Recognizing and Converting Text

Use the text recognition tools to select raster text in your drawing and convert it to AutoCAD text or multiline text (Mtext).

Separate tools exist for recognizing plain text and text within a table. They are very similar in operation, so both are described together in this topic.

Settings you enter in the Text Recognition Setup dialog box determine the search parameters for the text recognition engine and the display of recognized text in the Verify Text window. Because no text recognition program is 100% accurate, you should carefully review not only the highlighted areas, but all text in the Edit window. For more information, see Using the Verify Text Window.

Note: Depending on the results displayed in the Edit pane, you may want to modify search parameters. To return to the Text Recognition Setup dialog box click the Setup button in the Edit pane.

Note: The Recognize Text feature is optimized for images with a resolution of 300 dpi. Images of resolution less than 150 or greater than 400, may return undesirable results.