Digitising, also known as Vectorisation, is a process that will convert your paper or rastered drawing into a computerised drawing format such as .dxf, .dwg, .dgn file types. Using this service, you can make a full or partial vectorisation of a particular drawing.

Vectorisation can take any of the following three forms:

1) Full Manual Vectorisation

Paper drawings are scanned into a raster image file. The raster files are then used as templates, which are traced with vector information by our fully trained CAD specialists. Line types are duplicated and all text is replaced to provide completed CAD files layered to the client's specifications. Once the conversion is verified to be accurate, the raster image is removed and the new CAD file is saved in the native format (e.g. .dwg or .dxf etc.) of your CAD system.

2) Automatic Vectorisation

The vectorisation process is completed automatically. Again the raster image is used, but in this case the software automatically traces with vector information. With the automatic process discrepancies in accuracy and text recognition may occur and a certain amount of manual clean up is invariably required.

3) Scan to Vector

Drawings are scanned directly into vector format as a .dxf file. All lines are incorporated as fills with four entities (as opposed to Polylines with two entities).