Convert scanned drawings to CAD with Scan2CAD Pro

Edited by the Processingtalk editorial team Sep 18, 2006

Engineers and managers in the process industries can now convert scanned drawings into CAD DXF files FREE for a limited period using the new Scan2CAD Pro evaluation programme

Engineers and managers in the process industries can now convert scanned drawings into CAD DXF files FREE for a limited period using the new Scan2CAD Pro evaluation programme.

Softcover International, the publisher of Scan2CAD raster to vector conversion software, have released a 14-day full-working trial of their industry leading converter.

This new Softcover trial programme gives processing engineers and plant managers unrestricted access to the full power of Scan2CAD Pro for the conversion of scanned drawings, schematics, sketches, etc, into DXF files for editing in CAD.

At the end of the 14-day trial period Scan2CAD Pro vector save will be disabled: however, the Scan2CAD Pro powerful raster editing tools will remain available to the user.

The Scan2CAD trial will continue to work as a free, fully-working raster editor for tidying-up scanned drawings.

The new Scan2CAD Pro trial programme can be downloaded from the website, now.

The Scan2CAD Pro trial loads all popular raster file formats, like BMP, TIF, PNG, etc, and will convert these to DXF which can be opened and edited in any PC CAD programme, like AutoCAD, etc.

There are no restrictions on the size of the drawings that the Scan2CAD trial will open and convert.

It will convert drawings up to A0-size and larger into DXF for editing in any PC CAD, CNC, GIS or mapping programme.

The Scan2CAD Pro trial will convert as many drawings during the evaluation period as the user can process.

Drawings can be converted singly or en masse using the Scan2CAD batch facility for automated raster editing and or vectorisation of monochrome (black and white), greyscale and colour raster images.

The Scan2CAD Pro trial will save monochrome or colour DXF files with or without OCR text recognition.

Users wanting to test the Scan2CAD Pro OCR can even train an OCR neural net to extend text recognition to non-standard fonts.

At the end of the 14-day trial period Scan2CAD vector save, batch processing, command line and OCR font training will be disabled.

However, the expired trial programme will continue to work as a free raster editor.

The trial programme will continue to load raster files or scan from scanners which support TWAIN-compliance, including Colortrac, Contex and Graphtec wide format scanners.

Useful raster editing tools, like auto-rotate, despeckle, thresholding, smooth lines, enter raster text, etc, allow users tidy up and enhance scanned CAD images for free! The Scan2CAD Pro Trial includes.

* Complete Scan2CAD Pro functionality.

* Substantial technical documentation, including.

* Comprehensive, illustrated Help.

* Scan2CAD Hints and Tips (PDF, 17 pages).

* Andrea's Real World Guide to Vectorisation (PDF, 15 pages).

* Free email technical support to anyone using the trial or subsequently the raster editor.

Key Scan2CAD features.

* Converts scanned raster images into editable CAD DXF files.

* Powerful raster editing with auto-rotate, despeckle and thresholding.

* NO paper-size restrictions - converts all drawing sizes up to A0+.

* Converts standard raster file formats (TIFF, BMP, CALS, PNG, JPG, etc).

* Converts monochrome (black/white), grayscale and colour raster files.