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Legacy Drawing Conversion
Convert paper blueprints, scanned drawings, and old AutoCAD files into modern STEP, SolidWorks, Inventor, and PTC Creo models.
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We convert technical drawings from any era or format into clean, production-ready 3D models. Whether you have paper blueprints from the 1970s, scanned PDFs, or AutoCAD R12 DWG files, we rebuild the geometry in SolidWorks, Inventor, AutoCAD, or PTC Creo to your required output format.
Input formats accepted
- PDF technical drawings and multi-sheet drawing packages
- Scanned paper blueprints (TIFF, JPG, PNG) — any resolution
- DWG / DXF files (all AutoCAD versions including legacy R12, R14)
- Photographs of drawings or physical parts
- Hand sketches with dimensions
- Microfilm scans
Output formats delivered
- STEP / STP (AP203, AP214, AP242)
- SolidWorks SLDPRT / SLDASM
- Inventor IPT / IAM
- PTC Creo (native)
- IGES / IGS
- Parasolid (X_T)
- DWG / DXF (updated 2D)
- PDF drawing (2D output)
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