From the monthly archives:

February 2010

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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