Raster to Vector Conversion Software, Auto Cad Cam, Free Raster to Vector Software

Features List

CadCam R2V is based on even easier processes than other available raster-to-vector converters in the market. Its functionality is divided into two separate parts into two Versions. Raster-to-vector converter ver1 performs all the common features of a base converter in a promo/giveaway type. The Pro-Version has more advanced programming features like scanning, display of files, features of all other CAD Programmers available online. The users will find all what they would get different things on different sites.

Scan from inside CadCam R2v using TWAIN (Acquire).

Use any TWAIN-compliant scanner of any size.

Use any scanner of any size whose software saves standard raster files.

If you have a desktop scanner, you can scan large drawings as a series of "tiles" that you can assemble, merge and vectorize inside CadCam R2v:

Use Acquire to grab scanner-sized "tiles" from large drawings.
Alternatively, load tiles that have been saved as separate raster files.
Re-assemble the drawing using accurate move, deskew and merge tools.
Tidy up and vectorize the drawing in the normal way.
Save As DXF to the same size and scale as the original

Load and save:

BMP
CALS (Type 1 - .CAL, .CALS, .GP4, .CG4, .MIL)
GIF (not recommended)
IMG
JPEG (not recommended)
PCX
PNG
TIFF
GeoTIFF

CadCam R2v does not support multi-layer/page TIFF files.

In theory the maximum raster image size that CadCam R2v will handle is 32,000 x 32,000 pixels.

This equates approximately to a 13.3 foot x 13.3 foot or 4m x 4m drawing scanned at 200 dpi or an 8.8 foot x 8.8 foot or 2.7m x 2.7m drawing scanned at 300 dpi. For most drawings 200 or 300 dpi is optimal.

In practice the maximum raster image size that CadCam R2v will handle is determined by your PC's system resources - for example the amount of physical and virtual RAM it has.

Load black and white, grayscale and color raster images - 1 Bit, 4 Bit, 8 Bit and 24 Bit.

Convert between raster file types - e.g. load a raster image as a BMP file and save it as a compressed TIFF file to save disk space.

View raster images

Zoom into a selected area; zoom about the cursor position; zoom about the screen center; zoom extents; step back through the last ten views.

Pan.

Display a grid of raster pixels.

View the image's color palette, the colors that are used in the palette and a histogram of the colors that are used in the palette.

View raster image statistics - file size, color depth, dpi.

Edit raster images - raster effects and clean up tools

Most raster effects and clean up tools are color aware and can be restricted to work on a single color.	Before	After
Automatically remove speckles caused by dirt, stains etc. (despeckle) or quickly erase dirty areas using area erase and flood fill.
Fill holes.
Thin lines.
Thicken lines.
Thicken pixels - useful for filling dithered lines.
Smooth - removes "hairs" from "hairy-looking" images.
Outline solid raster areas.
Remove speckles of color to make colors more uniform.
Detect edges between different colors.
Simple or Adaptive Threshold - dynamically convert grayscale and color raster images to black and white to get the clearest possible image on the cleanest possible background.
Negate or invert images to make black areas white and white areas black.
Mirror images vertically or horizontally.
Rotate images through 90, 180 or 270 degrees, by user-defined degrees or by fraction of a degree.
One click Auto Deskew, or straighten images to a reference line.
Scale images in the X and or Y directions to make them larger or smaller.
Increase or decrease brightness and contrast.
Crop.
Warp images to user-defined control points (rubber-sheeting).

Edit raster images - raster draw and erase tools

Set pen / eraser thickness and pen color.

Three cursor options - Graphic, Pointer or Guide Line (cross-hairs). Cursor visually shows pen thickness.

Draw or erase pixels (points), lines, ortho lines, rectangles, circles, arcs, Bezier curves, solid filled areas and freehand sketches.

Flood fill.

Enter TrueType font raster text - select font, size, embolden, italicize, move text into logo layouts.

Edit raster images - cut, copy, move and paste

Move areas of the raster image.

Cut, copy and paste within CadCam R2v.

Paste raster images from other applications.

Edit raster images - color palette editing tools

	Before	After
Automatically reduce the number of colors used on the image - makes colors more uniform for color vectorization.
Manually reduce the number of colors used on the image. Display a histogram of colors to help choose which colors to reduce to.
Decrease or increase color depth.
Change one color on the raster image to another.
Change the palette so that it matches the palette in your CAD program.

Vectorization - vector recognition

Identifies continuous lines, dash and dash dot lines, arrow lines, hatch lines, polylines, circles, arcs or Bezier curves and text.

Choose from ten supplied default conversion types for quick and easy results - use the one that best describes your drawing:

Architectural.
Electrical.
Mechanical.
CNC Profile.
Site Plan.
Contour Map.
Sketch (traces every detail of a raster image using many short lines).
Outline (outlines solid areas of black or color).
Scanline (creates an exact vector copy of the raster original. The vector image is made up of many closely spaced parallel horizontal lines).
User (your own user-defined settings).

Default conversion types give good results on most drawings but easy to use settings let you control the conversion process if you want to. Settings include:

Center line tracking, outline tracking or both.	Center line	Outline
Control whether vectors follow the raster image loosely (produces less vectors) or closely (produces more vectors).	Loose	Close
Specify a Gap Jump Distance - CadCam R2v jumps over any gaps in the raster image that are smaller than the value you specify, allowing continuous vectors to be produced over broken raster lines.	Gaps	Gaps jumped
Specify a Loose Ends Length - CadCam R2v removes "loose end" vectors shorter than the value you specify.	Loose ends	Loose ends removed
Choose to have vectors join or pass at intersections.	Join	Pass
Align the vectors to a grid.	Not aligned	Aligned
Snap angled lines that deviate slightly from 0 or 90 degrees to 0 or 90 degrees. Snap angled lines that deviate slightly from 30 or 120 degrees to 30 or 120 degrees. Snap angled lines that deviate slightly from 45 or 135 degrees to 45 or 135 degrees. Snap angled lines that deviate slightly from 60 or 150 degrees to 60 or 150 degrees.	0 and 90 degree snap off	0 and 90 degree snap on
Optionally identify dash and dash dot lines, arrow lines, hatch lines, polylines, circles, arcs and Bezier curves.	Dash line identification off	Dash line identification on

In the illustrations above the raster image is shown in gray and vectors are superimposed in black. Where relevant vector ends are enclosed in small squares.

Save your own conversion settings as default.

Convert the whole raster image, or just part of it. Convert different parts of the image using different conversion settings.

Convert vectors separately or at the same time as text.

Convert one, some or all the colors in a color raster image.

Raster

Vector

Vectorization - OCR text recognition and font training

Convert text using OCR - turns text into editable vector text rather than text made up of small lines.

Raster

Vector

OCR conversion settings include:

Set Character Rotation so text is recognized the right way up.
Choose Character Set - Standard recognizes all characters, Number recognizes numbers and symbols only.
Split touching characters - may improve text recognition where raster characters have bled into each other.

Convert text on the whole raster image, or just part of it. Convert text on different parts of the image using different OCR conversion settings.

Convert text separately or at the same time as other drawing elements.

Train CadCam R2v to recognize a wider range of fonts, including your own non-standard (e.g. hand drawn, stencilled) fonts.

Vectorization - batch vectorization

Specify multiple raster images for conversion at a convenient time - like during lunch or overnight when you are not using your PC.

Batch process includes pre-conversion raster tidy up options - Speckle Removal, Hole Removal, Thicken Line, Thicken Pixels, Smooth.

Create vector TrueType font outlines

Select a font.
Write some text.
The text is converted to 100% accurate vector outlines that you can export to your CAD or CNC program as DXF.