Hardware partner · Large-Format Scanning

Contex

Contex is a Danish manufacturer of large-format scanners used to digitise engineering drawings, maps and archives — trusted by engineering offices in over 100 countries. CDSS supplies and supports Contex scanners in 24″, 36″, 42″, 44″ and 60″ widths, and uses them in its own bureau services to convert paper drawings into usable digital and CAD-ready files.

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Authorised hardware partnerContexThe market leader in large-format scanning.

24″ scanners36″ scanners42″ scanners44″ scanners60″ scanners

Capabilities

What Contex is used for.

Monochrome & colour

Digitising engineering and CAD drawings

Up to 60″ wide

Archiving maps, plans and technical documents

Unlimited length

Scanning artwork, books and oversized documents

GTX, Autodesk Raster Design

Feeding raster-to-vector conversion workflows

Why CDSS

Why buy Contex through CDSS.

CDSS doesn't just sell the scanner — it runs the full bureau-services workflow around it, turning scanned paper drawings back into live, editable CAD files via GTX RasterCAD/ImageCAD and Autodesk Raster Design, which is where a scanner alone stops being useful.

Included with every Contex engagement

Genuine, vendor-backed licensing and renewals
Installation, configuration and commissioning
Certified training in person or via Zoom and MS Teams
Tiered local support, plus remote diagnosis via AnyDesk

Industries

Government, Survey & GIS Architecture, engineering and construction

From our publications.

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Guides

6 May 20263 min read

How to protect a paper drawing archive: a practical guide to scanning and raster-to-vector conversion

Decades of drawings, maps and plans can be lost to one fire, flood or leaking roof. Here is a step-by-step approach to digitising an archive, from surveying the sheets to retrieving them years later.

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