Sketch-to-CAD · Glass & shower doors

Turn Glass Measure Sheets into CAD Drawings

LaunchAI converts glass sketches and measure sheets into CAD drawings. Create panel drawings with dimensions, notches, holes and edgework for fabrication. The drawing is built from the supplied measurements, notes and specifications. Unclear details are flagged for your team to review.

See your sketches converted to CAD See the approval screen

For estimators, order desks and owners at residential and commercial glass shops

Monday, 7:30. Nine openings, and every one is out of plumb.

The techs left their sheets on your desk Friday. A neo-angle with top, middle and bottom widths and a level reading on each wall. A steam shower with a transom and "header?" in the margin. A vanity mirror at 60 x 36 with "cut out for plug" and no location. A GC email with a phone photo of a cracked storefront lite: "replace like for like, size is on the sticker." The sticker is in the photo. Half of it.

So you sit down with the hardware catalog and a calculator. Smallest width, minus the hinge gap, minus the strike gap, minus whatever the curb slope eats. Decide if the out-of-plumb wall gets an out-of-square panel or a wider gap. Notch for the hinges, holes for the handle, edgework, tempering. Then you type it all again into CRL Showers Online or Enclosures Online, or draw it in AutoCAD for the tempering plant, and fill their order form with the same numbers a third time.

Tempered glass can't be recut. Get one deduction wrong and the panel is scrap, the customer waits another two weeks on the remake, and the margin on that bathroom is gone. Which is why the only person who does this is the one person who never gets it wrong, and that person is buried.

What the job looks like today

  1. Read the sheet

    Three widths, two plumb readings, a curb note and a hinge arrow.

  2. Do the deductions

    Calculator, hardware catalog and a sticky note of your own gaps.

  3. Draw the glass

    Panels, notches and holes in AutoCAD or the supplier's configurator.

  4. Order it again

    Same numbers into the fabricator's form, by hand.

  5. Hope it fits

    You find out at install, two weeks and one tempering run later.

Where it goes wrong

Tempered glass doesn't forgive a misread

The tech measured it right. The trouble is what the sheet assumed you'd know.

  • Out of plumb, but which way?

    "1/4 out" on the back wall. Leaning in at the top or out? Over the full height or just the last foot? That's the difference between an out-of-square panel and a 1/4" gap the customer will stare at every morning.

  • Hinge left, from where?

    The tech stood inside the shower to draw it. The fabricator's form is drawn from outside. Swap the view and the door swings into the toilet.

  • The curb that slopes

    Curbs are built to shed water in. A 1/8" slope across the door means the bottom edge, the sweep and the gap all change. The sheet says "curb 3 1/2" and nothing else.

  • "Cut out for plug"

    A mirror outlet cutout needs a location from two edges and a size. Without them you're guessing, and a guessed hole in a 60 x 36 mirror is a new mirror.

Why it's still manual

Software hasn't fixed this. Here's why.

Glass shops have good configurators and good CAD. Somebody still has to read the measure sheet into them.

  • Your CAD and quoting software

    Waits for someone to type

    AutoCAD, eShowers and Smart Glazier draw a panel with notches and holes quickly, once someone has decided the sizes. The deductions, the plumb readings and the curb are still worked out by hand.

  • Generic AI and OCR models

    Confidently wrong

    A generic AI model reads "36 1/4 T 36 B" as one number, drops the arrow on the plumb reading, and when the side wall has no reading it fills one in. On tempered glass, a plausible number is a remake.

  • Image-to-CAD converters

    Traces lines, not intent

    Image-to-CAD converters trace the sketched lines into a DXF. A tech's plan view isn't to scale and has no thickness, deductions or hinge side in it, so you redraw it anyway.

  • Measuring apps and configurators

    Only if everyone uses them

    CRL Showers Online and US Horizon Enclosures Online size standard layouts well. They still need someone to type the measure sheet in, and custom mirrors, transoms and storefront fall outside them.

Written on the paperGeneric OCR / AI modelLaunchAI agent
36 1/4 T 36 B 36.14" 36-1/4" at top, 36" at bottom: wall out 1/4", flagged Top and bottom readings are a taper, not two typos.
1/2 LI 1/2 L1 1/2" low-iron, tempered LI, CL, ACID, BRZ are glass specs, not words.
← hinge (inside) hinge Hinges left as seen from outside the shower The note tells you which way the sketch was drawn.

How the agent does it

From sketches to CAD drawings and layouts

LaunchAI converts the sketch and its measurements into CAD geometry, applies your drawing standards and prepares the related order information. Missing dimensions and unclear notes are flagged for your team to review.

CRL Showers OnlineNew enclosure · Patel master bath Agent working · your login · this PC
GeneralDetailsPricingNotes
  • Neo-angle · door + 2 panels ← Measure sheet sketch
  • 36-1/4" ← Top reading, back wall
  • 36" ← Smallest of 3 readings
  • 24-1/8" · 135° ← Sheet + your deductions
  • 3/8" clear tempered ← Sheet note
  • Left, from outside ← Sketch note "(inside)"
  • Brushed nickel · 2 hinges ← Dana's email 7:08
  • 3-1/2" · slopes 1/8" in ← Voicemail 7:22
Saved as draft. Nothing is sent until you approve.Send to review

  1. Reads the measure sheet

    Widths, plumb readings, curb, hinge side and hardware, each with a confidence score.

  2. Applies your deductions

    Gaps, clearances and door limits from your rules tables, the same way every time.

  3. Draws the panels

    In AutoCAD or your supplier's configurator, with notches and holes from your templates.

  4. Fills the order

    Glass, edgework, tempering and hardware into the fabricator's portal or form.

  5. You approve

    Confirm the one reading it flagged, and the order goes to tempering.

Caught at the desk

Problems caught before the shop floor

Today the order bounces when someone hits save. The agent runs the same checks first, fills what it can from a trusted source, and brings you only the one thing that needs a person.

Today

Convert to order · quote #10482Failed rules 4

Order incomplete · cannot send to fabricator

  • Hinge side not confirmed
  • Plumb reading missing on side wall
  • Hardware finish not selected
  • Handle holes not dimensioned

Verify the following

  • Door width close to hinge limit

With the agent

Agent checks · before review5/6 passed

  • Opening closes

    Back and side returns meet at 135°; the diagonal agrees within 1/16".

    Pass

  • Wall out of plumb

    Written "out of plumb 1/4?". Panel drawn 1/4" out of square at the top; confirm direction before ordering.

    Needs you

  • Deductions applied

    Hinge gap, strike gap and curb clearance from your deduction table, shown line by line.

    Pass

  • Door within hardware limits

    24-1/8" door in 3/8" glass is inside your hinge maker's width and weight range.

    Pass

  • Notches and holes located

    2 hinge notches and handle holes placed from your hardware template.

    Pass

  • Fabricator order filled

    Sizes, flat polish edges, tempering and finish entered; PO from the job.

    Pass

Human review

You approve the drawing, not the typing

The paperwork on one side, the agent's drawing on the other, and every value it read in between, with the one it's unsure of called out.

LaunchAI Portal · Reviews

Approval you asked for

Approve the Patel neo-angle glass Pending

The agent sized the door and two panels with your hardware deductions and drew the notches. One out-of-plumb reading needs confirmation.

Medium risk 1 of 9 in your queue Sketch to CAD · step 02.2 · Review glass sizes

Agent suggests: Approve after confirming the 1/4" out-of-plumb at the top of the back wall. Door and panel sizes follow your deduction table.

Source sketchpatel_neo_angle_measure.jpg
36"3624 door out of plumb 1/4? 3/8 clear hinge L
Neo-angle shower · glass planOpen in AutoCAD
36-1/4"36"DOOR 24-1/8" WALL OOP 1/4" @ TOP 3/8" CLEAR · CRL BN HINGES LEFT Neo-angle shower · glass plan · Rev A ● Preview synced just now

Dimensions read from sketch

  • Back return“36"” 36-1/4"
  • Side return“36” 36"
  • Door“24 door” 24-1/8"
  • Glass“3/8 clear” 3/8" clear
  • Hinges“hinge L” Left
  • Wall plumbLooks like “out of plumb 1/4?” 1/4" @ top
Every value links back to where it was read on the sketch. Request changes Approve CAD

Inputs and outputs

Sketches and measure sheets in. CAD drawings out.

  • Handwritten measure sheets for showers, mirrors, transoms and storefront
  • Top, middle and bottom readings with level and plumb notes
  • Curb, header and wall conditions, from the sheet or a voicemail
  • Hardware and finish selections from the showroom or the GC
  • Photos of the opening, the old glass or the tempering stamp
  • Glass sizes with your deductions and clearances applied, math shown
  • Panel drawings in AutoCAD with hinge notches, holes and edgework
  • The enclosure entered in CRL Showers Online or Enclosures Online
  • The fabricator or tempering-plant order filled in their format
  • A customer approval drawing and a job in your shop software

Your numbers

What it gives back to your team

Change the numbers to match your shop.

Example values. Put in your own.

17hours back per week
833hours back per year (50 weeks)
0.4full-time people's worth of typing

today with the agent: review only

Your software

Create CAD drawings in your team's tools

LaunchAI converts sketches into drawings through your CAD and design workflow. Bring your software version, drawing standards and a sample sketch so we can confirm the conversion steps and outputs for your setup.

  • AutoCAD
  • CRL Showers Online
  • US Horizon Enclosures Online
  • Smart Glazier
  • eShowers
  • GlassGo
  • Your fabricator's order portal
  • QuickBooks

FAQ

Glass & shower doors: questions we hear

Can it enter enclosures in CRL Showers Online or US Horizon's Enclosures Online?

Yes. LaunchAI agents use web portals and desktop software through the screen, with your logins, the way your order desk does. There's no integration to set up with the supplier.

How does it know our deductions?

You give it your gaps, clearances and door limits once, per hardware line. They live in a rules table you can change any time, and every glass size on the approval screen shows which rule it used.

What if the sheet is missing a plumb reading or a hinge side?

It never guesses a glass size. It flags the gap, drafts a text to the tech, and holds that order until someone answers.

Who approves before glass is ordered?

Whoever approves today: you, the estimator or the shop manager. Nothing goes to the fabricator or the tempering plant until a person signs off.

What about mirrors, transoms and storefront?

Same agent, different rules. Mirror cutouts, transom heights and storefront lites from a measure sheet or a photo of the old stamp, with anything it can't read put in front of a person.

Does it replace my measure tech?

No. The tech still measures the opening. The agent takes the sheet from there, so the person who knows glass reviews sizes instead of working them out.

Other industries

The same agent, other trades

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How the Sketch-to-CAD agent works

Send us last week's measure sheets.

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