Why Convert from Old Paper Drawings to New AutoCAD Drawings?
Some AEC companies have old paper drawings (“blueprints”) on hand that they would like archived. The problem is, many of these original hardcopies are very old, difficult to read, and in some cases are disintegrating. Many firms hire a printing company to scan these original drawings into a raster format for easy viewing. Other companies need to go one step further and have these raster files converted into a professional CAD format for future use. To convert raster to vector architectural and engineering drawings, an image file must first be created through a process called scanning. You are probably familiar with scanning 8-1/2″ x 11″ letter size sheets using a desktop scanner, however many AEC blueprints are 24″x36″ sizes and bigger and require the use of a large format scanner. The original paper blueprints (sometimes called as-built drawings) are fed into the large format scanner and raster file formats such as JPEG and TIFF are then created. View sample CAD drawings that have bee
