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ArcGIS for AutoCAD

Design smarter with ArcGIS, AutoCAD, and Civil 3D all in sync

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Seamless CAD and GIS collaboration

ArcGIS for AutoCAD is an app that enables two-way, synchronous collaboration between CAD and GIS professionals by bringing ArcGIS to Autodesk design environments. Save hours in quality control and data conversion by spatially informing AutoCAD and Civil 3D drawings with authoritative geographic data and services from ArcGIS.

Benefits of ArcGIS for AutoCAD

ArcGIS for AutoCAD simplifies CAD and GIS collaboration to boost productivity, streamline work, and share information seamlessly from the GIS system of record.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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CASE STUDY

Global AEC firm shares project data seamlessly

HDR uses ArcGIS for AutoCAD to improve the accuracy of project data and enhance collaboration among team members.

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Inform your GIS system of record with CAD

ArcGIS for AutoCAD ensures CAD drawings and Civil 3D designs are GIS-ready for consumption in ArcGIS foundational products and apps. CAD users can import and edit GIS data to prepare ArcGIS-ready drawings for submittals, while meeting CAD standards without the need for GIS expertise.

ArcGIS Pro

ArcGIS Pro

Add CAD data directly in ArcGIS Pro. The geometric attributes assigned in ArcGIS for AutoCAD are displayed as feature layers.

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ArcGIS Indoors

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.

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ArcGIS Field Maps

ArcGIS Field Maps

Using ArcGIS Field Maps, mobile workers can add attributed geometry to CAD drawings within ArcGIS for AutoCAD.

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ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World

ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World

ArcGIS for AutoCAD allows you to add map and feature layers from ArcGIS Living Atlas.

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Download ArcGIS for AutoCAD

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.