Turn a product photo into a CAD block

The overall size is exact when you enter it, because every view is fitted to your width, depth and height. The proportions inside, such as arm height or leg spacing, follow the photo. Views the photo doesn't show are inferred, so check the block against the maker's spec sheet before issuing drawings.

Each item you draw uses one block, and you get its plan, front and side in one file. Resizing a finished block is free. Drawing the same item again, for example with a different photo or new notes, uses another block.

Not yet. DXF opens in every major CAD program, including AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp Pro, Vectorworks and Chief Architect, and you can save it as DWG from there. Direct DWG export is planned.

Download the DXF for SketchUp. It's the same block, with a surface in every closed area so you can paint it. You need SketchUp Pro on the desktop: the free web version can't import DXF.

1. Choose File, then Import, and set the file type to AutoCAD Files (DWG, DXF).
2. Pick the file and click Options.
3. Set the units to the block's unit: millimetres or inches.
4. Tick Merge coplanar faces and Orient faces consistently, then import. SketchUp remembers these settings.
5. Double-click a view to open it. One click of the Paint Bucket fills a whole area.

If one click fills only a triangle, Merge coplanar faces was off. Import the file again with it ticked. The SketchUp guide has more help.

A straight-on product photo on a plain background gives the most accurate drawing, and a screenshot from the maker's website works well. Add a second photo from the side, or a PDF spec sheet, and the side elevation improves. Busy room shots work if you say which item to draw in the notes.

They're used only to draw your blocks. Each photo is sent to Anthropic's Claude API, which does the drawing and doesn't use it to train models. Your photos and blocks stay in your library until you delete them. The privacy notice has the details.

Yes, any time, from your account page. Your plan keeps working until the end of the month you've paid for, then you move to the free plan. Pay-as-you-go blocks you've bought stay in your account.

On Studio, up to five people share 150 blocks a month and one library, so everyone can find and reuse what's been drawn. Studio also lets you upload a batch of photos at once, which helps when you're working through a whole FF&E schedule. For a bigger team, ask us about a Practice plan at hello@cadblocks.app.

Yes, for blocks you haven't used. Ask within 14 days and we'll refund unused pay-as-you-go blocks, or a first month on a plan where no blocks were drawn. Email hello@cadblocks.app. The terms explain how this works with your right to cancel.