Convert Image & Photo to CAD
Any photograph, image, or screenshot becomes a starting point for a CAD project. Upload anything visual — get back something workable.
✦Drop an image here, or click to upload
JPG, PNG, WebP, or HEIC. Any size.
Open the converterFree first conversion. No card required.
See it in action
Real conversions from PhotoCAD. Drag the slider to compare the original photo and the vector output.
How it works
Upload any image
Photos, screenshots, reference images, illustrations, scans — anything visual becomes the seed for a CAD drawing.
AI converts to vector
PhotoCAD extracts the meaningful outlines and rebuilds them as clean, editable vector geometry.
Open in your CAD program
Download as DXF, SVG, or PDF and load straight into AutoCAD, Fusion 360, Rhino, or any vector editor.
Why use PhotoCAD
Any image becomes a CAD starting point
Photos of physical objects, screenshots from reference material, scanned drawings, hand sketches. If you can see it, you can convert it.
Editable vector output
Real geometry — polylines, splines, and curves — not a raster trace. Modify, dimension, extrude, parameterise in any CAD program.
From rough idea to working drawing
Skip the manual re-drawing step that wastes hours of design time. Get to the real CAD work faster.
Multiple output formats
DXF for CAD/CAM, SVG for vector editors, PDF for sharing and printing. All generated from one conversion.
CAD programs work with vector geometry. Photos and screenshots are pixels. PhotoCAD converts between the two — upload any image and get back clean vector outlines that open in AutoCAD, Fusion 360, Rhino, SolidWorks, and every other CAD program.
The output is editable geometry: polylines, curves, and splines you can dimension, extrude, or parameterise. It's a starting point for a CAD project, not a finished model — you'll measure, refine, and build out the rest in your CAD program.
The conversion usually takes under two minutes. You get DXF, SVG, and PDF outputs from a single conversion.
What you can do with it
Reverse-engineering
Photograph an existing part and convert it to a vector outline as the starting point for a 3D model or replacement design.
Reference photo to drawing
Use a found image as the basis for a new design without retracing it by hand. Convert, then refine in CAD.
Concept design
Drop in a moodboard image or product photo and convert it to vector outlines for sketch overlays or technical illustration work.
Architectural reference
Convert site photos, building elevations, or aerial views into editable vector references for an architectural CAD model.
Ready to try it?
Upload any image and get CAD-ready vector files in under two minutes.
Your first conversion is free — no card required.