Importing scanned images

Module(s): Scan

You have been given a scanned image – possible as a file attachment or on a storage medium.

To import scanned images in any bitmap format, the CAD program needs to be able to access them:

Copy the file attachments into a suitable data exchange folder.
Decompress the compressed file in a suitable data exchange folder.
Insert the medium with the uncompressed bitmap or RLC files in the appropriate drive.

Note: Although Allplan can convert any standard bitmap format to RLC format, it is advisable to use TIFF format (TIFF G4 is best) as data in this format can be converted quickly.

To import scanned images in the current project folder

Click Link with Scanned Image (How).
Activate Link with Scanned Image in one of the following ways
- Menu bar: Create Bonus Tools Scan
- Palette: Tools Create area in the following module(s):
Scan
To import a scanned image using the Link with Scanned Image dialog box, do the following:
- If the scanned image already exists as a RLC file in any folder, click the button beside Image and select the path and the file.
- Click Import to import any file from any path.
  The program displays a number of dialog boxes. Select the format, path and name of the source file, enter the name of the target file in RLC format and define the Brightness limit value to be used for the conversion.
  RLC-format scanned images are always single-color bitmaps. When you convert a color bitmap file in TIFF, BMP or another common bitmap format, the system will prompt you for the brightness limit value below which color pixels are transferred to the bitmap image and above which color pixels are not converted.
  
  Setting a brightness limit value of 20%, for instance, will only convert the darker regions of the bitmap.
  
  The default setting is 50%.
Define the display parameters.
Click OK to confirm the settings.
The file is copied to the project folder and loaded and it is associated with the drawing file.