AutoCAD Architecture

AutoCAD® Architecture provides greater efficiency built on a familiar solution, reducing the possibility of errors.

AutoCAD® Architecture is the version of AutoCAD® software for architects. Creating designs and documentation is much more efficient using the software’s purpose-built tools for architects, providing greater efficiency built on a familiar solution.

Automate tedious drafting tasks and help reduce errors. The familiar working methods and intuitive user environment offers immediate productivity gains with the flexibility to learn additional features at your own pace.

The software’s industry-leading DWG file format makes it easy to share and communicate designs with engineers and the extended project team. AutoCAD Architecture offers immediate productivity for architects familiar with AutoCAD software.

Users of AutoCAD® Architecture can prepare their drawings around 30% faster compared to traditional CAD Methods

	Collaboration Easily exchange design data with your extended team of design professionals by exporting your designs to a variety of broadly used formats including DWF. Bring designs to life for impressive client presentations at any stage of design. Streamlined visualisation capabilities are fully integrated into the AutoCAD Architecture workflow. Accelerate architectural review cycles by publishing directly to DWF™ or DWFx file formats.
	User Interface AutoCAD® Architecture software has a sleek new user interface that offers optimised desktop organisation, a larger drawing window, quicker access to tools and commands, and the ability to customise tool locations based on workflows. Context-sentive Ribbon functionality highlight additional functionality when specific objects, such as walls, are selected. Now includes new dynamic grid and navigation tools, such as a view cube and steering wheel.
	Drawing management Draw plans more quickly; generate elevations and sections automatically; and extract schedules with ease. AutoCAD Architecture 2011 increases wall drafting productivity with intuitive tools that enable architects and designers to draw wall layouts that better reflect actual construction. Wall component boundaries now work with Fillet and Chamfer, and the new Intelligent Cleanup command allows you to perform roughly laid out wall cleanup with a single action. Component selection during wall cleanup editing has also been simplified. Dragging and dropping drawings from the Project Navigator onto a sheet template automatically creates external reference links, creates viewports, and inserts the drawings in at the proper scale.
	Spaces Automatically tag every room in your drawing, complete with room areas. Change the bounding elements, and spaces update automatically, saving you time and helping to make documentation more accurate. Space definitions can include offsets from bounding elements based on preset rules or rules you define, enabling area calculations that reflect a variety of industry standards, including BOMA, DIN, and SIS. Colour-coded Net, Gross, and Usable area boundary lines reflect accurate square footage based on space classification and proximity to other space types.