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ArchiCAD is one of the more popular BIM cad programs being used today. It’s known for its top-of-the-line solutions for all steps of the design and construction process. If you’ve used it before, you’ll know how versatile and useful it is…
My, how time flies! This is already the third roundup of all things design and engineering for this year, and we have a lot to share with you from the stories we followed this March. From the design announcement of the…
The NHS is the National Health Service provider in the UK, free for all citizens, employing approximately 1.6 million professionals who serve over 1 million patients every 36 hours. The NHS provides a full spectrum of healthcare from minor care services to…
ArchiCAD is a popular architectural BIM CAD software utilized all over the world today. Developed by Hungarian company Graphisoft in 1982 originally for the Apple Macintosh, it was officially launched in 1987 and is regarded as the first implementation of Building…
Today sees the release of Scan2CAD 10.1.0 (which we’ve lovingly named Galois). This release features a number of significant improvements focussed on building a better user experience. With 10.1.0, Scan2CAD is more intuitive than ever, enabling users to become successful with…
Welcome to Scan2CAD’s news roundup for the month of February! In this edition we will take a look at several big stories in the areas of architecture, design, engineering, and technology, including major announcements about the soon-to-be-built London Centre for Music,…
If you work with AutoCAD you have probably had a regular requirement to convert an image to an AutoCAD format. The problem is that many conversion solutions will not give you the results you require. In this post we’ll discuss how…
If this isn’t your first time to this blog, you’ll know that we’re forever touting the benefits of converting your images from raster to vector. And for good reason—you simply can’t get the full potential from your technical drawings while they’re…
Welcome to Scan2CAD’s first news roundup of the year! As we say goodbye to January, we’re looking back at the stories that caught our eye from the fields of architecture, engineering, design and CAD. This month’s roundup features the 100-year anniversary…
Cast your mind back to the mid-2000s. It was a very different era in many fields—particularly when it came to CAD. At that time, working with CAD meant working at a desktop computer. Laptops simply didn’t have the capabilities to deal with…
SketchUp is a popular, versatile 3D modeling program that’s used around the world by students, hobbyists and professionals in a wide range of industries and sectors. Offering both a free and pro version to users, SketchUp can be used to create…
Dassault Systèmes’ SolidWorks is often the CAD program of choice for those in the design industry (and beyond) whose main focus is solid modelling. And you can see why. The highly sophisticated software includes a vast range of capabilities, helping people from…
While most of Scan2CAD’s users can be found in fields such as architecture or engineering, our software has applications far beyond the AEC sector. Jacob Martin, a graduate student at Texas A&M University, saw how useful Scan2CAD could be when converting Electrical…
Welcome to Scan2CAD’s final news roundup of the year! As we approach the New Year’s festivities, it’s time to take a look back at what the last month of 2018 had to offer us. This month’s roundup features new designs from…
Scan2CAD knows all too well how difficult it can be for CAD enthusiasts and professionals alike to figure out the differences between CAD packages. With conflicting information—or none at all—there’s no real way of finding out what capabilities each program has….
The rise of online platforms and the ever-expanding influence of social media has completely changed the way we approach business. In this day and age, if you don’t have an online profile, you’re missing out on a whole host of prospective…
CAD skills open up doors to a vast range of careers across some of the most exciting industries to work for. This, then, leaves you with an important question: where to apply? If you’re looking for a company with a big…
Whether you’re a CAD pro or someone who just likes to dabble in design, it’s likely you’ve seen the term ‘AEC‘ crop up more than once. It’s used to describe software collections, sectors of business and a range of communities that…
It’s difficult to find an industry nowadays that isn’t in any way dependent on CAD software to turn ideas into a finished product—whether it’s architecture, mechanical engineering or even gaming. This growing need for CAD has, of course, led to the…
As a comprehensive raster-to-vector solution, Scan2CAD acts as the bridge between an initial sketch and a professional CAD drawing. After converting their drawings in Scan2CAD, our users go on to use a wide array of CAD software—and, naturally, we often get…
