From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Mending breaks in raster lines for successful raster to vector conversion

August 29, 2009

One of the images I was emailed this week to do a sample raster to vector conversion on with Scan2CAD was the outline of a spindle, some parts of which were very broken up.

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Steam locomotive pictures

August 26, 2009

While I was looking for a photo of Ilfracombe to use in my last post, I came across the pictures below. They were taken at London’s Kings Cross Station last month. I thought I would post them here as I know that many raster to vector users are keen on steam locomotives!

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Taking time out from raster to vector conversion!

August 25, 2009

My apologies for the gap in posts! I have been taking a break from raster to vector conversion.
I took a vacation in Ilfracombe – a small seaside town in the south west of England. Although Ilfracombe was a major tourist destination in the late 1800s, cheap flights to warmer climes have stolen most of its [...]

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Is there a maintenance fee for Scan2CAD raster to vector software?

August 14, 2009

No, there is no maintenance fee for Scan2CAD raster to vector conversion software.
Minor Scan2CAD upgrades and technical support are free of charge.

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Scan2CAD talks to PDF2CAD

August 7, 2009

In our last post we looked at converting PDF files to CAD. While our Scan2CAD raster to vector conversion software can convert raster PDF files to CAD, it cannot convert vector PDF files which are, internally, quite different.
For a while now we have been partnering with Visual Integrity, the publisher of PDF2CAD, which converts vector [...]

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Converting PDF files to CAD

August 5, 2009

If you want to convert a PDF file to CAD, you need to be aware that there are two types of PDF file, raster and vector.
Internally, the two types of PDF file are quite different. Converting them to a CAD file format such as DXF requires different processes.

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