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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Merge a raster into a dgn file??</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/99211/merge-a-raster-into-a-dgn-file</link><description>is there anyway to merge a raster file into a dgn so it becomes an element in the dgn file itself? kind of like merging a reference file into the file you are working in? my bosses keep asking me about this, but I told them I don&amp;#39;t think there&amp;#39;s anyway</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Merge a raster into a dgn file??</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/621819?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2020 08:14:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:6eb57b48-ae45-4822-83a9-4acb1792cecb</guid><dc:creator>Piotr Popenda</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Each day this &amp;quot;product&amp;quot; make my live worst. We even try too use OLE object import to solve this problem. In the end I use Autocad - then save to dwg. From hell to haven.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Merge a raster into a dgn file??</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/292650?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2014 19:18:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:e794414f-e65b-4e60-bbf3-3525a47d5f81</guid><dc:creator>George A. Martin</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;And Last, but not least! The Image Format types/options when referencing the Image using Raster Manager is MUCH Larger See Image attached.&lt;img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/690x0/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/273/ImageFormats.jpg" border="0" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Merge a raster into a dgn file??</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/292649?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2014 19:15:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:70c49676-2d84-45b5-9915-30bc5fdabcfc</guid><dc:creator>rcook</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;thanks, for the responses, and yes it looks like this isn&amp;#39;t going to work for me. &amp;nbsp;it is a very large pdf file we have &amp;quot;referenced&amp;quot; into a sheet via raster manager. &amp;nbsp;the reason my boss wants it imported is because our client doesn&amp;#39;t like to open raster manager or the reference dialogue to find the files that are referenced in our sheets, they like everything merged. &amp;nbsp;looks like they&amp;#39;re out of luck on this one and will just have to deal&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Merge a raster into a dgn file??</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/292647?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2014 19:00:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:11972896-b85f-4d59-8235-4de69e4a4f74</guid><dc:creator>Inga Morozoff</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/273/2014_2D00_07_2D00_17-12_2D00_59_2D00_15-PMxxx.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/690x0/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/273/2014_2D00_07_2D00_17-12_2D00_59_2D00_15-PMxxx.jpg" alt=" " border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And here is Mr. Chicken when doing a File &amp;gt; Import. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Merge a raster into a dgn file??</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/292645?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2014 18:56:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:876de8e4-551a-442b-96e3-b37685406f75</guid><dc:creator>Inga Morozoff</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;You can&amp;#39;t &amp;quot;merge&amp;quot; like you do a reference file, but you can paste an image from the system clipboard into the DGN. &amp;nbsp;To do that, open the image in an image editor such as SnagIt Editor, Windows Paint etc. &amp;nbsp;Select it and copy to the clipboard. &amp;nbsp;In MicroStation, select Edit &amp;gt; Paste Special &amp;gt; Device Independent Bitmap to Design File &amp;gt; Paste. &amp;nbsp;It&amp;#39;s not an ideal solution as there will be a noticeable loss of quality. &amp;nbsp; The chicken on the left is the image pasted into MicroStation, the image on the right is the original JPG.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/273/2014_2D00_07_2D00_17-12_2D00_54_2D00_17-PM.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/690x0/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/273/2014_2D00_07_2D00_17-12_2D00_54_2D00_17-PM.jpg" alt=" " border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Merge a raster into a dgn file??</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/292644?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2014 18:56:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:3b73dce9-ba60-46fd-87c5-a3949990fc82</guid><dc:creator>Tim Hickman</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;What type of image are we talking about ? Is it a small company logo ? or is it a large TOPO type aerial image ?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Merge a raster into a dgn file??</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/292642?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2014 18:52:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:521ca431-4e2f-42df-ad69-8aa89986f7cb</guid><dc:creator>Jason Gingrich</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;As George said above, the only way to do this is File - Import - Image. &amp;nbsp;Another drawback of importing an image is that the quality of the image is not as good as it would be if attached through Raster Manager.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Merge a raster into a dgn file??</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/292641?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2014 18:46:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:961f7bfa-402d-4b26-a699-a5fe447b71b7</guid><dc:creator>George A. Martin</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;File &amp;gt; Import &amp;gt; Image BUT I recommend referencing it (File &amp;gt; Raster Manager) rather than Importing because you have a lot more control over it&amp;#39;s display. It is easier to manipulate and the File Size is kept down! I don&amp;#39;t recommend Importing the Image into the dgn file.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>