CAD, BIM and drawing file converters
13 converters that run inside your own browser — your drawing is never uploaded, which matters when it is under an NDA. Closed formats (DWG, RVT, SKP) can't be read by any browser, so those pages give you the exact procedure in the CAD application instead of pretending otherwise.
CAD drawings
Drop a DXF and get a PDF sheet back. The drawing is parsed and rendered inside your own browser tab, so the file never leaves your machine — which matters when the drawing is under an NDA.
Turn CAD geometry into a web-ready vector you can drop straight into a website, a report or Figma. Lines stay lines, so the result scales without pixelation.
Get a clean raster preview of a DXF for a proposal, an email or a portfolio page. Rendered locally in the browser at high resolution.
DWG is a closed binary format, so no browser can read it and any site that claims to convert it in-page is uploading your drawing to a server. Here is how to do it correctly in AutoCAD — and how to get a browser-side conversion if the drawing is not confidential-critical.
DXF is the documented cousin of DWG: once a drawing is DXF, open-source tools, browsers and non-Autodesk software can read it — including the converters on this site.
Going the other way is simple, but the details decide whether the drawing behaves like a native one or like imported line spaghetti.
A PDF made from CAD contains vectors that can come back as geometry. A scanned PDF contains pixels and needs tracing. Knowing which one you have saves hours.
Documents & sheets
Turn drawing sheets or a submittal PDF into lossless images, one per page, without uploading anything. Handy for marking up a sheet or pasting a detail into a report.
Render each PDF page to a compact JPEG, entirely in your browser. Good for renders, photo reports and anything headed into a slide deck.
Images
Wrap an image into a PDF at its own pixel dimensions — the quickest way to send a screenshot, a detail crop or a scanned sketch as a document.
Turn a photo, render or scan into a one-page PDF locally. Nothing is uploaded, so site photos with client information stay private.
Rasterise a vector at a generous resolution for slides, documents and anything that will not accept SVG.
Put a vector graphic on a PDF page for issuing, printing or attaching to a submittal.
Shrink screenshots and renders for email and web use. Runs locally, no upload.
Re-encode a JPEG as PNG when a tool or template refuses JPEG input.
Cut image weight on a portfolio or company site. WebP keeps transparency and is typically 25–35% smaller than PNG.
Turn a downloaded WebP into a PNG that older software and CAD raster imports accept.
BIM models
IFC export is a mapping exercise, not a file conversion. The settings you pick decide whether the receiving team gets a usable federated model or a bag of generic solids.
Consultants who still work in AutoCAD need DWG. Done carelessly, the export arrives with 400 layers and hatches that will not plot; done properly it matches your office standard.
IFC holds a 3D model, DWG holds drawings — so this is a modelling-to-documentation step, not a file swap. There are three practical routes depending on what you need.
SketchUp exports DWG natively, but only in the Pro versions — and the export needs preparing if the result is going to be draftable.
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