Blue Water Pools · Vinyl pool liners
A-B 30' pt 14: 21'4 / 9'7
Measure form: Kowalski, 16x32 rect w/ step
Sketch-to-CAD Agent
Turn sketches into CAD drawings
LaunchAI converts hand-drawn sketches, field measurements and plans into CAD drawings, layouts and models. It reads the dimensions and notes, creates the drawing in your CAD software and flags missing information. Your team reviews the result before quoting or production.
How the agent does it
From a hand-drawn sketch to a CAD drawing
LaunchAI reads the measurements and notes, constructs the CAD drawing and applies your drawing standards. It also carries the relevant details into your quoting and order workflow, with unclear information flagged for review.
Liner order portalConvert to order · Kowalski 
Agent working · your login · this PC
Agent working · your login · this PC GeneralDetailsPricingNotes
- 16' 0" ← Sheet, top dim
- 32' 0" ← Sheet, side dim
- Standard · E 8 · N 10 · M 4 · L 2 ← Depth column
- 40" · 6' 6" ← Deep-end view
- Straight · Left · 3 treads ← Step sketch
- Tahoe · 27 mil ← Dealer email 7:10
- Tahoe · 20 mil ← Dealer default
- BW-20419 ← Form header
Saved as draft. Nothing is sent until you approve.Send to review
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Reads what came in
Paper, images (faxed, texted, scanned), emails and spreadsheets. Every value gets a confidence score.
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Applies your rules
Your defaults, tolerances and standards, from tables your team controls.
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Converts the sketch to CAD
Creates the drawing, layout or model from the measured sketch, then carries the relevant details into your order and quoting workflow.
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Asks, never guesses
A missing dimension becomes a question to the customer, not a number.
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Waits for you
You approve the drawing; it routes to quoting, parts and production.
By industry
Wherever measurements arrive on paper
The same agent, set up with each trade's forms, rules and drawing standards. Pick yours.
Pools & outdoor living
- Vinyl pool liners Convert pool sketches and A-B measure sheets into CAD liner drawings and patterns.
- Safety & spa covers Convert A-B cover forms and spa templates into CAD patterns, strap plans and anchor layouts.
- Sunrooms, patio covers & enclosures Convert sunroom and enclosure sketches into CAD plans, elevations and sections.
- Fence & gate contractors Convert fence sketches, plats and site notes into CAD layouts and estimate drawings.
- Landscape & hardscape Convert site sketches and field measurements into CAD landscape and hardscape plans.
Metal & fabrication
- Metal fabrication & job shops Convert sketch-only RFQs and old prints into CAD part models, flat patterns and quote drawings.
- Stairs, railings & misc metals Convert field measures and stair sketches into CAD models, rail layouts and shop drawings.
- HVAC ductwork & sheet metal Convert ductwork sketches and fitting tickets into CAD fittings for your shop workflow.
- Stainless & foodservice equipment Convert consultant plans and fabrication sketches into CAD drawings for stainless equipment.
- Rebar fabrication & detailing Convert rebar sketches and field markups into CAD drawing updates and bending schedules.
- Gaskets & die-cut parts Convert gasket tracings and sketches into dimensioned CAD drawings and DXF files.
- Truck bodies & upfits Convert dealer build sheets and truck body sketches into CAD models and approval drawings.
Kitchens, interiors & glass
- Stone countertops Convert countertop sketches and kitchen plans into CAD layouts and quote drawings.
- Cabinetry & millwork Convert cabinet sketches and field measures into CAD layouts and shop drawings.
- Closets & garage storage Convert closet and garage sketches into CAD layouts, sections and shop drawings.
- Glass & shower doors Convert glass measure sheets and sketches into CAD panel and fabrication drawings.
- Blinds, shades & shutters Convert shutter sketches and installer measures into CAD panel layouts and order drawings.
- Flooring & carpet Convert room sketches into CAD flooring plans, seam layouts and cut diagrams.
Building products & structures
- Metal buildings & pole barns Convert dealer sketches and building order sheets into CAD models and approval drawings.
- Lumber yards & truss plants Convert contractor sketches and builder plans into CAD truss layouts and placement drawings.
- Precast concrete Convert precast sketches and civil markups into CAD shop drawings and submittal plans.
- Windows & doors Convert window and door sketches into CAD opening layouts and approval drawings.
- Commercial doors & hardware Convert opening surveys and door sketches into CAD frame elevations and layout drawings.
Signs, covers & soft goods
Seen on a real desk
What we watched a pool liner order desk do
We filmed the order desk at a vinyl liner manufacturer. Each order meant opening a quote, converting it to an order, and typing the pool's A and B lengths, the depth profile, the deep-end view, the step type, its position and tread count, and every corner, from a dealer's measurement sheet.
Then the rules engine spoke up: "Order will not route or send to AutoCAD", listing a missing wall pattern, wall thickness, floor pattern, floor thickness and PO number. Each one meant another lookup or another phone call.
The agent does the same steps on the same screens, and brings a person in only where a person adds something.
Why it's still manual
Software hasn't fixed this. Here's why.
LaunchAI converts the sketches, measure sheets and plans your team receives into CAD drawings. The agent uses the written dimensions and notes to create the geometry your quoting and production workflows need.
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Your CAD and quoting software
Waits for someone to type
CAD and design tools provide the drawing and modelling features. LaunchAI converts the sketch and its measurements into a drawing in those tools, including layouts, models and trade-specific details.
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Generic AI and OCR models
Confidently wrong
Chat models and OCR read the digits and lose the meaning: foot marks vanish, fractions merge into whole numbers, arrows and question marks disappear, and a missing dimension gets filled with something that looks right. Nothing tells you which numbers it made up.
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Image-to-CAD converters
Traces lines, not intent
A field sketch may not be drawn to scale. LaunchAI uses the written dimensions, callouts and geometry checks to create the CAD drawing, with unclear information flagged for review.
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Measuring apps and configurators
Only if everyone uses them
Measuring apps, portals and configurators work for the customers and dealers who use them. The rest still send paper, and you can't make them switch in the middle of your busy season.
Written on the paperGeneric OCR / AI modelLaunchAI agent
8 6" deep 86" 8' 6" (102") deep end Foot marks disappear in faxed, scanned and photographed images. The number survives, the unit doesn't.
25½" 251/2" → 251.2" 25-1/2" Handwritten fractions run into the whole number.
3x 13/32? 3x 13/32 3X Ø0.406 THRU · low confidence, sent to review The question mark is the most important part of the note.
For estimators, order desks, drafters and the people who run them
Every trade has the same Monday
A liner dealer sends an image of an A-B sheet: faxed, texted or scanned. A kitchen designer emails a plan with no overhangs. A contractor texts a photo of a napkin. A builder sends a spreadsheet that measures to the wall instead of the box. A salesperson leaves a voicemail that changes the step.
Somebody in your office reads every one of them, works out what was meant, and types it into the quoting portal, the CAD system and the ERP. That person is usually your most experienced one, because experience is what it takes to know that "8 6" means eight foot six.
It's skilled work, and it's still done by hand in almost every trade. It's also why quotes take days in your busiest season.
Caught at the desk
Problems caught before the shop floor
The agent runs your checks before anyone opens the order, fills what it can from a trusted source, and brings you only the one thing that needs a person.
Today
Rules failed · order will not route or send to AutoCAD
- Missing wall pattern
- Missing wall thickness
- Missing floor pattern
- Missing floor thickness
- Missing PO number
Verify the following
- Cannot route: corner step
With the agent
- Pass
Points triangulate
All 42 points agree with their A and B distances within 1/2".
- Needs you
Corner radius unclear
Written "R2?". Drafted as 2' 0"; confirm before cutting.
- Pass
Depth profile is buildable
Shallow 3' 6" to deep 8' 0": break and slope within your liner limits.
- Pass
Step matches latest note
Voicemail 7:22 overrides the sheet: wedding cake, 3 treads.
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Order rules pass
Wall and floor pattern, mil, PO: all filled from the dealer's email and defaults.
Human review
You approve the drawing, not the typing
The sketch on one side, the agent's drawing on the other, and every dimension it read in between. The agent tells you which value it's unsure of, and why.
Approval you asked for
Approve the pool liner drawing Pending
The agent read the dimensions and drafted a labelled liner plan. One handwritten radius needs confirmation.
Medium risk 1 of 43 in your queue Sketch to CAD · step 03.4 · Review generated drawing
Agent suggests: Approve after confirming the R 2' corner radius. Overall size, depths, steps and equipment pad match the sketch.
Source sketchdealer_measure_sheet_0412.jpg
Backyard pool · liner planOpen in AutoCAD
● Preview synced just now
Dimensions read from sketch
- Overall length (B)“32'” 32' 0"
- Overall width (A)“16'” 16' 0"
- Shallow depth“3' 6" shallow” 3' 6"
- Deep-end depth“8' deep” 8' 0"
- Steps“3 steps” Straight · Left · 3
- Corner radiusLooks like “R2?” R 2' 0"
Compare
Your options for the paper pile
| Your team, by hand | CAD / quoting software | Generic AI & OCR | Image-to-CAD converter | LaunchAI agent | |
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| Reads handwriting, images (faxed, texted, scanned), spreadsheets and texts | Partly; misreads units and symbols | Partly; clean drawings only | |||
| Knows which values it's unsure of | Depends on the person | ||||
| Applies your company's rules and defaults | Only what's typed in | ||||
| Works in your existing CAD, portal and ERP | Exports a file | ||||
| Never invents a missing dimension | |||||
| A person approves before production | Optional | ||||
| Keeps up in the busy season |
FAQ
Questions we hear
Can LaunchAI convert hand-drawn sketches into CAD drawings?
Yes. LaunchAI converts hand-drawn sketches, field measurements and plans into CAD drawings, layouts and models. It reads the dimensions and notes, creates the drawing and flags missing or unclear information. Your team reviews the result before it is released.
Why not just paste the sketch into ChatGPT?
A general chat model will give you numbers, confidently, including ones it made up. It doesn't know your trade's units or your shop's rules, can't tell you which values it guessed, and can't enter anything in your CAD or ERP. The agent does all four and stops for approval.
Which software does it work with?
Whatever your team uses on a desktop or in a browser: AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Inventor, Cabinet Vision, Microvellum, CounterGo, Trimble FabShop, SmartBuild, CorelDRAW, ShopVOX, NetSuite and your own order portal. LaunchAI agents work through the screen, so there's no integration to build.
What if the paperwork is missing a measurement?
The agent stops and asks. It never invents a dimension. Your rules decide who gets asked (the dealer, the salesperson, the field measurer or the customer) and the agent drafts the question.
Does it replace our drafters and estimators?
LaunchAI converts sketches into CAD drawings and prepares the related quote or order information. Your drafters and estimators review the output, resolve flagged details and make the design and pricing decisions.
Where does our data go?
LaunchAI agents run on your machines with your logins. Drawings, customer sheets and pricing stay in your systems.
Bring your sketches and field measurements.