Rockville, MD, June 13, 2005 - IDEAL.Com, exclusive North American Distributor for Consistent Software, launches WiseImage 6.7 for AutoCAD 2006 and AutoCAD LT 2006. WiseImage 6.7, developed by Consistent Software, solves the problem of incorporating scanned raster data into the CAD environment. This is done by adding native CAD-style raster editing and raster to vector conversion inside AutoCAD to facilitate revision creation and new drawing production. WiseImage 6.7 for AutoCAD offers an updated exclusive set of enhancement tools to be applied to black/white as well as grayscale and color images. True ObjectARX technology, the possibility to use AutoCAD dialogs and settings, and an advanced customizable interface in Windows XP style, makes WiseImage 6.7 a natural part of AutoCAD environments.

"WiseImage 6.7 for AutoCAD offers complete integration with our IDEAL/Contex scanners and compatiblity with Online PlanRooms," says Jay Magenheim, president of IDEAL.com. Customers scan their paper drawings and archive in an IDEAL Online PlanRoom, then they can use WiseImage to edit in Raster and incorporate into their CAD system. CAD drawings can also be loaded into the IDEAL Online PlanRoom."

What's New in WiseImage 6.7

• New '2006' style interface
• Dockable and transparent dialog windows and tool palettes like in AutoCAD 2004
• New customizable current button indication feature
• Full color (24 bit) sizable buttons
• Multi window preview feature
• Special dialog window for calibration
• Adaptive Binarization - unique tool for blueprints and sepias
• Sophisticated palette manager - Color Classifier
• New precise rasterization engine

Benefits

• Image enhancement and restoration inside AutoCAD
• CAD style raster selection and editing
• Various automatic and semi-automatic raster to vector conversion
• Twain and Contex scanners support
• Sophisticated calibration
• Intelligent interface

Raster Object Selection, Editing, and Image Enhancement

The enhanced Intelligent Object Selection technology of Consistent Software allows the selection of raster data by using AutoCAD-style tools - by picking; inside rectangle or polygon; by crossing rectangle, polygon, polyline, etc. Raster objects (raster lines, arcs and circles) have properties (line type, line width, etc.) and precise geometry, which can be changed in the AutoCAD properties dialog. You can also modify the geometry of raster objects by their "grips". Object snapping for raster objects is consistent with AutoCAD snap (that only works with vectors). WiseImage for AutoCAD has a variety of tools for enhancement and correction of color, grayscale and monochrome raster images. There are color and monochrome filters and image restoration tools such as: color correction, deskewing, four-point correction, elimination of linear and non-linear image distortions, cropping, rotation, resizing, etc. You can correct an image using a specified set of commands with one click.

About IDEAL

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 full-featured version of WiseImage 6.7 for AutoCAD/AutoCAD LT 2006 is $3240 and versions with less functionality are available at a lower price. For more information on WiseImage or a color tiff image, please contact Kathy Magenheim at (301) 468-0123 ext.1230 or contact via email at kmagenheim@ideal.com.