# Image to DXF sketch and photo to editable CAD

> Convert hand sketches, floor plan photos and scans into editable DXF. Walls and openings reconstructed as real CAD geometry — not raster tracing.

Source: https://normarchai.com/image-to-dxf · Updated: 2026-09-01

PNG · JPG · WEBP · BMP → editable DXF

Upload a hand sketch, a photo of a printed plan or a scanned drawing. Get back vector geometry on AEC layers — editable in AutoCAD, not a picture pasted into CAD.

[Convert an image — free](https://normarchai.com/register) [Generate from text instead](https://normarchai.com/ai-dxf-generator)

No credit card. AI budget included for testing.

## How it works

1

### Upload the image

A phone photo of a sketch, a scan of an old plan, or a screenshot. PNG, JPG, WEBP or BMP, up to 20 MB.

2

### Set the scale

Readable dimensions in the image are used to calibrate. If there are none, you give one known measurement — a door width is enough.

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### Download editable DXF

Standard DXF in millimetres with named layers. Open, edit and build on it in any DXF-capable application.

## What you can convert

Anything that shows a drawing clearly enough for a person to read it.

### Hand sketches

The sketch from the site meeting, drawn on paper. Wall runs, room outlines and openings become CAD geometry you can dimension and refine.

### Photos of printed plans

A phone photo of a plan on the table or on a wall. Useful when the only copy of an existing building's drawings is on paper.

### Scanned archive drawings

Old scans of buildings that were never drawn in CAD. Recover a working base instead of redrawing from zero.

### Renders and screenshots

An image from another tool that you need as editable geometry — a layout, a furniture arrangement, a detail from a manufacturer's page.

## Reconstruction, not raster tracing

The complaint about image-to-CAD tools is consistent: cleaning up the output takes longer than redrawing. That happens when a converter follows pixels instead of reading the drawing.

| Criterion | Raster tracing | NormArchAI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it produces | Thousands of short contour segments | Wall runs, openings and annotations as distinct elements |
| Layers | Everything on one layer | AEC layers: walls, openings, dimensions, text |
| Scale | Pixel units, rescaled by hand afterwards | Millimetres, calibrated from a dimension in the image or one you supply |
| Editing afterwards | Delete stray segments before you can work | Select an element and change it |

## Input and output

Input formats PNG, JPG / JPEG, WEBP, BMP — up to 20 MB per file

PDF plans Converted to DXF inside the app (upload in a conversation)

Output format DXF, AutoCAD-compatible

Units Millimetres (1 mm = 1 DXF unit)

Layers AEC standard — A-WALLS, A-WINDOWS, A-DOORS, A-DIMS, A-TEXT

Opens in AutoCAD, LibreCAD, BricsCAD, DraftSight, and any DXF-capable application

## Questions

**How accurate is the result?**

It depends on the source image. A clean scan with readable dimensions converts far better than a skewed phone photo of a faded print. Treat the output as a working base a designer verifies and completes — the same way you would treat a survey drawing from a third party. It is not a substitute for measuring the building.

**Do I have to know the scale beforehand?**

No. If the image contains readable dimensions, they are used to calibrate. If it does not, supply a single known measurement — a standard door leaf, a room side you have measured — and the rest of the drawing follows from it.

**Can I convert a PDF?**

Yes — inside the app. Upload the PDF in a conversation and choose "Convert to DXF": it extracts the vector geometry directly (walls, annotations, dimensions) on colour-mapped layers. This public tool takes images (PNG/JPG/WEBP/BMP); for a PDF plan, use the app.

**What happens to the images I upload?**

They are processed to produce your DXF and stored in your own workspace, where you can delete them at any time. See the [terms](https://normarchai.com/terms) for the full description.

**I need a detail drawn from a description, not from an image.**

That is the [AI DXF generator](https://normarchai.com/ai-dxf-generator) — you describe the technical requirement in words and get an editable DXF detail back.

## Convert your first drawing

Free plan, no credit card. Upload a sketch and see what comes back.

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