Digitize and reuse your old drawings with Raster Design

Module overview

The focus of this module is on digitizing your paper drawings and blueprints. You will learn how to reuse your old paper drawings to produce vector files, DWGs, and even 3D models.

By the end of the module, you should be able to:

•  Clean up the scanned drawing
•  Create a vector/DWG file from it
•  Create a 3D model from it quickly

Module pre-requisites

This module requires user-level knowledge of AutoCAD and is focused on best practices and its industry applications. If you don't have experiences with this product, we recommend you to take foundational training using one of the resources below:

• Built-in tutorials, available via in-product Help
• eLearning Partners
• Authorized Training Centers

About the author

This module was created by Thom Tremblay.

Before you start

• Please make sure you have the AutoCAD, Raster Design, and Inventor software loaded.
• If you have technical difficulties, please reach out to product support. 

Module outline

• Download project files
• Data Reuse - Working with Raster
• Data Reuse - Using data in Inventor
• Try it: Reuse Raster Date to create 3D Models
• Digitize and reuse your old drawings with Raster Design - Quiz
• Learn More or Get Help on This Topic