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PhotoCAD Guides

Drawings, Photos, and Scans into CAD

A guide for each job PhotoCAD does. Every one compares the ways to do it, shows real results, and walks you through it.

Drawings and plans

Paper, scanned, and PDF drawings into editable CAD.

  • Broadway and Baker Street house floor plans vector line drawing, two-story layout with chambers, staircase hall, living room and reception rooms, for CAD reference.

    Paper drawing to CAD

    Scanned, printed, or photographed drawings and blueprints into an editable DWG.

    Read the guide

Not sure where to start?

Upload any drawing, photo, or scan and see it drafted as clean linework.
Your first 3 conversions are free — no card required.

Convert an image

Floor plan to CAD

A floor plan image, scan, or PDF into a scaled, editable plan.

Read the guide

Buildings and heritage

Facades, orthophotos, and archaeological recording.

  • Georgian London street elevation vector line drawing, terraced blocks, sash window rhythms, chimney stacks and roofline variations.

    Photo to elevation drawing

    A photo of a building front, squared up and drawn as a scaled elevation.

    Read the guide
  • Elevation line drawing of three bays of the Renaissance portico of Santissima Annunziata, Florence, with its arches, columns, pedimented door and inscription

    Orthophoto to CAD

    Facade, interior, and floor orthophotos into stone-by-stone elevations and plans.

    Read the guide
  • Stone-by-stone excavation plan of a dry-stone hut at Mallata de Albella, Pyrenees, drawn from an overhead orthophoto

    Archaeological drawing

    Trench photos, section faces, and standing walls into plans and elevations.

    Read the guide

Scans and sites

Point clouds, drone imagery, and aerial photos.

  • Elevation line drawing of the Visigothic church of Santa María de Melque, Spain, stone by stone, drawn from a laser scan intensity view

    Point cloud to CAD

    Laser and LiDAR scans into 2D floor plans, elevations, and sections.

    Read the guide
  • Barbican Estate London aerial vector line drawing, curved Barbican Centre terrace, residential towers and sawtooth slab block rooflines.

    Aerial image to CAD

    Drone photos and orthophotos into a scaled site drawing.

    Read the guide

In your CAD program

AutoCAD and SolidWorks, step by step.

  • Residential house floor plan vector line drawing, three bedrooms, room boundaries, doorway swings and labeled fixtures, for CAD reference.

    Trace an image in AutoCAD

    Insert, scale, and trace an image in AutoCAD, or have it drawn for you.

    Read the guide
  • Electric drill cutaway vector line drawing, armature coil, planetary gear train, trigger mechanism and keyless chuck.

    Image to SolidWorks

    An image or photo of a component into a SolidWorks sketch.

    Read the guide