Best Software For Patent Drawings

Illustrate Patent Applications with the Help of Templates

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.

Electrical Symbols

Patent Drawing Features and Tools

Arrows and Lines
Draw virtually any type of line—straight, curved, or polygon—you want. Change line width, color, and add arrowheads with a click. This is a great way to add waveforms.

Line options

Shapes and Symbols
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.

HVAC symbols

Scale
Use rulers with pre-set scales in US/Imperial or Metric standards of measure. Click and drag to the dimension you want, or type the dimension into the line.

Drawing to scale

More Reasons Why SmartDraw is the Best Drawing Software for Illustrating Patent Applications

Works on any device with an internet connection
Thousands of templates and examples
An enormous library of symbols to drag-and-drop or stamp onto your canvas
Automated drawing makes creation and editing of flow diagrams fast and easy
Integrates with your MS Office^® and Google Workspace^™ programs—insert your patent drawing into a Google Docs^™, Slides^™, Word^®, Excel^®, or PowerPoint^® file with just a few clicks.
You and your team can work on the same patent drawing by saving it to a shared SmartDraw folder or by using your favorite file sharing apps like Dropbox^®, Google Drive^™, Box^® or OneDrive^®.
You can also share files with non SmartDraw users by simply emailing them a link.
Free support—even for trial users. Just call or email—our team of trained specialists is ready to help you create your diagram

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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.

Many diagrams in SmartDraw have built-in smarts and automation to help you draw more quickly. You can also choose to create a manual diagram and use SmartDraw in much the same way you would a CAD program.

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See for yourself why SmartDraw is the best patent drawing software on the market today.