CAD files, Images

2007-05-23 Thread jim shirreffs
Is it possibe to index CAD formats such as AutoCad or CGM? I know some commecail products (excalaber) claim to be able to do that? If so what about TIFF? thanks jim s - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additiona

Re: CAD files, Images

2007-05-23 Thread Erick Erickson
No, you can only index text. It's the same thing as indexing HTML documents or XML documents. You index "important stuff" from the guts of the doc. So, if you can get some text out of these docs, you can index *that*, possibly along with page information that allows you to, say, display the relev

Re: CAD files, Images

2007-05-23 Thread jim shirreffs
jim s - Original Message - From: "Erick Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 8:21 AM Subject: Re: CAD files, Images No, you can only index text. It's the same thing as indexing HTML documents or XML documents. You index "important