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I have done this with AutoCAD a while back. You can scan
the image as a TIFF, take the TIFF into AutoCAD as a raster-
image and convert it to a vector line drawing. However, this, of
course, requires AutoCAD.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kathy Ellis [SMTP:kathy -at- TIBINC -dot- COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 1998 11:46 AM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Scanning Vector Images
>
> This is a question from a collegue...
>
> Does anyone know of a piece of software or a special
> technique to scan a vector line drawing and have it
> remain a vector image. This person is trying to scan
> line drawings, but does not want to save them as TIFFs.
> I'm totally ignorant on these things, so I turn to the experts
> on this list for help.
>
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