News

Find all the latest news and announcements from Scan2CAD HQ in this section. We’ll discuss all the major steps in our software’s roadmap, alongside any relevant announcements for our product and the company. This section will also cover news items from a variety of topics related to raster to vector conversion, CAD, CNC, additive manufacturing, and other related fields. We’ll also be posting a monthly news roundup, World of CAD, which will cover major announcements from the key players in CAD and its related industries, and will also shine a spotlight on the many creative and innovative uses of CAD software.
News Roundup August 2016

World of CAD: July 2016

News Roundup August 2016

Welcome to World of CAD: Monthly News Roundup, Scan2CAD’s monthly look-back at the latest developments in the CAD industry. This month has seen the announcement of several new partnerships, and the unveiling of some exciting new products. Firstly, we’ve seen Microsoft officially launch their collaboration…

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World of CAD: Monthly News Roundup (June 2016)

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Welcome to World of CAD: Monthly News Roundup, Scan2CAD’s monthly look-back at the latest developments in the CAD industry. This month, we’ll be covering a wide range of developments in CAD and its related industries. We’ll start off by taking a…

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Five Surprising New Innovations in CNC

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It might be tempting to think of CNC as an ‘old’ technology – early forms of CNC were developed in the early 1950s, and by the seventies, CNC machining had become widespread throughout the manufacturing industry. But despite the saying, you…

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World of CAD: Monthly News Roundup (May 2016)

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Welcome to World of CAD: Monthly News Roundup, Scan2CAD’s monthly look-back at the latest developments in the CAD industry. In our May edition, we’ll be covering an exciting new technology which allows users to make edits as they print. We’ll also take…

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AutoCAD 2017 launched – New ways to share and create

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Autodesk – developer of AutoCAD and other design tools – released the latest version of its flagship program earlier this month. Freeing users from the single workstation by offering mobile solutions and allowing them working on the same projects across connected…

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Two Interesting Insights From ‘CAD Trends’ Survey

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A recent survey looking at CAD trends has revealed some interesting and sometimes surprising thoughts users have surrounding CAD technology. Research group Business Advantage’s ‘CAD Trends’ is an annual survey which aims to help the CAD industry better understand how CAD…

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Announcing Scan2CAD v9

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Today we are extremely excited to announce the release of Scan2CAD v9, our most powerful release to-date. This is a major update of Scan2CAD which sees a large number of enhancements and new features. All of the developments in v9 were driven…

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Catherine’s Christmas Wishlist

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We’ve taken a look at some of the most interesting CAD designs across the web and put together a Christmas wish list. From 3D jewellery to the clever Handibot, here’s the products that we hope to get in our stockings this…

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Will EDDY Revolutionise the Way CAD Professionals Work?

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EDDY stands for Electronic Drawings Display and forms a great part of Australian designer’s Austin Inglis’ goal to assist in the worldwide environmental pursuit of the paperless office. At the moment EDDY is currently a concept but it has the potential…

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OCR On Exploded Vector Text Supported

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After the successful release of Scan2CAD v8.0 with its multiple optimizing PDF to CAD features, Avia Systems has had many requests to add an OCR option for converting ‘exploded’ text to ‘proper’ editable ASCII text. As a reflection of Avia Systems…