Can I upgrade my copy of Scan2CAD even if I’ve lost my older copy?

by Auntie on March 25, 2010

I recently migrated to a spanking new Win 7 PC and have been installing all the software that I use onto it (a long job!). Unfortunately, some of my software is an upgrade of an upgrade of an upgrade! [click to continue…]

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Will Scan2CAD support my scanner?

by Auntie on March 17, 2010

Scan2CAD raster to vector conversion software supports all desktop and wide format scanners, either directly or indirectly.

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Manual redrawing services versus automatic raster to vector conversion

March 10, 2010

Manual redrawing services providing paper to CAD conversion seldom say anything positive about the benefits of automatic raster to vector conversion software which provides many AEC, CAD, CAM, GIS and CNC users with a fast and affordable vectorization solution.
Why do most paper to CAD conversion services ignore the positive benefits in automatic raster to vector [...]

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Do affordable A2 / C-size scanners exist for CAD and CNC work?

February 22, 2010

Over the years we have received many enquiries from our Scan2CAD raster to vector conversion software users for an A2 / C-size wide format scanner with which to scan monochrome CAD technical drawings and or CNC shapes and profiles.
Most enquirers expect such a medium-size scanner to be affordably priced and widely available. However, typing [...]

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Taking photographs for raster to vector conversion

February 16, 2010

Users sometimes send us photos of objects they’d like to vectorize the outline of using our Scan2CAD raster to vector conversion software.
Unfortunately, using raster to vector software to vectorize the outline of an object on a photo is not as simple as it sounds. One reason for this is that before you can vectorize the [...]

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What are TWAIN and WIA?

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

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 [...]

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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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