidae) of the Northern Hemisphere, ancestor of most domestic ducks. The mallard is a typical dabbling duck in its general habits and courtship display. @bcomm.com |
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