IDEAL Adds New Software Release to Scanning and Imaging Solutions

CSoft's WiseImage 11 for AutoCAD and for Windows Now Available

Rockville, Maryland, May 13, 2008 - IDEAL has added WiseImage 11 for AutoCAD and WiseImage 11 for Windows to its broad selection of scanning and imaging solutions. WiseImage is developed by CSoft. IDEAL is the US distributor for WiseImage and other CSoft products and is the Distributor of the Year for Contex scanners.

WiseImage 11 for AutoCAD is the perfect complement to IDEAL’s scanning solutions. With a Contex large format scanner from IDEAL, companies can scan their old paper drawings; and using WiseImage 11 for AutoCAD, they can incorporate the scanned raster data into the CAD environment, simply and easily. This is done by adding native CAD-style raster editing and raster-to-vector conversion inside AutoCAD or AutoCAD-based verticals from Autodesk to facilitate revision creation and new drawing production. WiseImage 11 for AutoCAD includes all technology and research results from previous years and starts a new era with real integration of CAD and image processing. It supports the latest version of AutoCAD - AutoCAD 2009.

IDEAL scanning solutions include the newest models of Contex Scanners for fast, accurate large format scanni ng and WiseImage 11 for AutoCAD offers a professional set of enhancement tools for converting those scanned drawings to CAD. The tools can be applied to black/white as well as grayscale and color images. WiseImage allows users to edit, update, and convert (both semi-automatically and automatically) to vectors scanned maps, drawings, sketches, and other graphics. True ObjectARX technology, the ability to use AutoCAD dialogs and settings, and an advanced customizable interface, make WiseImage 11 from IDEAL a solution that is perfect for a wide range of applications - GIS, cadastral, aerial and satellite image processing, architecture, engineering, schematics and more.

WiseImage 11 for Windows is the perfect combination of a 2D CAD package including an image processing application. It is ideal for editing drawings that have been scanned on an IDEAL/ Contex scanner because it blends raster and vector, productivity and precision, CAD functionality and image processing capabilities perfectly in one cost-effective application. It combines the power of a raster-vector (raster images overlaid with vector elements) editor and raster to vector converter with a complete set of powerful image processing tools. A native CAD-style interface with command line and layouts with viewports, combined with high-end image processing, results in a strong synergetic effect.

WiseImage 11 for Windows works with DWG files exactly as a CAD application and processes raster files as the best image processing a pplication. This makes WiseImage 11 a one-stop-solution for a wide range of applications -- GIS, cadastral, aerial and satellite image processing, architecture, engineering, schematics to mention but a few.

"Whether you need to edit scanned drawings or integrate them into a CAD application, WiseImage 11 is a cost-effective and efficient way to work with your scanned raster images," says Phil Magenheim, Vice President of IDEAL. "IDEAL offers our dealers and their customers complete scanning, editing and conversion solutions."

IDEAL scanning solutions and WiseImage Intelligent Raster technology are available through IDEAL’s extensive dealer network.

About IDEAL:

IDEAL.com includes the Scanners & Systems Division and the Reprographics Division. IDEAL Scanners & Systems develops, markets, and supports a wide range of large format scanning, printing, indexing, archiving, converting and editing solutions designed specifically for the AEC, GIS and Reprographics markets. IDEAL Scanners & Systems is the exclusive U.S. distributor of Contex large format scanners. IDEAL's MyArchiveCenter.com offers customers a secure, web-based centralized location to archive scanned drawings. IDEALplanroom.net offers secure construction collaboration and bid management. For more information on IDEAL products/services, or to become an authorized reseller, visit the IDEAL website at www.ideal.com. IDEAL Reprographics provides large format scanning, printing and conversion services for a wide range of customers, as well as 3D printing services for architectural, GIS and manufacturing clients.

Contact Kathy Magenheim
Phone: (240) 399-5630
Email: kmagenheim@ideal.com.