Summary: Raster to Vector Image

[Bridget M Kerr <BMKerr -at- MAIL -dot- DELCOELECT -dot- COM>]

Bridget M Kerr -at- DELCO on 08-25-98 01:47:25 PM

Many thanks to all who offered suggestions as to how I can convert a raster
image
into a vector format for use in a CAD program.

Here's a summary of the responses I received, for everyone's reference.

Thanks again!

Bridget Kerr
bmkerr -at- mail -dot- delcoelect -dot- com


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Adobe Streamline is probably the best known tool for turning bitmaps
into vectors, but most graphics packages have their own utility for
doing this buried somewhere in the interface.

--Geoff Hart @8^^{)}
geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca


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It's been a long time since I've worked with AutoCAD, but you should
(at least with R13) be able to vector a bitmap or tiff (it may have to be a
tiff). I'm sorry I'm not more help than that, but I thought you should
know that AutoCAD does have this ability, although it's not always
perfect. It basically just traces the lines on the bitmap/tiff.

Joe

Joe -dot- Wright -at- FMR -dot- com


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No matter what you may be told, there are absolutely no reliable
raster-to-vector tools for the type of application you describe. There are
some very expensive raster-to-vector tools that can convert information
such as electric schematics with a great deal of success.

What you need to do is send a scanned copy of the image to a studio (such
as mine) for conversion into a vector format via an electronic "tracing"
process and have the file returned to you in a CAD format (ie. DWG, DXF,
IGES). However,  I can also give you the same file in other raster or
vector formats:

EPSF
Adobe 1.1 or 88
IGES
DXF
HPGL
CGM
PICT
TIFF
BMP
PCX
CALS RASTER

This is a simple task. I can supply you with a quote if you send me an
electronic copy (or a fax) of the image in question. Unless the image is
complex, this process should only take a couple hours. If the image is
simple, I won't even charge you for the service.

Michael J. Maloney
President, EPIC Creative Services
President, ISTI (International Society for Technical Illustrators)


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Adobe Streamline will take care of the problem for you!

LizakKristin -at- JDCORP -dot- deere -dot- com


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If you have AutoCAD Release 14, you can import TIFF files into it and
have them saved in *.dwg and *.dxf format. :D

I found this out two years ago when we got the latest release in-house
at my last permanent job.

George Mena

George -dot- Mena -at- esstech -dot- com


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I assume you've already had a number of responses--here's my input.
I asked our resident graphic artist and he said:

"I would guess that something in Corel might do that. On the Mac I
have Adobe Streamline, which does an okay job, with minor tweaking."

Tammy
tammyh -at- fgm -dot- com

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