# Importing 2D CAD floor plans into Ignition Designer **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** vision\ **Created:** [June 14, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/importing-2d-cad-floor-plans-into-ignition-designer/60754 "2022-06-14T15:57:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Royal\_Rowland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Royal\_Rowland](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Royal_Rowland)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/importing-2d-cad-floor-plans-into-ignition-designer/60754/1 "2022-06-14T15:57:53Z")
I have an e-drawing in .edrw format that i want to import into the designer as a floor plan. I would like to drop the drawing into a vision window, as a background for machine sensors that I will eventually add. How can i do this? I figured I could possibly covert the drawing to an .SVG and then import that into ignition, but im having trouble with that too. Any input would be great, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![jlandwerlen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/importing-2d-cad-floor-plans-into-ignition-designer/60754/2 "2022-06-14T16:11:35Z")
There are many free online convert tools. Since you just want as a background you may find PNG to be the best, however, these converters usually allow many formats. ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Keller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/22d042/32.png) [@Jason\_Keller](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jason_Keller)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/importing-2d-cad-floor-plans-into-ignition-designer/60754/3 "2022-06-14T17:19:53Z")
I did a very similar project. Using a program like Snagit. you can capture the the layout and make the background transparent. This will allow you to set it as a background making it look almost as it is floating. just set it to the back as you overlay the objects.