AUTOCAD

CAD software with design automation plus toolsets, web, and mobile apps

What is AutoCAD?

AutoCAD® is computer-aided design (CAD) software that architects, engineers, and construction professionals rely on to create precise 2D and 3D drawings.

  • Draft, annotate, and design 2D geometry and 3D models with solids, surfaces, and mesh objects
  • Automate tasks such as comparing drawings, counting, adding blocks, creating schedules, and more
  • Customize with add-on apps and APIs

Seamless connections with the web and mobile apps

Enjoy a connected design experience across AutoCAD on virtually any device. View, edit, annotate, and create drawings on the go using the AutoCAD mobile app or from your web browser on any computer using the AutoCAD web app.

Save time with the specialized toolsets

AutoCAD® includes industry-specific features and libraries for architecture, mechanical design, electrical design, and more.

Complete design tasks in a fraction of the time. Automate common actions such as inserting doors, generating bills of materials, and creating PLC I/O drawings. Access over 750,000 intelligent objects and parts with industry libraries.

Architecture Toolset

Adds features for architectural drawing, documentation, and schedules, and for automating drafting tasks.

  • Create floor plans, sections, elevations, and other building design drawings using specialized tools.
  • Additional features include walls, doors, and windows.
  • Use 8,500+ intelligent architectural objects and styles to support AIA 2nd edition, BS1192 DIN 276, ISYBAU Long Format, ISYBAU Short Format, and STLB layer standards.
MEP Toolset

Adds features to help you draft, design, and document MEP building systems in an AutoCAD environment.

  • Create accurate construction documentation of MEP systems design.
  • Use task-based tools to create MEP drawings for building systems.
  • Use 10,500+ intelligent MEP objects to support AIA 2nd edition, BS1192 Descriptive, and BS1192 – AUG Version 2 standards, and DIN 276, ISYBAU Long Format, ISYBAU Short Format, and STLB layer standards.
Raster Design Toolset

Adds raster-to-vector tools to help you convert raster images into DWG™ objects. Edit scanned drawings in a familiar AutoCAD environment.

  • Despeckle, bias, mirror, and touch up your images.
  • Use standard AutoCAD commands on raster regions and primitives. Easily erase raster images, lines, arcs, and circles.
  • Create lines and polylines from raster images, and convert raster files into vector drawings.
  • Show and analyze geo images in Civil 3D civil engineering software and the Map 3D toolset.
Map 3D Toolset

Incorporate GIS topology with AutoCAD so you can use and maintain CAD and GIS data for planning, design, and data management.

  • Create, maintain, and communicate mapping and GIS information within the AutoCAD drawing environment.
  • Use task-based tools to manage GIS data and aggregate it with design data.
  • Access spatial data stored in files, databases, and web services.
  • Use standard data schema, automated business workflows, and report templates for Electric North America, Electric Europe, Water, Wastewater, and Gas industries.
Electrical Toolset

Adds electrical design features to help you create, modify, and document electrical controls systems.

  • Create panel layouts, schematic diagrams, and other electrical drawings using specialized tools.
  • Use consistent project standards with drawings organized in a project-based structure.
  • Includes a library of 65,000+ intelligent electrical symbols to support AS, GB, IEC, IEC-60617, JIC, JIS, NFPA, and IEEE standards.
Plant 3D Toolset

Adds features to help you produce P&IDs, and then integrate them into a 3D plant design model.

  • Generate and share isometrics, orthographics, and materials reports.
  • Create schematic diagrams, plant layouts, and other drawings for plant design using specialized tools.
  • Includes a library of 400+ intelligent plant objects such as equipment templates, support templates, and structural members to support 40 standards, including ANSI and DIN.

System Requirements For AutoCAD (Windows)

Operating System 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 10. See Autodesk’s Product Support Lifecycle for support information.
CPU

Recommended:
3.0 GHz or greater, 4 or more cores

Minimum:
2.5–2.9 GHz processor

Memory

Recommended:
16 GB RAM or more

Minimum:
8 GB RAM

Disk Space 10.0 GB
Graphics

Recommended:
4 GB GPU with 106 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 12 compliant

Minimum:
1 GB GPU with 29 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant

Display Resolution

High Resolution & 4K Displays:
Resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 supported on Windows 10 (with capable display card)

Conventional Displays:
1920 x 1080 with True Color

Pointing Device

MS-Mouse compliant

Network

See Autodesk Network License Manager for Windows

Spreadsheet
Full local install of Microsoft® Excel 2016 or later for workflows that create and edit spreadsheets. Inventor workflows that read or export spreadsheet data do not require Microsoft® Excel. See Inventor Excel Requirements for more information.


Office 365 subscribers must ensure they have a local installation of Microsoft Excel.


Windows Excel Starter®, OpenOffice®, and browser-based Office 365 applications are not supported.

Browser Google Chrome™ or equivalent
.NET Framework .NET Framework Version 4.8 or later. Windows Updates enabled for installation.