Image to CAD

Whatever the picture shows, pic2CAD reduces it to clean line work you can use in a CAD file from day one.

Try it with your own picture

Before and after: a puppy image turned into a CAD line block — An image, turned into a block you can place in CAD.

Before and after: a cup and saucer turned into a CAD line block — Everyday objects become ready-to-use CAD blocks.

How it works

Upload a picture

Any picture works: one you shoot yourself, a reference from a client, or a sketch you already have.

pic2CAD draws the line art

The picture becomes a clean line drawing in a few seconds, ready to check before you spend a credit on it.

Download PNG, SVG and DXF

All three formats, every time. Downloading is always free, however many times you need the file.

How pic2CAD helps

Reference pictures pile up, but none of them are a drawing you can put in a CAD file or an editable vector file. Turning one into the other by hand takes longer than the rest of the job.

pic2CAD isolates the subject and traces it into line work, with as much or as little interior detail as you choose, delivered as PNG, SVG and DXF. The SVG opens as editable paths in Illustrator; the DXF opens in any CAD package.

Ideal for

Designers who need a CAD-ready base from a reference picture
Illustrators looking for a clean line layer to paint or ink over
Architecture students converting a reference into a usable block
Anyone without drafting skills who still needs a vector line drawing

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Click whoever or whatever you want drawn in the picture; only what you select gets traced. Busy backgrounds are fine, they get dropped.

PNG, SVG and DXF from the same generation, and downloading any of them is free.

The SVG opens as editable paths in Illustrator or a similar app, and the DXF keeps Outer, Inner and Fill on separate layers so you can adjust it in CAD.

A picture where the subject is reasonably sharp and not heavily overlapped by something else. Very low light, strong motion blur, or a subject that is mostly hidden will show up in the drawing.

Illustrations Architecture & Engineering Photo to DXF Browse the example gallery