Convert product photos and sketches into clean, editable line drawings for utility patent and design-rights submissions. PhotoCAD does the drafting; you add reference numerals and callouts in Illustrator, AutoCAD, a PDF editor — or directly alongside your application copy in Word.
Turn your prototypes into technical drawings. Edit your lines and point out the novelty in your invention that supports your claims.
Registering your design rights has never been easier. Photograph products, prototypes and patterns; PhotoCAD turns them into editable technical drawings — no clean background needed.
Photograph your invention from the angles your application requires. A plain backdrop helps; otherwise PhotoCAD's Remove Background mode isolates your subject from any setting.
PhotoCAD interprets each view and generates clean orthographic line drawings — solid black lines, no shading, no fills.
Download the DXF, SVG, or PDF. Add reference numerals, leader lines and sheet borders in your design software — or alongside your application copy in Word — then submit.
Browse and download free vector files — every one generated by PhotoCAD.
Patent and design-rights drawings demand a specific aesthetic: solid black continuous lines on white, no shading, no fills, orthographic views from precise angles, and lettering that meets each office's standards. Drafting these by hand takes hours per view, and the result still depends on the draftsman's accuracy with line work and consistent stroke.
PhotoCAD interprets your product photograph and generates the precise orthographic line work patent and design-rights applications require. No studio setup needed — photograph your prototype in working conditions and turn on PhotoCAD's Remove Background mode to isolate your subject from any setting. Output meets the format expectations for USPTO, EPO, UKIPO, and WIPO submissions: solid black vector geometry, no shading, no fills, uniform stroke — with line weight adjustable in your design software before filing.
PhotoCAD handles the drafting; you handle the finishing touches. Open the SVG or PDF in Illustrator, AutoCAD, CorelDRAW or any PDF editor and add reference numerals, leader lines, callouts and sheet borders to your firm's template — or drop the figures straight into the Word manuscript alongside your application copy. The vector geometry itself is filing-ready; the annotations stay in whatever tool you already use.
Best for
Patent attorneys, in-house IP teams, product designers, and individual inventors filing utility patents, design rights, and registered designs across USPTO, EPO, UKIPO, and WIPO. Output is editable in Adobe Illustrator, AutoCAD, CorelDRAW, any standard PDF editor — and even alongside your patent manuscript in Word.
Upload any photo and get a clean vector file in under two minutes. Your first conversion is free.
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