If you want to produce a vector representation of a raster image, you need to use a technique called image tracing. This involves drawing over the outline of your raster image with vector entities such as lines, polygons, bezier curves and many other vector entities. There…
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Tracing: Manual or Automatic? Everything You Need to Know
Whilst raster and vector files both display images, they do so in completely different ways. Raster images make use of thousands of individual pixels, displayed on a rectangular grid, to convey color information. Vector images, meanwhile, are made up of mathematically-defined paths, which act…
Convert Your Raster Image to DXF for GIS Applications
Every building, road, and fixed structure in the world has geographic information. This enables it to be located on a map, and displayed alongside relevant data. Geographic information is now so ubiquitous that 80% of the world’s stored information contains a geographic…
Common DWG Conversion Problems
With its rich features and status as the native file format for AutoCAD, it’s easy to see why many designers want to convert to DWG. Whilst conversion is a complex process, that doesn’t mean that it has to be difficult. Scan2CAD makes…
Explained: Raster versus Vector
There are two types of computer graphics: raster images and vector images. Whilst they perform similar roles, the way that they work is completely different. Whether you’re a computer graphics expert or a complete newcomer, there’s always more to learn about rasters and…
Which Vector File Type Should I Choose?
The reasons to convert from raster to vector are obvious. Vector graphics are editable and scalable, and won’t lose quality. Once you’ve converted, however, there’s another choice to make: which vector file type should you choose? Though there are many vector graphics formats available, CAD…
Ultimate Guide: PNG-to-DWG Conversion
Are you trying to convert PNG images to a DWG file? Well, look no further! The Ultimate Guide: PNG to DWG Conversion is a comprehensive source for all conversion questions on the Internet. We’ve included step-by-step instructions on how to go…
Converting Photos to CAD: What Is (and Isn’t) Possible
Converting from raster to vector is a pretty complex process. Whilst both types of file display graphical data, they operate entirely differently. Raster images are like paintings; composed of thousands of tiny, individually-colored pixels. Vector images, meanwhile, are more like a…
Converting from TIFF to DXF — Your ultimate guide
In the graphic design, photography, and publishing industries, TIFF is the image format of choice. TIFF is a file format used to store raster images, and TIFF images can be saved as .tiff or .tif files. TIFF stands for Tagged Image File Format, and is…
8 Tips to Take your Ideas from Design to CNC Fabrication
Scan2CAD is used throughout the CNC process — from sketch, to CAD design and finally, fabricated in CNC! This document walks you through the most common design approaches. Our experts also share 8 top tips that you should take note of…
Free Download: Scan2CAD, the market-leading PDF-to-DXF converter
Every CAD or CNC professional (and computer user) comes across hundreds of PDF files in their career. After all, it’s the standard file format used in document exchange, given its wide compatibility across all devices and software. These PDF files contain valuable…
Using Scan2CAD: How to Convert Your Image to DWG
The DWG file format has been in existence for over three decades, and in that time it’s grown to become probably the most popular format for CAD drawings. Whilst a myriad of other formats exist, DWG’s status as the native file format…
Common DXF Conversion Problems (and How to Avoid Them)
When it comes to DXF conversion, you want it to be as quick and painless as possible. After all, the CAD/CNC file you require should only be a few mouse clicks away. In most cases, just following our quick guide to…
Top 5 Reasons People Convert to DWG
The option to automatically convert files into DWG format is new to Scan2CAD v9. Those of you who use CAD regularly will be aware of the possibilities this opens up for the design process. Here, we’ll talk you through the underlying…
How does OCR Work? A Short Explanation
‘Optical Character Recognition’ – or OCR – is a process which allows us to convert text contained in images into editable documents. OCR can extract text from a scanned document or an image of a document; really, any image with text in it. This technology is…
Overview: DWG Conversion
DWG files are widely used in the CAD industry, mostly with the filetype’s creator AutoCAD. However, the common CAD workflow requires drawing files to be passed between colleagues with different CAD programs, with varying CAD skills. This can involve converting the DWG…
Beware! 5 Pitfalls of Online File Converters
Just Google “convert PDF to DXF” (or any two file formats you’d like to convert to and from) and you’ll be presented with many online file converters. These websites make fancy promises too – “Just upload your file and we’ll get…
FAQs: DXF Conversion
Want to convert a file to DXF file format? With its ability to be used across different CAD programs, it’s easy to see why it’s so popular. You might not know, however, that converting files to DXF is a breeze. So…
Which Vectorization Settings Should You Use?
Converting raster images to vector format is a little like magic – it all happens in a single click! Of course, users need to know the right spell to cast (well, the right vectorization type setting to apply). Scan2CAD comes with a…
Ultimate Guide: Convert PNG to DXF — how, why, tips, tricks, and more!
PNG images are one of the most popular image types on the Internet. It’s the file format of choice when it comes to sharing photos and images; this is because the PNG file format supports lossless data compression and maintains the…