February 13, 2002, Rockville, MD - IDEAL.com Introduces a "Scan-to-CAD" Version 5.0 Scanning System for scanning, organizing, network viewing, and editing large format scanned drawings. This "Scan-to-CAD" system is targeted to Architects, Engineers, and Construction industries and includes more functionality to leverage drawing images and data enterprise wide. IDEAL.com's "Scan-to-CAD" Verison 5.0 Scanning System consists of an IDEAL 40" wide monochrome scanner with scanning, indexing, intelligent raster editing, and network viewing software. Users can scan and index in one step for easy retrieval. Once the drawings are scanned, users can edit these raster images with the same ease that they edit vector images. The search and replace capabilities recognize arbitrary raster symbols and match them against predefined templates. The new "Scan-to-CAD" Scanning System allows immediate network viewing of the scanned images using a standard web-browser. This new "Scan-to-CAD" system has little impact on network traffic. "This new Scan-to-CAD system takes into account the fact that scanning is only part of the process required to convert paper drawings to digital files," states Jay Magenheim, president of IDEAL.com. "Architects, Engineers, and Construction personnel really need to manage, view with ease, and edit those drawings once they are scanned. IDEAL.com wants to provide these industries with the scanning system that fits their needs," says Magenheim. IDEAL.com has rolled out "Scan-to-CAD" Version 5.0 Scanning System with a low monthly payment lease. 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. For more information on IDEAL's new "Scan-to-CAD" Scanning System, contact Kathy Magenheim at (301) 468-0123 or via email at kmagenheim@ideal.com.