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Tool(software) of reading data from curves
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Tool(software) of reading data from curves

Tool(software) of reading data from curves

(OP)
Tool(software) of reading data from curves

I once used a very small but useful software (tool), which can read and save the data from a figure just by clicking the mouse. It's very useful when people want to read out the values from certain curves in a figure of a technical paper. Otherwise, people have to use a ruler and read values point by point.

However, I couldn't remember the name of this software (tool). I'm just wondering anyone here may know the name and kindly let me know?

Thanks in advance!

Allan

RE: Tool(software) of reading data from curves

(OP)
IRstuff, thank you so much!

RE: Tool(software) of reading data from curves

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download digitize it '2004 from e.g. download.com

Its easy to use and free!

You can paste any picture into the program.

Scale it and then just click along the curve and the values ands up in a table that can be copied to excel.

Theres a "zoom" window following the cross hair at all time so that you can hit the curve with high precicion. Only the quality of your curve and scan is the limit.

I highyly recommend it!

I think this link will work:

http://www.download.com/Digitize-it-2004/3000-2056_4-10489009.html?tag=lst-1

Best regards

Morten

RE: Tool(software) of reading data from curves

I used a program called Digimouz to do this a while back.  Just Google the name to find it.

RE: Tool(software) of reading data from curves

(OP)
Hi Morten, thank you so much for the instruction and providing the download place. I really appreciate it!

Allen

RE: Tool(software) of reading data from curves

Thanks, Morten - a great utility.

Previously, I had been pasting a scanned image into my CAD program, scaling the image, tracing over the curves in CAD, export as DXF, then import and parse the resulting ASCII DXF file - very slow and laborious. This is a really neat solution!

RE: Tool(software) of reading data from curves

Cool.

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