You drop in the scans
PDF, TIFF or an image, and DXF and DWG as well. The program splits a sheet with several drawings into separate ones, and works out the type and the storey of each.
Redrawing old building drawings
From scanned building drawing to DXF, DWG and 3D
Vecdraft redraws scanned building drawings. You drop in the scans, the program draws the walls, doors, windows and dimensions, and you check the result. You end up with a DXF or DWG on fixed layers, a 3D model and a SketchUp file.
14 days free, 3 projects. For Windows 10 and 11; the program itself is in Dutch. After that € 790 per workstation per year, excluding VAT.
In short
The tracing is done for you, the judgement stays yours
You check what matters
The program points out the places it is unsure about, one at a time. You confirm them or correct them.
You carry on in your own software
You open the DXF or DWG in AutoCAD, BricsCAD, Revit, Archicad or Vectorworks, with a fixed layer structure, line weights to NEN-ISO 128 and hatching to NEN 47. You also get a 3D model and a file for SketchUp.
Not another PDF to DWG converter
Walls, doors and windows instead of loose lines
If you want to digitise an old building drawing, you usually end up with a PDF to DWG converter. A converter like that traces every pixel of the scan: you get thousands of loose, crooked little lines, stains included. Vecdraft vectorises an archive drawing differently: it recognises building elements.
A wall is one wall
With a thickness, a material and the matching hatch. Walls meet properly at the corners, so you can carry on with them in your CAD program.
A door sits in its wall
Doors and windows are openings in a wall, with a width and a swing direction. Dimensions on the drawing become dimension lines.
Everything on its own layer
External walls, internal walls, openings and dimensions each get their own layer with an NL/SfB code. The scan sits underneath as an underlay, so you can compare.
How it goes
Three steps: Tekeningen, Nakijken, Uitvoer
Those are the names you will see in the program: Drawings, Review and Output.
01
Drawings (Tekeningen)
You drop your scans into the program. It splits combined sheets and labels each drawing with its type and storey.
02
Review (Nakijken)
The program redraws the drawing and shows you its doubts. You go through them one by one and fix what is wrong.
03
Output (Uitvoer)
You pick what you need: DXF or DWG, the 3D model, a SketchUp file.
What you get
A drawing you can keep working on
DXF · DWG
A drawing on fixed layers
Layers named the NLCS way with NL/SfB codes, line weights to NEN-ISO 128 and hatching to NEN 47.
3D · GLB · OBJ
3D model
Vecdraft builds a 3D model of the building from the redrawn drawings, as a GLB and an OBJ file. Vecdraft does not produce IFC yet.
SKP
SketchUp file
With tags, components for the window and door frames, and scenes per storey and per elevation.
Open the result in your own software
Download the sample project: the scanned sheet, the six drawings Vecdraft made from it as DXF and DWG, the 3D model, the SketchUp file and the report. The readme file (in Dutch) lists what was corrected during review.
Download the sample
ZIP · 1.5 MB
Who it is for
For people who work on existing buildings
Vecdraft is a Dutch-language program, made for Dutch and Flemish building drawings.
Architects
Start a conversion or extension from a digital drawing of the existing building.
Drafting offices
Spend your hours on checking and finishing, not on tracing.
Contractors
Turn the archive drawing into one you can draw your alterations on.
Structural engineers
A base drawing of the existing building, ready for your own drafting.
For your IT administrator
What happens on your computer
A program for Windows
You install Vecdraft on a computer running Windows 10 or 11. It is not a website you upload drawings to in order to store them there.
Your projects stay with you
Scans, redrawn drawings and output are kept on your own computer. Reviewing and output work without an internet connection.
Reading goes over the internet
To be read, a drawing goes through the Vecdraft service to an AI assistant. What that means for names and addresses on the drawing is explained in the frequently asked questions.
Try it on your own drawings
14 days free, 3 projects. You request the trial with your email address. Nothing renews automatically afterwards.