Currently I am able to attach the Bing Maps background to my file . The issue is I want to be able to clip, edit (contrast and brightness), and ultimately print the background map with my design overlayed. Is there a way to clip the bing maps, or perhaps easily import it as a raster image?
That was my problem, it was coming in on a Construction level. Thanks Eddie!
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Chris - You may want to verify that you've placed it on a level that will plot and the Class is set to Primary (not Construction).
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Sina, I followed your steps and am able to get the aerial map to show in my sheets created through Named Boundaries. However, when I try to print to a PDF, the aerial doesn't print. Is there another step that I am missing?
Chris
Hi Scott, it's been a while since your question, but I'm putting the answer to this issue in this tread, in case anyone else came across the same question. I'm using OpenRail, which is similar to the OpenRoad:
After adjusting the Coordinate System, go to Home>Primary>Attach Tools>Raster Manager
in Raster Manager, on the top left go to File>Attach>Bing Maps... here you can change the layer you want to be displayed, contrast, etc. then select "Attach". Now Bing Map is acting like any other Raster in your design file. When you plot your drawing it should show up on the paper like any other raster.
Of course you can use "Clip" or "Mask" commands to pick the area of this background around your design and adjust it to fit your plot sheet.
Hope it helps.
I do have that option checked, but I don't think its recognizing the background view as a raster. I guess I'm trying to replace what I would normally do as a raster image. I would in the past bring in the aerial image as a raster in its own .dgn then reference as needed. Some clients require an aerial image at a specified contrast/brightness. Was hoping to find a way to use this function to decrease .dgns and image sizes.