Since the rising global competition has mandated digital formats over traditional blueprints , it has caused Computer-Aided Design, or CAD, to become one of the most popular applications for curating and managing drawings. In the pre-CAD era, most engineers and designers relied on manual techniques, which means the process was painstakingly tedious and consumed a lot of time and other company resources. Whenever a revision was required, it was truly an arduous task that would sometimes still leave behind certain elements of imperfection that could put the entire project in jeopardy.

Using CAD to improvise or conceive the master drawings can help reduce time while saving a cumulative of over 67% of the costs. However, this means that you will need to convert all your sketches, plans, diagrams, and other files into a CAD format to improvise or modify the original design and make it less prone to errors.

CAD conversion requires converting an image, PDF file, or 2D paper drawing into a CAD file format. This differs from the CAD creation process, which involves drawing an object or a building on CAD from scratch when no previous project record is available in soft or hard format. Master drawings being converted to CAD mean they’re now stored digitally and can be modified further without making any alterations to the originally conceived design. Here are some types of CAD conversions you should know about.

#1 Paper to CAD

Legacy files  are often challenging to convert to CAD, as they have to be input in specified ways to facilitate a conversion. However, with paper to CAD conversion services by professionals at ADDMORE Services , you can rest assured that all your legacy sketches, blueprints, hard copy drawings, and other documents that you send us will be converted into the CAD format of your choice.

#2 Image to CAD

Perhaps you have got digital files in the project but not in the proper CAD for