Generate from Sketch

Turn rough sketches into polished figures

FigPad can transform a rough hand-drawn sketch into a cleaner, more professional scientific visual.

This workflow is useful when you already know the layout you want, but do not want to rebuild the figure manually in design software.

Best use cases

• Mechanism diagrams drafted on paper
• Whiteboard concepts from meetings
• Early-stage figure layouts for papers and posters
• Converting notebook sketches into presentation-ready visuals

How to get better results

1. Keep the sketch composition clear, even if the lines are rough.
2. Add a short text instruction describing the key entities and intended style.
3. Focus on structure first, then refine colors, labels, and visual polish in later passes.
4. Export the result as SVG if you expect more review cycles.

Practical tip

The sketch does not need to look good. It only needs to communicate structure clearly enough for FigPad to understand the intended layout.