ArcGIS for AutoCAD
CAD and GIS working together
Benefits of ArcGIS for AutoCAD
ArcGIS for AutoCAD builds a bridge between CAD and GIS professionals for two-way, synchronous information sharing and decision-making.
- Enrich CAD with GIS content
- Work where you already are
- Save time in quality control
- No need for ArcGIS familiarity
Enrich CAD with authoritative GIS content
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.
Work where you already are
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.
Save time and effort in quality control
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.
No need for ArcGIS familiarity
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.
How it works
Geolocate your CAD drawings
With ArcGIS for AutoCAD, easily add an Esri coordinate system for geolocating drawings and see your design in real-world context.
Self-service access to GIS content
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.
Work together in a GIS system of record
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.
Use templates for industry-specific workflows
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.
Inform GIS with CAD
CAD drawings with GIS attributes can be utilized across ArcGIS and used as a valuable dataset in multiple different tools across the ArcGIS system.
ArcGIS Pro
Add CAD data directly in ArcGIS Pro. The geometric attributes assigned in ArcGIS for AutoCAD are displayed as feature layers.
ArcGIS Indoors
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.
ArcGIS Field Maps
Using ArcGIS Field Maps, mobile workers can add attributed geometry to CAD drawings within ArcGIS for AutoCAD.
ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World
ArcGIS for AutoCAD allows you to add map and feature layers from ArcGIS Living Atlas.