RasterVect Free Edition

RasterVect Free Edition, a safe and effective software applicable for converting paper drawings or raster images into a vector format.
This exclusive software is perfect for converting your scanned paper drawings, charts, maps and schemes for input to CAD systems for the purpose of editing a raster file. The tool provides TWAIN and WIA support for importing images from any scanner. The converted vector formats like: DXF, WMF, EMF, EPS and AI are supported by almost all CAD applications like; AutoCAD and Corel Draw. It also supports other features like: viewing tools for zooming, scrolling and color selection; four different conversion methods, black and white and color vectorizing, support orthogonal lines, inclined lines, polygons, arcs and circles recognition; supports ORTHO and SNAP modes, supports batch mode, supports all popular input and output formats, and much more.
The Win98/95/Me/NT/2000/XP compatible tool supports various raster formats, such as BMP, GIF, TIFF, JPEG, PNG, and so on.

If you want to edit a raster file in your CAD program, you first have to convert it to a vector file. RasterVect does just that, transforming paper drawings or raster images into a vector format. Raster images can be imported by scanning original paper drawings. There is TWAIN and WIA support for importing from all scanners. The target vector formats (DXF, WMF, EMF, EPS and AI) are supported by most CAD applications that use vector graphics, such as Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, AutoCAD. There are viewing tools like zooming, scrolling and color selection. Features: Recognizes orthogonal and inclined lines, arcs and circles; Has modes ORTHO, SNAP and OSNAP; Forms correct corners at crossing lines, arcs and circles; Keeps scale of an initial drawing; Can correct a turn angle of an initial raster drawing; Has despeckle filters; Can recognize color images or transform their to black-and-white for the subsequent recognition; Has Batch Mode and Macros; Has vector and raster editing features; Supports various raster formats, such as BMP, GIF, TIFF, JPEG, PNG, and so on; has own combined (raster+vector) format. Designed to work on all Windows platforms, RasterVect saves a lot of time. It's a replacement for traditional tracing and digitizing. It does provide a way to getting a paper drawings into your CAD program for quick and easy editing.