Patent ID: 7233698

Claim:
A method for converting a raster illustrated parts image into an intelligent vector-layered file, comprising: recognizing and removing reference labels from the raster illustrated parts image to produce a reference label scrubbed file; recognizing and removing reference lines from the reference label scrubbed file to produce a scrubbed file, the scrubbed file including a reusable base graphic; converting the scrubbed file to a vector file in which the reusable base graphic is embedded; and adding one or more vector layers to the vector file to produce the intelligent vector-layered file, each vector layer including one or more vector elements corresponding to one of the recognized reference labels and to one or more recognized reference lines associated with the one of the recognized reference labels, wherein the intelligent vector-layered file is controllable for controlling which of the one or more vector layers having recognized reference labels and reference lines are displayed with the base graphic.