RxSpotlight R7 is the next generation of raster and hybrid editing software. Today most drawing information is stored on paper or aperture cards. By using scanning technology in combination with RxSpotlight R7 you can edit your drawings directly without having to convert them to a CAD format. RxSpotlight R7 is an advanced program for raster, vector and hybrid editing, and raster-to-vector conversion of scanned raster images.

RxSpotlight R7 is recognized for its superior editing and cleanup tools outside the CAD environment. RxSpotlight R7 introduces true CAD-style editing of complex raster images. RxSpotlight R7 is optimized for Windows 98/NT/2000/ME/XP and comes with many new and improved features.

New capabilities of semi-automatic raster-to-vector conversion (tracing) - In addition to simple graphic object tracing the new version can now trace raster shapes that correspond to vector templates. You just need to select a raster shape, and the program will try to recognize it and match it to an appropriate vector object - a sample from the loaded library - symbolic notations on scanned electrical circuits and process charts, maps, etc. A significant enhancement to the polyline tracing is the new auto-detection of direction at intersections. If you have not chosen a direction during a specified waiting interval, the program will continue tracing in the automatically defined direction by itself.

Automatic raster-to-vector conversion - Improved algorithms for automatic raster-to-vector conversion allow converting scanned drawings to single CAD files or in a batch mode. The improved conversion options allow precise tuning to achieve the most accurate vector representation of source files. The resulting drawings consist of lines, polylines, arcs, circles, texts and shapes (blocks). Line styles, widths, text height, hatch styles are preserved. Spotlight CS now provides automatic conversion of raster shapes to specified vector samples. Built-in OCR recognizes text strings on the drawings.

One Touch Editing with smart object selection enables you to select geometric objects (circles, lines, arcs or combined objects) from the raster image with a single click, in the same way as you select vector objects. You can manipulate the selected objects using any AutoCAD command.