Abstract
As described in Chap. 1, traditional approaches to drawing analysis follow the process sequence of digitization, noise removal, segmentation, vectorization, recognition of text and graphics, extraction of dimension sets, and semantic analysis using some form of rules. Typically, fixed thresholds are used for each step in the process. As an example of how this process would work ideally, consider the drawing shown in Fig. 4.2. The results of text extraction are shown in Fig. 5.1; Figure 5.2 shows pointer rays from dimension sets; Fig. 5.3 shows pointer lines; Fig. 5.4 shows the circles found in the drawing; Fig. 5.5 shows boxes; and Figs. 5.6–5.9 show the dimension sets in the drawing.
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This chapter is contributed by Lavanya Swaminathan based on her MS thesis.
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Henderson, T.C. (2014). Non-deterministic Analysis Systems (NDAS). In: Analysis of Engineering Drawings and Raster Map Images. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8167-7_5
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