Drawing Conversion Costs Got You Down?

When you need to make a change…

Are you:

…recreating in CAD

…redrafting on Paper

…editing on the Original Print

…feeling like you are going back in time with every edit?

Wanna learn how to easily handle changes on your paper drawings?

Consider Raster Editing, Hybrid Editing or Raster-to-Vector

Conversion Software

But, let’s side-step here for a minute and look at what is “raster”

and “vector”

Center Point: 5.5 Radius: 5”

Thickness: 0.1”

300 dpi

Raster image files created by scanners are

composed of a series of dots or pixels.

Vector files are defined by specific

points in a coordinate system

Okay, back to it, let’s look at raster editing first.

Okay, back to it, let’s look at raster editing first.

It’s not your father’s raster editing anymore…

It’s not your father’s raster editing anymore…

Today’s raster editing is

sophisticated and highly

functional…allowing you to

edit raster with vector-like

tools and interface.

Okay, back to it, let’s look at raster editing first.

We’ll take a look at GTXRaster CAD for raster editing and I’ll

show you what I mean…

GTXRaster CAD™ Series Version 14.0

411

• Mechanical CAD (MCAD)

• Automated Mapping and Facilities Management

(AM/FM)

• Architectural, Engineering, and Construction (AEC)

• Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

• Power Generation

• Oil and Gas

• Military/Government

• Service Bureau

GTX is Ideal for:

The magic of

GTXRaster CAD starts

with Intelligent Object Picking™.

Yes, “Picking”

IOP

IOP

pick raster entities from the

drawing as if they were

intelligent CAD entities

IOP:

IOP Example

Paintbrush Editor

X X

Intelligent Object Picking Overdraw with Color

Low-level—Your Father’s Raster Editing Your Raster Editing

Diverse IOP tools allow selection of very specific objects and text. Below, a variety of tools were used to select part of the

raster image. “Green” indicates an IOP selection

As you can see, IOP can be

very precise.

And, because the GTXRaster CAD Series is

integrated with AutoCAD’s Image Support

Module, all commands, menus and

toolbars are consistent with

AutoCAD 2014, lowering

your training costs.

Once raster has been selected with IOP…

• Move

• Copy/Paste

• Resize

• Erase

• Rotate

• Snap to Grid

For instance, select the raster circle and

change it's diameter, just like in CAD.

Also, add or remove raster objects

• Circles

• Squares

• Lines

• Text

• Polygons

Oh wait, one more tangent… An important part of using your paper

drawings for raster editing is cleaning

the scanned image once the drawing

has been scanned.

This can be especially valuable if your

drawings are old or damaged.

Oh wait, one more tangent… An important part of using your paper

drawings for raster editing is cleaning

the scanned image once the drawing

has been scanned.

This can be especially valuable if your

drawings are old or damaged.

GTXRaster CAD offers automatic or

manual deskewing and despeckling

and this should be done first, before

raster editing.

See the Magic…

GTXRaster CAD offers other Intelligent Enhancement features such as “Remove Solid Entity”

Now if your drawing is: • complex

• needs complex changes

• needs frequent changes

And

You have trained personnel and a budget for CAD…

Consider Hybrid Editing or Raster-to-Vector

Conversion

Hybrid editing allows you to:

• only “vectorize” the area of the drawing you

are working on

• create and overlay vector elements on the

raster, taking advantage of vector tools

• make changes with raster editing tools

• save the file with both raster and vector

information or burn it back to raster

Hybrid: combination of raster and vector

• modifications can be made in either

• use selective conversion as needed

With Raster-to-Vector Conversion:

Quickly convert any or all selected raster into rectified

and accurate AutoCAD entities.

Recognizes line styles, splines, cross-hatching,

arrowheads, and also has the ability to set a gap jump

variable to further increase conversion accuracy

With Raster-to-Vector Conversion:

Quickly convert any or all selected raster into rectified

and accurate AutoCAD entities.

Recognizes line styles, splines, cross-hatching,

arrowheads, and also has the ability to set a gap jump

variable to further increase conversion accuracy Result: 100% AutoCAD compatible file after

full conversion

RtoV Settings Option: CAD Type Conversion

RtoV Settings Option: Ortho Type Conversion

RtoV Settings Option: Outline Conversion

RtoV Settings Option: Text Conversion

And let’s talk about Text Conversion some more.

Text typically comprises 20% of engineering drawings.

• based on hybrid neural-net technology

• “train” to automatically recognize text characters

associated with your drafting style

• dictionary look-up and pattern matching help

recognize complicated text, such as part numbers.

GTX’s Intelligent Character Recognition quickly converts raster text.

After conversion, GTX Vector Cleanup

Commands aid in cleaning up drawings

after conversion from raster…

…extend endpoints to

intersections, make circles alike

in radius, and much more.

And we could go on and on….

• Color tools: reduction, separation

• Stable, proven technology

• Minimal training required

• TIFF, CALS, PDF & other standard input

• Export to DWF, DXF, & many AutoCAD

versions

• GTXImage CAD includes an OEM

AutoCAD license

• Available in English, German & French

But it’s time to stop for now

Windham Document Systems, providing proven solutions

that increase the value and life of your drawings and archives

for over 25 years.

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GTX Master Distributor:

GTXRaster CAD Series

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Contact us to learn more about • Drawing archive, • Convert drawings, • Raster editing, • Edit drawings, • AutoCAD tool, • Drawing library, • Edit paper drawing, • Edit scanned drawing, • How to edit raster, • How to convert drawing,GTX, • Cleanup scanned drawings • Convert PDF to CAD • Scan to CAD • TIF to CAD • Manage old drawings • Redrawing • Hybrid drawings • IOP

Our Thanks to:

GTX Corporation US toll free: (800) 879-8284

info@gtx.com

www.gtx.com

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+44 (0)1256.814444

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