Convert Image to DXF
Drop in a JPG or PNG. Get back a DXF that opens cleanly in every laser cutter, CNC router, plasma table, and CAD program on the market.
✦Drop an image here, or click to upload
JPG, PNG, WebP, or HEIC. Any size.
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See it in action
Real conversions from PhotoCAD. Drag the slider to compare the original photo and the vector output.
How it works
Upload your image
Drop a JPG, PNG, or photograph anywhere on this page, or click through to the converter.
We trace it to vector
Our AI extracts the outline and converts your raster image into clean vector paths.
Download your DXF
Get a manufacturing-ready DXF file you can open in any CAD or CAM program.
Why use PhotoCAD
Universal compatibility
DXF is the format every machine reads. If your laser cutter, plasma table, CNC router, or CAD program accepts vector files, it accepts DXF.
Clean, scalable paths
No pixelation, no jagged edges. The DXF scales from a coin to a billboard without losing definition.
Works on any image type
Photos, screenshots, scans, sketches — JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC. We canonicalize everything to a clean working file before tracing.
Ready to cut
The output is a vector outline, not a raster trace. Load it straight into LightBurn, Fusion 360, VCarve, or AutoCAD.
DXF is the most widely supported vector format in manufacturing. Every CAD program reads it. Every laser cutter, plasma table, and CNC controller accepts it. If you can think of a fabrication machine, it almost certainly takes DXF as an input.
That universality is exactly why DXF matters. You don't have to worry about which program or which machine your file is going to end up in — DXF works everywhere, including legacy industrial controllers that won't touch SVG.
PhotoCAD converts any photo, JPG, PNG, or sketch into a clean DXF in under two minutes. The output is real vector geometry — fully editable polylines and curves you can scale, modify, and manipulate like any other CAD entity.
Drop a file anywhere on this page to get started.
What you can do with it
Laser cutting
DXF is the native input for Glowforge, xTool, Epilog, OMTech, and every industrial laser. Convert a photo, drop it into LightBurn, and cut.
CNC routing
Take any reference image and turn it into a DXF you can load into VCarve, Carbide Create, or Vectric Aspire. Standard CAM workflow from there.
Plasma cutting
Plasma tables read DXF directly. Convert a silhouette photo, send it to the cutter, get clean steel.
CAD workflows
Open the DXF in AutoCAD, Fusion 360, Rhino, or SolidWorks. Use it as a reference outline or trace it to a fully parametric model.
Ready to try it?
Upload any image and get a DXF file in under two minutes.
Your first conversion is free — no card required.