Our development team, on top of getting ready for a big release in the fourth quarter, has released an update to our popular ECW Plug-in for AutoCAD. The plug-in allows massive images to be viewed with ease in an AutoCAD environment. The images can be accessed locally (in ECW or JPEG 2000 format), or even better, via ECWP from Image Web Server.
The new version resolves some issues with AutoCAD 2009, when it had the latest service pack applied to it.
At the same time, the developer looking at the AutoCAD plugin, David Carter, also managed to extend support to AutoCAD Map and Map 3D. There has been some demand for this in the past, so I am hoping that this inclusion will make a few people happy out there.
You can download the plug-in from:
http://www.erdas.com/tabid/84/currentid/2508/tabview/downloads/default.aspx
Specifically, you want to get the file:
AutoCAD 2007 / 2008 / 2009 + AutoCAD Map 2008 / 2009 ECW JPEG 2000 plug-in 2.3
We are aware that the install process may not be smooth for people with a custom install of AutoCAD. If you fall into this category, we have some simple instructions for a
Manual install of ERDAS AutoCAD v2.3.doc
The plug-ins are provided free-of-charge, and we hope you find them useful. If you have any questions, please post them in the ERDAS Community Forum at
http://community.erdas.com/ .