jeg@ptsfa.UUCP (John Girard) (05/04/87)
RFI - CAD
This is a request for information from the *academic* sector.
There are several other people working on the commerical sector
offerings.
Our company has a significant number of hand-drawn diagrams
depicting sites and equipment. We would like to get these
documents into electronic media *and* simultaneously develop an
automated inventory. The documents are fairly consistent and
contain a limited number of symbols, although sometimes the
symbols may be touching. The length of lines connecting the
symbols and the types of lines is important.
The known alternatives are:
Manual data base entry and manual CAD composition
Video scan of documents followed by "touch up" and manual
data base entry
Highly automated scan of documents with automatic touch up,
automatic object identification, and automatic data base
entry - manual monitoring and minor manual adjustments.
Obviously the 3rd alternative is the best. Is anyone working on
this type of problem?
Please contact LALEH FARR
PACIFIC BELL
2600 CAMINO RAMON
ROOM 2S500T
SAN RAMON, CALIF.
U.S.A. 94583
415-823-7277