CAD and GIS working together
ArcGIS for AutoCAD is a plug-in application that connects CAD and geographic information system (GIS) professionals to help them design with geographic context, streamline information sharing, and make spatially informed decisions. The plug-in brings ArcGIS to Autodesk design environments to enrich existing CAD user workflows with authoritative GIS content, greatly increasing the effectiveness of CAD-GIS interoperability and saving time and effort in quality control.
ArcGIS for AutoCAD builds a bridge between CAD and GIS professionals for two-way, synchronous information sharing and decision-making.
Use your own organization’s ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise content and data from ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World to inform your CAD drawings with geospatial context. Gain a geospatial understanding of your design project surroundings.
CAD professionals can work with GIS data in their familiar Autodesk design environment while GIS professionals can work in ArcGIS, with everyone working synchronously with the same data.
Eliminate unnecessary rework by delivering ArcGIS software-ready CAD drawings to your GIS team. CAD drawings with GIS attributes can be utilized as a data source across ArcGIS.
Leverage advanced GIS data management tools in your AutoCAD or Civil 3D design environment without extensive ArcGIS proficiency. ArcGIS for AutoCAD seamlessly integrates GIS into CAD workflows, providing CAD users with self-service access to GIS content.
With ArcGIS for AutoCAD, easily add an Esri coordinate system for geolocating drawings and see your design in real-world context.
ArcGIS for AutoCAD lets you easily bring GIS content directly into your AutoCAD or Civil 3D design environment. Connect to your organization’s GIS content via ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise and supplement that content with maps, layers, and imagery from ArcGIS Living Atlas.
Edit GIS data and attributes aligning with CAD layers. Any edits, additions, and deletions made in ArcGIS or AutoCAD are synchronized with one another to maintain the GIS system of record.
Templates allow CAD professionals to start a drawing with stored coordinate system definitions, web and document feature layer definitions, project areas, and web map and image layers. Templates also include standard CAD layer definitions and block symbology.
CASE STUDY
HDR uses ArcGIS for AutoCAD to improve the accuracy of project data and enhance collaboration among team members.
CASE STUDY
Santa Margarita Water District used ArcGIS for AutoCAD to optimize CAD-to-GIS conversions, and import and edit GIS datasets.
CASE STUDY
Black & Veatch experienced large gains in productivity across several national fiber infrastructure design projects using ArcGIS for AutoCAD.
CAD drawings with GIS attributes can be utilized across ArcGIS and used as a valuable dataset in multiple different tools across the ArcGIS system.
Add CAD data directly in ArcGIS Pro. The geometric attributes assigned in ArcGIS for AutoCAD are displayed as feature layers.
ArcGIS Indoors for AutoCAD is an extension to Esri’s free ArcGIS for AutoCAD solution. It offers diagnostic checks to help CAD users detect and locate common problematic conditions.
Using ArcGIS Field Maps, mobile workers can add attributed geometry to CAD drawings within ArcGIS for AutoCAD.
ArcGIS for AutoCAD allows you to add map and feature layers from ArcGIS Living Atlas.
This plug-in app built for Autodesk AutoCAD and Civil 3D is available at no cost. Pair it with ArcGIS user types to access additional features, services, and data.