Design every detail with CAD software
Create stunning designs with AutoCAD® design and documentation software. Speed documentation and detailing work with productivity tools, and share your work with TrustedDWG™ technology. Connect your workflow across integrated desktop, cloud, and mobile solutions. Select your CAD design software platform of choice with AutoCAD for Windows or AutoCAD for Mac.
AutoCAD features for design and documentation
Includes an updated modern interface that improves the design process and productivity enhancements that speed your workflow. Quickly open new and existing drawings with the New Tab page, access drawing content directly from the ribbon, and find tools with a more powerful Help window.
AutoCAD vs. AutoCAD LT and AutoCAD Design Suite
AutoCAD software is a powerful 2D and 3D design tool. Buy it separately or as part of AutoCAD Design Suite, which includes additional raster-to-vector conversion and 3D rendering tools. For 2D drafting, AutoCAD LT delivers AutoCAD software’s 2D drawing tools at a cost-effective price. All AutoCAD products provide the reliability of TrustedDWG™ technology.
Experience a richly refined interface that’s more detailed and easier to use than ever. Improved functionality and features are now set off against a darker background, creating a more efficient workspace while helping minimize eyestrain.
Evaluate potential changes before committing to them with command preview. Preview outcomes of frequently-used commands such as offset, fillet and trim. Helps reduce “undo’s” by catching mistakes before they happen.
Quickly open new and existing drawings with New Tab, and access a large selection of design elements that help you start on a project.
Save time and clicks by visually accessing drawing content with ribbon galleries, an intuitive and fast way to make selections directly from the ribbon.
Find tool locations in the user interface with an updated Help window. An animated arrow points you directly to the tool location in the ribbon.
Incorporate online maps into your designs more easily with geographic location enhancements. You can now capture a map as a static image and freeze its location in your designs.
Minimize time spent on text formatting issues with text tool refinements. M-text works more like a word processor, with features like bold, italic, align, word wrap, and easier set-up for bullet points.
Capture and integrate real-world data with enhanced reality capture tools. Improved performance enables denser point cloud display and more flexibility in orienting within UCS planes.
