GTXImage CAD Series
Intelligent Paper to CAD Solutions

The GTXImage CAD Series is a complete, modular solution for bridging the gap between paper drawings and today's modern CAD environment. Modify and enhance scanned raster archives with the speed and flexibility of both raster and vector technologies integrated with world-class CAD capability.

From raster only, to pure two-dimensional hybrid CAD or fully automatic conversion, total flexibility is provided to suit any drawing requirements.

All commands, menus and toolbars are consistent with AutoCAD, providing a productive and very easy-to-learn user interface.

The embedded AutoCAD 2004 engine also allows users to modify existing 2D DWG/DXF drawings files that were created in AutoCAD 2004.

Benefits

• Intelligent enhancement rapidly smooths, auto deskews and selectively despeckles scanned drawings to improve drawing quality and legibility while reducing raster file storage requirements by 20-30% over an already compressed format.
• "Intelligent Object Picking" makes selection of raster objects as easy as handling CAD entities, providing an efficient pathway from paper drawings to CAD.
• Accurate Snapping within both raster and vector environments ensures precise placement and editing.
• Hybrid raster and vector editing allows scanned drawings to be easily modified. It is no longer necessary to convert to vector for simple updated drawings.
• Automatic and selective vectorization gives total control of the raster to vector conversion process with optimum productivity. (GTXImage CAD Plus only)
• Text Recognition provides true Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR) to automatically recognize text characters associated with individual or cmapny drafting styles.
• Screen icons and user interfaces can be customized to optimize operator comfort and productivity.(GTXImage CAD Plus only)

Components

The GTXImage CAD Series includes four compatible and upgradeable software modules. From raster only to pure two-dimensional hybrid CAD or full automatic conversion, total flexibility is provided to suit any drawing requirements.

GTXImage Edit - Raster Cleanup & Editing
GTXImage CAD® - Raster Cleanup, Hybrid Raster & CAD Editing using the AutoCAD 2004 engine
GTXImage CAD® PLUS - Raster Cleanup, Hybrid Raster & CAD Editing and Vector Conversion using the AutoCAD 2004 engine
GTX OSR - Batch Conversion Tools
Chart of GTX Products

Information Tools
 Trial software is available from the GTX website. Please note that you will be required to fill out a basic registration form GTX web site
 Presentation - Download a Powerpoint Presentation detailing some of the features of the Image CAD Plus product (pdf-739K)
 Datasheet - GTXImage CAD and GTXImage CAD Plus Version 8.0 (pdf)

Training

Open Archive also provides proven training for any GTX product - take advantage of the opportunity to come up to speed quickly and make sure you are using all of the advanced capabilities built into the GTX solution - GTX Training

GTXImage Edit is a complete entry-level, Windows®-based solution for bringing legacy paper drawings into an electronic environment. The program is intuitive and easy to use, allowing even the most novice of users to be up and running within minutes. Users can modify and enhance scanned raster archives with the speed and ease of a complete CAD product that is based on the industry-leading GTXRaster CAD technology.

Restoration And Enhancement

• Selectively remove unwanted speckles or fill holes
• Change the size, position, or scale of the drawing
• Auto deskew for misalignment during scanning
• Geometrically smooth image to improve legibility and reduce storage up to 30%.
• Restore eroded drawings using various vector drawing aids and burn it into high quality raster

• Provides AutoCAD R13 file support
• Select raster data as if it were vector geometry including full add, remove & previous selection editing Preserve the integrity of intersecting geometry
• Draw using vector splines, ellipses, leaders, dimensions and many more into raster elements
• Import AutoCAD DXF/DWG files or blocks
• Cut and Paste blocks of data between drawings
• Improve editing efficiency with SMARTCAD Edit using full grips editing on selected raster geometry
• Incorporate true raster and vector snapping for accurate and efficient editing. Supports raster to raster, vector to raster, raster to vector and running modes

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GTXImage CAD is a hybrid raster and CAD editing solution with AutoCAD 2004 file support. Its raster editing features include cleanup and powerful raster and CAD-based raster manipulation commands. Use CAD drawing and editing to trace over raster drawings. Store or plot data as raster or hybrid raster/vector files. Archive vector information by converting entities into raster objects. The product allows basic and advanced menu configurations, providing a total solution for both novice and advanced users Enhanced features over GTXImage Edit include:

• Edit in both raster and vector using snaps, grips, dynamic pan/zoom, rasterization, and entity vectorize.
• Overlay multiple raster drawings with different colors for easy registration or cross drawing editing. Save as native AutoCAD DWG and raster drawings
• Preserve correlation with Hybrid AutoCAD drawing files including support of older CAD Overlay hybrid.
• Calibrate drawing coordinates to real world units.
• Expanded raster picking with fencing, single object pick, crossing pick and more

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GTXImage CAD PLUS, built around the AutoCAD 2004 OEM engine, is a powerful raster cleanup, editing, conversion package built on top of a professional-level CAD drafting system. This product offers a comprehensive solution for bridging the gap between paper archives and CAD.

Automatic Conversion To Vector

• Convert raster to accurate lines, circles, arcs, text, polylines, and polygon fills automatically
• Preserve geometry as true single geometric entities through many intersections
• Automatic line smoothing and width snapping
• Assign Z-axis to contour elevations
• Boundary and edge trace recognition
• Contour and polyline recognition and smoothing
• Dashed line alignment and recognition
• Base Character recognition

• Full .dwg compatible output
• Raster cleanup with auto deskew and warping
• ICR - user dictionary controls full word and pattern recognition
• Improved conversion to vector - dashed line, arc and hatch recognition
• Load and view color and grayscale images - great for displaying aerial photographs and satellite images

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