Convert site photos, hand-drawn floor plans, and elevation sketches into clean DWG and DXF files ready for AutoCAD, Rhino, Revit, and SketchUp. Skip the manual tracing phase and start drafting from clean geometry.
Go straight from a concept sketch to a clean line drawing — ready for client presentations.
Generate clean elevations effortlessly — from a single photograph.
Kick-start your development idea — a Google Maps screenshot becomes an editable line drawing in minutes.
Stop tracing sketches and photos in AutoCAD — convert your plans into CAD-ready drawings automatically.
Santa María de Melque, Spain. Laser scan: J. Raimundo, CC BY 4.0, adapted.
Scanned it yourself? Draw existing elevations and plans from your own laser scans and orthophotos, stone by stone.
No project is too big — capture every intricate detail, from heritage facades to full building surveys.
Working from your own scans or orthophotos? See point cloud to CAD for plans, elevations, and sections from a scan.
Photograph a facade, site condition, hand-drawn plan, or printed elevation.
PhotoCAD interprets the image and generates clean DWG and DXF with true straight lines and accurate arcs.
Set the real size from one long measurement and add dimensions in PhotoCAD, then import into AutoCAD, Rhino, Revit, or SketchUp and draft as normal.
Browse and download free vector files — every one generated by PhotoCAD.
Drafting as-built conditions and digitizing hand-drawn concepts traditionally takes hours per drawing. You import a reference photo into CAD, then painstakingly trace over it with polylines and arcs — work that delivers no design value but eats the project budget.
PhotoCAD generates clean DWG and DXF files directly from your reference photo. Unlike auto-trace tools that produce jagged splines, the AI interprets structural intent — straight lines become straight lines, smooth curves become true arcs. The output drops into AutoCAD, Rhino, Revit, or SketchUp ready for drafting.
Scale the geometry to a known reference dimension, then build directly over it. Whether you're documenting a historic facade for restoration, working up a napkin sketch into a buildable plan, or extracting linework from a site photograph, you start where manual tracing used to end.
Best for
Architects, drafters, and interior designers digitizing site photos, hand sketches, and historic facades for AutoCAD, Rhino, Revit, SketchUp, and Vectorworks workflows.
Upload any photo and get a clean vector file in about a minute. Your first 3 conversions are free.
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