Learn: Floor Plans from Sketches, Photos and Scans
Most people who come here already have a plan: a hand sketch, a photo of an old blueprint, a scan or a listing floor plan. These guides show how to turn it into a clean, dimensioned 2D floor plan with room labels, and how to take it into CAD as a DXF.
Guides and Workflows
How AI Floor Plan Generators Work
How AI redraws a sketch or old plan as a clean 2D floor plan, how accurate the dimensions are, how DXF export into CAD works, and when an AI plan is (and isn't) enough.
From Hand Sketch to DXF
Photograph a hand-drawn plan, get clean linework with room labels and dimensions back, then download a DXF for AutoCAD, Revit or SketchUp.
Trace a Floor Plan Image into DXF
Turn a JPG or PNG of an existing plan, such as a listing plan or a scanned blueprint, into editable vector linework.
30 Free House Plans
Ranch, modern farmhouse, ADU, barndominium, small and two-story plans with room sizes, build-cost ranges and free PDF, DXF, IFC and GLB downloads.
Ready to Redraw Your Plan?
Upload your sketch, photo or scan on the floor plan home page and get a clean plan back in about 30 seconds, or start from a description with the AI floor plan generator. Designing a whole new house from scratch? Plan Chat builds the plan, 3D model and CAD files from a conversation.
Guides on photoreal rendering and virtual staging are on the parent site: ai-architectures.com/learn.