Each recording is a complete workflow on a real object, playable right here.
An end-to-end workflow: Smart Trace extracts the front, side and back profiles of a pair of wire strippers from calibrated photographs. Difficult translucent edges are corrected by hand, the views are combined into a textured true 3D solid, and the finished model is ready for STEP export.
The app as it is today: Smart Trace, automatic layers, true solids.
The manual route, start to finish, entirely on an iPhone: a mower control housing photographed from several angles, scaled from a few real measurements, its geometry drawn and refined with the editor's own tools rather than Smart Trace, and the views combined into a dimensioned, textured 3D solid. Played at 8x: the 1:39 runtime is about 13 minutes of recorded work.
A calibrated photograph of digital calipers becomes clean, scaled CAD geometry. Reference-sheet detection, perspective correction, automatic feature recognition, colour-coded layers for each component, cleanup controls and dimensioning.
Starting with clean top, front and side tracings, LensCAD builds a true 3D solid of a remote control in seconds: photo-texture projection, recognition of inner shapes and circles, and raising or recessing selected features by precise amounts before saving the model.
Three calibrated photographs of a remote control become aligned, scaled CAD geometry: printed reference-sheet detection, perspective correction, Smart Trace, shape cleanup, automatic layers, and adding top, front and side views for 3D reconstruction or DXF export.
A skewed photograph of an existing door becomes clean, scaled CAD geometry: four-point perspective correction, scaling the door to a known 82-inch height, a prompt aimed at the stiles and rails, and rapid cleanup of the resulting architectural linework.
A calibrated photograph of bolt cutters becomes clean vector geometry: reference-sheet correction, automatic detection of handles, jaws, pivot holes and internal features, trace-style comparison, selective cleanup, and the finished drawing with the source image hidden.
Recorded before Smart Trace, automatic layers and the 3D solid existed. They still show the correction and scale steps well.
A remote control captured from three directions using a printed reference sheet for scale and perspective correction. The top, front and side tracings are aligned in 3D and exported together as a DXF file.
Development note: LensCAD is evolving rapidly. This March 2026 demonstration reflects the software at the time of recording and may not represent all current features, interface details, or subsequent improvements.
A strap hinge traced from a photograph using two-line perspective correction and a tape-measure reference for scale, combining automatic hole detection with manual drawing tools for the perimeter and hardware.
Development note: LensCAD is evolving rapidly. This March 2026 demonstration reflects the software at the time of recording and may not represent all current features, interface details, or subsequent improvements.
A longer step-by-step workflow tracing three calibrated photographs of a remote control with the printed reference sheet: perspective correction, scaled top, front and side views, 3D alignment and DXF export.
Development note: LensCAD is evolving rapidly. This March 2026 demonstration reflects the software at the time of recording and may not represent all current features, interface details, or subsequent improvements.
An angled photograph of a patterned railing becomes usable CAD linework: four-point perspective correction followed by automatic tracing of the panel geometry and its repeating decorative pattern.
Development note: LensCAD is evolving rapidly. This March 2026 demonstration reflects the software at the time of recording and may not represent all current features, interface details, or subsequent improvements.
A photograph of an existing door becomes scaled CAD geometry: four-point perspective correction and cropping, then manual drawing tools trace the door perimeter, panels and architectural details.
Development note: LensCAD is evolving rapidly. This March 2026 demonstration reflects the software at the time of recording and may not represent all current features, interface details, or subsequent improvements.
A photographed railing panel is traced automatically into clean CAD geometry: the outer frame, internal bars and decorative details extracted from the corrected source image.
Development note: LensCAD is evolving rapidly. This March 2026 demonstration reflects the software at the time of recording and may not represent all current features, interface details, or subsequent improvements.
