From Survey Plat PDF to CAD & GIS Linework

Upload your CAD file

Drag and drop your file onto the upload area, or click to browse. PDF-Plot.com accepts two document types, each handled by a different pipeline:

• Vector PDFs — native CAD plots (AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Carlson, or any program) with embedded linework. The geometry is extracted directly — no tracing.
• Text PDFs or deeds — metes-and-bounds prose descriptions. Parsed directly with no image processing.

Scanned or photographed sheets — even saved as PDFs — are flattened raster images with no geometry to extract. PDF-Plot detects and rejects them; re-export the drawing from CAD as a vector PDF instead.

The tier router classifies your file automatically

PDF-Plot.com inspects every uploaded file and routes it to the correct pipeline. The tier badge appears in the results table:

Review the extracted course table

After processing, the course table lists every extracted bearing and distance. Each entry has a status:

• CLEAN — extracted as-read, no normalization applied.
• REPAIRED — label noise corrected by the bearing repair grammar (e.g. N8g°29'45"W → N89°29'45"W). Worth a quick visual check.
• SKIPPED — token failed a false-positive guard (too many letters, leading digits, known noise word). Not included in the traverse.

If a course you expected to see is missing, check the warnings section. It will identify which label tokens were rejected and why.

Read the closure verdict

The traverse is computed mathematically from the extracted bearings and distances. The closure result tells you whether the boundary closes within survey standards:

A REVIEW result does not mean the output is wrong — it means the traverse as extracted does not meet the closure threshold. Older deeds written to lower precision standards often produce REVIEW results even when the geometry is correct.

Download your outputs

Three files are generated for every successfully processed job:

• DXF R2010 — AutoCAD-compatible linework restored to the drawing's original layers (e.g. BOUNDARY, CENTERLINE, EASEMENT, SECTION) recovered from the PDF, each with its original ACI color and linetype — nothing renamed, nothing reassigned.
• SVG — proportional vector preview. Open in any browser or Inkscape, or embed in reports.
• JSON manifest — restored layer list with entity counts and verdict; when bearing/distance calls are found on the sheet, it also includes all courses, Cartesian coordinates, closure error, precision ratio, and area (sq ft). Feed into any GIS or database workflow.

The DXF uses a local Cartesian system (survey feet, origin at 0,0). In AutoCAD, run ZOOM → EXTENTS to locate the linework, then move it to your real-world coordinate system using a monument tie point from the source plat. Alternatively, use the Geo-Locate tool to pin your drawing to PLSS section corner coordinates automatically — no CAD editing required.

Automate with the REST API

Every function in the UI is available via the REST API. Use it to process archive batches, integrate with title platforms, or feed results into a GIS database.

# 1. Upload
curl -X POST /api/jobs -F "files=@drawing.pdf"
# → {"job_id":"abc-123","files":[{"name":"drawing.pdf","tier":"TIER1_VECTOR"}]}
# Scanned/raster files are rejected — supply a vector PDF or deed text.

# 2. Run
curl -X POST /api/jobs/abc-123/run
# → {"verdict":"PASS","precision":7842,"closure_ft":0.18,...}

# 3. Download DXF
curl /api/jobs/abc-123/artifact/drawing.dxf -o drawing.dxf

For high-volume processing or custom SLA requirements, contact us for enterprise API access.