Vector CAD Software

Acme TraceArt

TraceART is a professional raster to vector conversion program (Vectorizer) released by us. TraceART can let you quickly convert uneditable scanned paper drawings into accurate vector files for editing in any CAD program. It saves the converted file as an industry standard DXF file (Data Exchange Format) that can be read by any CAD program that supports this format. TraceART is a direct replacement for traditional tracing and digitizing, releases you from tiring work. CAD programs can only work with vector files. If you want to edit a raster file in your CAD program you must first convert it into a vector file. You do this using raster to vector conversion software. Once you have converted the raster file to vector you will be able to import it into your CAD program and edit it just like any other drawings you have created using you CAD program.

Easy Trace

(Over $1000) Easy Trace is a proprietary computer application for doing raster to vector conversion. It is only available for versions of Microsoft Windows. This raster to vector conversion program is released by the Easy Trace Group, a company based in Russia. Easy Trace is very feature-rich and integrates very closely with AutoCAD. Available for Windows OS.

Raster to Vector 7.0

(Free to Try / $99 to Buy) Raster to Vector is a stand-alone program that converts scanned drawings, maps and raster images into accurate vector files (such as DXF, HPGL, WMF, EMF) for editing in any CAD application. Any image which is stored in BMP, JPG, TIF, GIF, PNG, and other formats can be processed by Raster to Vector into CAD DXF and other vector file formats. Create center lines and outlines; scale images in the X and Y directions to make them larger or smaller; increase or decrease brightness and contrast. Available for Windows OS.

Scan2Cad

(Free to Try) The Scan2CAD raster to vector trial lets you load your own raster images and convert them to vectors. There is no restriction on the size or number of images you can convert during the trial. Available for Windows OS.

TraceIT: free bitmap tracer for LD2000 and FB3

TraceIT is a program for raster to vector conversion. Based on original algorithms TraceIT provides the maximum speed for bitmap tracing. TraceIT can operate with a wide range of raster formats including almost every bitmap type such as: BMP, GIF, TIF, JPG, PSD etc. In addition to standard bitmap images, TraceIT can also trace video files in AVI, MOV or MPEG formats. TraceIT can extract some exact frames from video file, trace a range of frames or a whole file. TraceIT includes a complete image processor that can be used at all phases of image transformations -- from image capture using a TWAIN compatible scanner, to actual laser projection. TraceIT includes a raster editor that can be used to clean the image before tracing. The raster editor includes all necessary tools like Pen, EyeDropper or Fill. Zoom Window also can help to edit the image. There is even a vector editor that allows you to edit the resulting traced image. Once a bitmap has been traced, you can save the result in laser formats like ILDA, or even windows formats like WMF and BMP.

Vector Graphics ActiveX

(Free) Vector Graphics ActiveX is a graphics component oriented for creating business and technology solutions. Based on COM technology it can be used by other applications to process graphic documents, analyze and visualize any kind of processes. Vector Graphics ActiveX is the ultimate graphics solution for you. It is the easy-to-use for creating technical drawings, illustrations and presentation, training material and business reports, charts and diagrams and much more. Vector Graphics ActiveX offers a wide range of new features and enhancements designed to increase productivity and extend your creative possibilities. Component is based on Layer-Class-Shape architecture. It means, that all displayed shapes are owned by the certain classes and can not exist themselves. Drawing shapes depends on a classes they are belonging, but each shape has an opportunity to draw itself. Thus the constructed architecture allows to repeatedly reduce the size of the stored data, to increase speed of loading and displaying documents, and also to provide excellent speed of program work with documents containing around 1,000,000 shapes.