Whether you can open an AutoCAD Raster Design toolset drawing in another Autodesk application depends on the type of image included in the drawing:
AutoCAD image objects can be displayed in the standard version of other Autodesk products such as AutoCAD
2026 and AutoCAD Map 3D
2026 toolset. The format of this image type can be:
- 1-bit bitonal
- 4- or 8-bit grayscale
- 8-bit index color
- 24-bit true color
AutoCAD Raster Design toolset image objects can be displayed in other Autodesk products that include the Raster Design Object Enabler. The format of this image type can be:
- single-band floating-point digital elevation model (DEM)
- 16- or 32-bit single-band integer
- 8- or 16-bit multiband multispectral
The following Autodesk products include the Raster Design Object Enabler:
- AutoCAD® 2026
- AutoCAD® Architecture 2026 toolset
- Autodesk® Civil 3D® 2026
- AutoCAD® Electrical 2026 toolset
- AutoCAD® Map 3D 2026 toolset
- AutoCAD® Mechanical 2026 toolset
- AutoCAD® MEP 2026 toolset
- AutoCAD® Plant 3D 2026 toolset