PDF to CAD Conversion

We convert PDF drawings — vector or scanned — into fully editable DWG files, redrawn with proper CAD layer structure, line weights and text rather than a raster trace.

This applies to architectural, structural, mechanical, civil and electrical drawings, and can be scoped for single drawings or larger drawing sets.

Vector PDFs (exported directly from CAD) generally convert with higher fidelity than scanned raster PDFs, since the underlying line and text data is often still recoverable rather than needing to be reconstructed from a bitmap image — we'll tell you upfront which category your source files fall into and what accuracy to expect as a result.

Dimension values are checked against the visible drawing during conversion, not just copied as text, since a PDF dimension can occasionally be out of date relative to the drawn geometry if the source drawing was edited without updating every dimension — we flag any such inconsistency we find rather than silently picking one value.

For drawing sets that need to match a specific office standard once converted, we apply that layer and naming convention as part of the conversion rather than delivering a generically-organised file that still needs reformatting afterward.

Text recognition on a scanned PDF is one of the trickier parts of the conversion process, since low scan quality or an unusual font can make certain characters genuinely ambiguous. Where a character or value can't be confirmed with confidence, we flag it explicitly on the converted drawing rather than guessing and presenting a guess as a fact.

For drawing sets converted in batches, we run a final internal consistency pass across the whole set — checking that a wall type, a hatch pattern or a symbol convention that appears on multiple sheets has been converted the same way each time, rather than allowing small inconsistencies to creep in between individually converted sheets.