Raster To Text

This command will create text from any image in your drawing generated from commands such as PDF Import, Raster Import, Attach Image, etc. one line at a time. From the OCR (Optical Character Recognition) Options dialog, you have the ability to identify the Background and Text Color of the image being used. The Text Layer and the font Style the text will appear on once converted can also be set here.

Perform Numeric OCR will limit the text recognition to only numberic values. By default, this command attempts to convert to alphabetic characters as well. When dealing with only numberic text, turn this feature on so that no alphabetic characters are accidently used during the conversion.

After clicking OK to the OCR Options dialog, you will be prompted for a "start of stike-line" then "end of stike-line". Pick left to right through the text you want to convert. A Replacement Text dialog will appear. Here you can review the values that the program has converted and change them if needed before accepting them by clicking OK. You will then be prompted to "strike-through" another line of text. Press Enter to end. "Options" will bring you back to the OCR Options dialog.

Keyboard Command: RASOCR
Prerequisite: An image in the drawing