Drawing Scanning

What are the advantages of drawing scanning?

Drawing Scanning Scanning
The process of turning documents into images that can be manipulated on a computer is the process of scanning large and wide format documents such as site plans, drawings, maps and blue prints then converting them into computer digital formatDigital format
These can be TIFF or JPEG, which are computer files used to store pictures or graphics. We also use PDF (Portable Document Format) which are designed for easy printing and sharing. such as TIFF TIFF
A type of computer file used for storing pictures, these can be full color, grayscale or black and white. A multipage TIFF file can contain many pages in a single file., PDF PDF
PDF is a very popular multi page file format that is used by many companies because it can be opened by almost anybody using free software most people have already on their computers. or JPG JPEG
JPEG is a single page per file image format that is popular among graphic designers and web designers it is advised to use this format if you're scanning colour images for presentation purposes..

The main advantage of scanning drawings is to preserve aged or rare drawings in a secure format from which they can be easily accessed. Once the paper drawings are scanned they can be shared between other users and printed to any scale required.

Drawing Scanning - How does it work?

The scanning process is relatively straight forward. Prior to setting up the whole scanning process a small batch of drawings are scanned and indexed and a sample CD is created. Once approved the drawings are scanned and indexed as specified by the client.

If required we apply image enhancement and processing treatments to aged or poor quality drawings in order to make them readable again. When the scanning and enhancement process is completed each drawing is inspected and compared with the original to ensure the quality.

The following are examples of some of the drawings which are usually scanned:

Engineering drawings
Housing plans
Building construction drawings
Railway plans
Electrical circuit drawings
Ordinance survey maps

If there are many drawings we use a process called indexing to give unique references to each drawing for example, a drawing number, title, drawing, issue or date. Naming the files like this allows the client to search for any required drawings by using multiple search terms and quickly find exactly what they want.

The client can search the files straight from the CD-ROM or DVD or have the contents copied to their office networkOffice Network
An Office Network is a collection of computers, sometimes connected to a server (computer that offers special services to other computers attached to it) to allow them to share resources. to allow the files to be shared among many other users.