How to Convert a PDF or Image Floor Plan to DWG

Home PlannerApp Team · October 17, 2026

Upload a PDF or image floor plan to Home Planner, let it recognize the walls, and export a clean DWG or DXF drawing with layers, sizes and a sheet per floor.

Home Planner converts a PDF or image floor plan to DWG in three steps: upload the plan, let Home Planner recognize the walls, doors and windows, and export the result as a DWG or DXF file. You get a clean vector drawing with real sizes, not a scanned picture inside a CAD file.

Home Planner is an app, not a web converter, and DWG/DXF export needs PRO+ or PRO++. It works on iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac and Windows; Automatic recognition on Mac needs macOS 14 or newer. The files open in AutoCAD and other CAD apps.

How it works

Home Planner turns the picture into a real plan first, and then writes that plan to a CAD file.

1. Upload a PDF, JPG, PNG or another image of the floor plan, or a photo of a paper plan.
2. Check the walls, doors, windows and the scale that Home Planner recognized.
3. Export the plan to DWG or DXF and save or send the file.

Names in bold are labels from the app. If your app is not in English, it shows them in your language.

Before you start

You need Home Planner PRO+ or PRO++ and a clear image of one floor.

Step 1: Upload the PDF or image floor plan

To convert a PDF or image floor plan to DWG, upload it to Home Planner with Automatic recognition. Start a new project from the plan, or add the plan to the project you have open.

In a new project

1. In Home Planner, open the Create screen and choose Plan from a Photo. Select Start.
2. In Choose floor plans, pick the PDF or image file. For a building with several floors, you can pick one plan per floor. On a phone or tablet you can also take a photo of a paper plan. For a PDF with several pages, choose the pages with the plans. If the app says the file is too large, upload a screenshot of the plan instead.
3. If a Floor order window opens, check the order of the floors. Select a plan to crop or adjust it, then select Continue.
4. In Choose import option, choose Automatic recognition. Ignore Order design if you see it. Home Planner finds the walls, doors and windows and builds the rooms.

Full guide to the upload and the recognition: How to convert a 2D floor plan to 3D.

In an open project

Here you add one plan at a time.

1. Open the floor in the 2D plan.
2. Select Upload Floor Plan in the toolbar. If the floor already has rooms, select Draw Wall first. A floor that already has a plan image does not show this button.
3. For a PDF with several pages, choose the page with the plan. Then continue as in a new project, from Choose import option.

Prefer to draw the walls yourself? Select Manual walls drawing: the plan stays under the grid, and you trace the walls over it. The export works the same way.

Step 2: Check the recognized plan

Home Planner's recognition can make small mistakes, so check the plan before you export it. A DWG file is only as exact as the plan in Home Planner.

1. Compare the length of one long wall with the size on the original plan. A Check the result message may ask you to do this.
2. If the length is wrong, select Edit Walls, then Resize.
3. If a window opens, select Change plan scale. With several floors, choose Change for current floor or Change for all floors.
4. Select the length number on one wall and type its real size. Home Planner rescales the whole plan.
5. Fix walls, doors and windows that are missing or in the wrong place. Select Edit Walls to move or add walls.
6. Make sure every room is closed, so each room gets its name and area. The export stops if no room is closed.
7. If the wall tools are open, select Done to leave wall editing. The share icon appears in the toolbar on the right.

Step 3: Export the floor plan to DWG or DXF

Home Planner exports the plan to DWG or DXF from the share menu of the editor. Home Planner builds the file on your device in a few seconds; a large furnished project takes longer.

1. Open the share menu: select the share icon in the toolbar on the right. If you do not see the share icon, select Done first.
2. Select Export drawing.
3. Choose DWG or DXF. The window shows what the file includes: walls, doors, windows and room sizes.
4. Select Export. On a phone or tablet, the share sheet opens: save the file or send it. On a Mac or a Windows computer, choose a folder in the save window.

With PRO++, Furniture on plan is on by default and adds any furniture you placed. Switch it off for walls only. With PRO+, the row is shown, but selecting it opens the PRO++ offer.

The same window also offers PDF and SVG with a Paper and scale setting. For a CAD file, choose DWG or DXF.

What the DWG file contains

The DWG or DXF file that Home Planner exports is a vector drawing of your plan in real units, with one layer set and one sheet for each floor.

Layer names in the file, for each floor:

<floor name> Walls
<floor name> Doors
<floor name> Windows
<floor name> Dimensions
<floor name> Rooms

DWG or DXF: which one to choose

Choose DWG for AutoCAD and most CAD apps. Choose DXF when the receiving program cannot read DWG.

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