Patent Drawing Software

Illustrate patent applications and create patent visuals quickly and easily

The Easy Choice for Patent Drawing Online

Easy to Use

You can easily drag and drop shapes or create flow stype diagrams with built-in automation. Draw virtually any type of line—straight, curved, or polygon—you want. Change line width, color, and add arrowheads with a click.

Easy to Find the Symbols You Need

You'll get an enormous library of symbols to drag-and-drop or stamp onto your canvas. Select from a set of standard geometric shapes like rectangles, diamonds, and trapezoids or delve into our extensive library of thousands of symbols and images across a wide range of categories.

Easy to Draw and Print to Scale

SmartDraw lets you draw to scale easily. Choose a common standard architectural scale, a metric scale, and more. You can print to scale just as easily. And your printed scale doesn't have to match your drawing's scale. You can easily change the scale at any time, even after you've started drawing.

Easy to Work With Other Apps

SmartDraw is easy to work with no matter what other apps you use. You can add your patent drawing to:

Microsoft Office^®
- Word^®
- PowerPoint^®
- Excel^®
Microsoft Teams^®
Google Workspace^™
- Google Docs
- Google Sheets
Atlassian^™ apps
- Confluence
- Jira

Easy to Save to Your Existing Storage Solution

SmartDraw works hand in glove with most file storage systems. You can save your drawing directly to:

SharePoint^®
OneDrive^®
Google Drive^™
DropBox^®
Box^®

There is no need to create a parallel set of common folders and permissions, SmartDraw can just save files directly into your existing set up.

Easy to Share

Share your patent drawing with anyone, even if they don't own a copy of SmartDraw, with a link. You can also easily export any diagram as a PDF or common image formats like PNG or SVG.

Easy to Get Help

Have a question? Chat or email us. SmartDraw support is in-house and free!

Easy Collaboration

SmartDraw makes it easy to work with your team, clients, or investors.

Collaborate on the same patent drawing in real time, or let your team or client easily add comments and feedback.

SmartDraw also works where you already communicate with your team. You can collaborate on designs in Microsoft Teams^®, Slack or Confluence.

Get the Power of CAD without the Price Tag

SmartDraw is easy-to-use patent drawing software that costs a fraction of what you'll pay for a traditional CAD program. Easily create professional-quality flowcharts, engineering & CAD diagrams, and many other visuals used for patent drawing.

SmartDraw is the only program available that combines automated diagramming with built-in professional templates. Anyone—novice or expert—can make drawings or diagrams of any kind in minutes.

But SmartDraw diagrams are more than just easy to create. SmartDraw also gives you a presentation-quality finish, automatically. Get a professional-looking patent drawing without paying thousands for a CAD program.

Examples of Diagrams Useful for Patent Drawing

Many different types of diagrams may be used to create a patent drawing. You may need to create an electrical diagram to explain how something will work. A flowchart can illustrate a sequence of steps and a process. You can also show hierarchies or a mock up of an web or app interface.