What are TWAIN and WIA?

by Auntie on February 8, 2010

TWAIN and WIA are standards for communicating between imaging devices (e.g. scanners) and software applications.

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Another one for Auntie’s Ghastly Raster to Vector Gallery

by Auntie on February 1, 2010

Another image for Auntie’s Ghastly Gallery!

The sender of this image was particularly interested in converting the text.

Our Scan2CAD raster to vector converter has a capability for converting raster text to vector text using OCR. When you convert raster text using Scan2CAD’s OCR, the vector text is proper editable text rather than a series of uneditable lines and arcs. However, Scan2CAD’s OCR only recognizes raster text where certain conditions are met.

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What would happen to your Scan2CAD raster to vector conversion software if we suddenly disappeared?

January 22, 2010

The sad recent sudden death of Gary D’Arcy, the founder and driving force of drcauto, the pre-eminent Australian developer of add-ons for AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT, highlights the danger of buying software from small companies who require that it must be re-licensed every year.

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At last, more affordable A1 / D-size scanners!

January 18, 2010

A few years back we conducted a survey of our Scan2CAD users to find out what they wanted in a large format scanner. To our surprise, almost half said that an A1 / D-size wide format scanner would meet their needs. Price, as always, was the sticking point. Most wanted to pay no more than [...]

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Cold? Be cheered it’s not the Middle Ages …

January 8, 2010

Next week, I’ll start adding some posts that are actually relevant to raster to vector conversion. In the meantime, I’m going to do what the Brits do best and talk about the weather.
The main item of news here in England at the moment is the big freeze we’re having. Although it’s only a very [...]

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Merry Christmas!

December 24, 2009

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays, and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!

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Drawing outlines for raster to vector conversion

November 1, 2009

If you are drawing an outline that you want to convert to CAD using raster to vector conversion, it needs to be drawn as a single, strong, unambiguous line.

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Help! I’ve lost my Scan2CAD registration key. What now?

October 26, 2009

No problem!
If you lose the registration key for your Scan2CAD raster to vector conversion software, please just email us with your details. As soon as we’ve located you on our user records, we will re-send you your key.

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What tolerances can you expect from raster to vector conversion?

October 19, 2009

I am sometimes asked whether our Scan2CAD raster to vector conversion software will convert to tolerances of hundredths, or even thousandths of an inch.

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The Nice Niece goes pickpocketing

October 19, 2009

Another post that has nothing whatsoever to do with raster to vector conversion. Here are some photos of the Nice Niece doing a spot of pickpocketing.

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