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News Release from: Softcover International | Subject: Scan2CAD video
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 20 February 2001
Free video demonstrates raster-vector
conversion
A new, free downloadable video tutorial shows electronics engineers how to convert scanned drawings and PCB layouts etc, into CAD files in just a few minutes.
A new, free downloadable video tutorial shows electronics engineers how to convert scanned drawings and PCB layouts etc, into CAD files in just a few minutes Softcover, the publisher of Scan2CAD, a leading low-cost raster to vector convertor, has introduced the free video tutorial to show electronics engineers how to quickly convert scanned images (raster files) into a DXF (vector file) format that can be edited in any PC CAD and DXF-reading PCB program
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 14 Dec 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Scanners of all sizes are increasingly to be seen in drawing offices and alongside PCs on the desks of electronics engineers.
However, their usefulness is limited because most PC CAD and PCB programs only allow the scanned drawing to be viewed and traced over, not edited.
(CAD programs work with vector, not raster data).
As a result, electronics engineers need raster to vector conversion software like Scan2CAD to convert the raster file into CAD-editable vector lines, arcs, circles and text.
Once converted to DXF these drawing elements can be edited in any PC CAD program, thus saving the CAD user considerable redrawing time.
The video runs on any Windows PC with Win 95 or higher.
No software is needed to view it.
The video guides the viewer through the vectorisation process with voice-over instructions.
It covers raster file import, raster clean-up using tools like Despeckle and Rotate and basic OCR (text) recognition.
The video tutorial can be downloaded from the Softcover website.
It is about 2.3Mbyte, and downloads in approximately 12 minutes using a 33Kbit/s modem.
A full working evaluation version of Scan2CAD can also be downloaded from the same web address.
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