May 2, 2001, Rockville, MD - IDEAL.Com unveils IntraNETIX Editor, a powerful hybrid drawing editor and raster to vector converter for scanned color, monochrome, or grayscale images. This add-on for IDEAL's IntraNETIX hosting software server is targeted to the Reprographics market. Reprographers who host their customers' large format drawings using IntraNETIX, enable their customers to search and view their drawings using a standard web browser. And, with IntraNETIX Editor, they also give their customers the ability to download the drawing in raster, modify on the fly in vector, and upload back to the Reprographer's IntraNETIX server in raster, thus maintaining updated drawings at the Reprographer's shop.

With IntraNETIX Editor users can:
• Clean up raster noise through a selection of filters including smoothing, thickening and thinning, speckle removal, and hole filling
• Edit raster images with the raster object selection feature that enables you to select raster lines, arcs, and circles using tools similar to those for vector selection.
• Create raster copies of vector objects and add them to the raster image.
• Easily convert raster lines into vector objects
• Vector drawings can be imported into IntraNETIX Editor or exported to DWG, DXF, and DGN vector formats

"The beauty of IntraNETIX Editor is that it can be used as document management tool for browser based drawings stored on an intranet or the internet. Drawings can edited and updated on the fly and then archived back to a central repository," states Jay Magenheim, president of IDEAL.Com, located in Rockville, MD.

IntraNETIX Editor enables the conversion of scanned drawings to CAD files one by one or in a batch mode, even overnight. This conversion feature allows precise tuning to achieve the most accurate vector representation of the source files. The original line styles, widths, text height and hatch styles are preserved. The result of the vectorization consists of lines, polylines, arcs, circles, text and shapes (blocks). IntraNETIX Editor has a built-in OCR feature that recognizes text strings at any angle on a drawing.

IntraNETIX Editor has a comprehensive set of tuning tools for auto-correction of vectors obtained after raster to vector conversion. There are specialized functions for editing vectors such as merging a group of vectors to the object of a given type (some segments to an arc or circle), cropping, extension, etc. One very powerful tool is Vector Object Search and Replace, which works on vectors (CAD files). For example, it is possible to find and replace all fasteners on mechanical drawings or all windows and doors on a floor plan with standard symbols.

IntraNETIX Editor gives users the ultimate flexibility by allowing them to create their working environment for the software by altering the layout or removing unnecessary command and buttons. With IntraNETIX Editor users can configure their own toolbars and menus. IntraNETIX Editor runs under Windows 95, 98, 2000, and NT 4.0. IntraNETIX Editor runs outside of AutoCAD and doesn't require a CAD manager to use the software.

IDEAL.com develops, markets, and supports a wide range of color and monochrome scanning solutions for large format drawings and technical documents including Scan to Web and Print from Web solutions. The list price of IntraNETIX Editor is $3,495.00. For more information on IntraNETIX Editor, please contact Diane Mitol at 301-468-0123 ext. 1211 or contact via email at dmitol@ideal.com.