Toolsets
Architecture Toolset
The Architecture toolset gives you all the tools you need to complete your projects faster and scale your project pipeline. Boost architectural design and drafting productivity by up to up to 61%* with time-saving features and task automation:
- Access our library of 8,800+ architectural components, including multilevel blocks
- Automatically generate floor plans, elevations, sections, and ceiling grids
- Quickly place walls, doors, and windows with real-world construction
Stairs model designed with the Architecture toolset
Other features:
8,800+ architectural components
Make use of over 8,800 intelligent architectural components, including multi-level blocks, to support various layer standards. Should one of the pre-existing layer standards not meet the needs of your project, you can create your own by customizing an existing one.
Automatic object generation
Save time and increase productivity by automatically generating commonly used architectural objects such as floor plans, elevations, sections, and ceiling grids
Walls, doors, and windows
Use elements with real-world behavior and construction, allowing for quicker placement in the documents and drawings that you create.
Drawing version management
Check out and check in files to maintain versioning, prevent unauthorized modifications, and ensure drawing integrity. Easily revert to an earlier version of your drawing with comments history, and view the drawing name appended with check-in time
Support for layer standards
The toolset creates multiple layers according to the current standard, using predefined layer standards and matching layer key styles. This lets you automatically generate layers as needed when you add objects to a drawing.
Display System
With the Display System, you only have to draw an architectural object once. The appearance of that object will change automatically to meet the display requirements of different types of drawings, view directions, and levels of detail.
Designing with space and zone objects
Enhance your design options. Organize reports with spaces, and use zones to structure spaces into various groups, according to different schemes
Detail Component Manager
Use the Detail Component Manager dialog box to seamlessly navigate between different detail component databases. A hierarchical tree view and a filter feature make it easy to locate individual components within a database.
Architectural renovation
Display existing, demolished, and new construction in a single drawing. This lets you design and produce renovations more quickly, while avoiding errors typically caused by editing multiple drawings.
Electrical Toolset
Boost productivity by up to 95%* with electrical design features that help you create, modify, and document electrical controls systems. With the Electrical toolset, you can:
- Access a library of 65,000+ intelligent electrical symbols
- Automate numbering of wires and generation of component tags
- Generate and update multiple customised reports automatically
Other features:
Electrical panel designed with the Electrical toolset
65,000+ electrical symbols
Choose from an extensive library of easy-to-use, colorful, and customizable electrical symbols to use in your projects. If an existing symbol doesn’t meet your needs, you can convert symbols or create custom components on the fly using the Symbol Builder tool.
Automation of wires and component tags
Save time with enhanced automation, allowing for automatic numbering of wires and generation of component tags.
Automatic reports
Simplify your workflow and save time by automatically generating and updating multiple customised reports.
Support for electrical standards
In addition to supporting the latest electrical standards, the Electrical toolset continues to provide the JIC and older IEC symbol libraries for legacy support.
Easily manage projects
Use the Project Manager’s time-saving features to boost productivity and simplify your project. Re-tag components, easily make changes to your file, and access simple export options.
Circuit design and reuse
Simplify your electrical design with Circuit Builder. Access prepopulated data to build and annotate a sampling of motor control and power feed circuits.
SQL catalog support
Save time with SQL catalog database support. When you generate a Bill of Materials in Autodesk Vault, the data from your AutoCAD Electrical drawings will be automatically added to the report, including the details in the catalog database.
Coil and contact cross-referencing
Simplify your projects by keeping track of parent/child contacts in real time while Circuit Builder dynamically builds the circuit, assigning each component a component tag.
PLC I/O drawings from spreadsheets
Speed up your workflow by using a single data file to generate multiple drawings. Define a project’s I/O assignments and generate PLC drawings automatically from a spreadsheet, database, or comma-delimited text file
Map 3D Toolset
Our model-based GIS mapping software provides access to CAD and GIS data to support planning, design, and management. With the Map 3D toolset, you can:
- Directly access spatial data using Feature Data Objects (FDO) technology
- Directly edit geospatial data
- Manage infrastructure systems with Enterprise Industry Models
Other features:
CAD using the Map 3D toolset
Use Feature Data Objects (FDO) technology
Work with spatial data from a variety of CAD and GIS data formats and coordinate systems.
Connect to ArcGIS
Streamline the flow of data between ArcGIS and Map 3D and keep features information up to date.
Convert data between DWG and GIS data
Perform high-fidelity data conversions using MapImport and MapExport.
Edit geospatial data directly
Edit data against GIS data sources, such as ESRI SHP, MapInfo, and Oracle with standard AutoCAD commands.
Apply coordinate geometry
Use coordinate geometry (COGO) input commands to enter accurate geometry when creating objects.
Run drawing cleanup actions
Use drawing cleanup to automate time-consuming corrections for common drafting and digitizing errors.
Use enterprise industry modules
Use intelligent application modules to efficiently manage a wide variety of infrastructure systems.
Convert data to intelligent industry models
Create and manage intelligent industry models by converting GIS data.
Apply styling and theming
Easily update styling using the style editor and use themes to display data to indicate different values.
Build topologies
Create topologies to perform useful calculations, such as identifying customers downstream from a faulty pump.
Analyse data with tools
Use robust functionalities, including buffers, overlay, and spatial queries, to analyse data.
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Mechanical Toolset
Increase productivity by up to 55%* with industry-specific tools for mechanical engineering, including 700,000+ intelligent parts and features. With the Mechanical toolset, you can:
- Access our library of standards-based parts, tools, and custom content
- Customise properties of object types and create them on custom layers
- Automate tasks such as creating bills of materials (BOMs)
Other features:
700,000+ standard parts and features
Produce accurate drawings with standard components to support ISO, ANSI, DIN, JIS, BSI, CSN, and GB standards. Create and save custom content through the Content Manager, which enables you to add a part or feature to a content library.
Customised layer management
Save time with commands that create mechanical layers—so you don’t have to do it manually
Bill of Materials
Use commands to automate mechanical engineering tasks and simplify your work. Gain more control over BOMs, part lists, associative balloons, and part reference
Power and automatic dimensioning
Get more work done in less time. Use abbreviated dialog boxes to set preferences for power dimension commands for the current standard.
GD&T symbols/annotations
Pre-configure symbols and save them to the symbol library for reuse. You can also access symbol libraries for welding, surface texture, and more.
Leader notes (AMNOTE)
Get the most out of your notes with formulas that automatically apply to an object. Use a template from a predefined set to display meaningful context-sensitive information immediately, instead of having to do it yourself.
Drawing border and title blocks
Customise drawing borders and title blocks to work with your system. Each of these items exists as separate .dwg files, which you can copy and modify to optimize your configuration.
Drawing detailing
Use intelligent drafting tools made specifically for mechanical design. Boost drawing productivity and efficiency with reusable detailing tools such as Centerline, AMSHIDE, Hole Charts, and Scale Area for Viewports.
2D calculations
Combine automatic part creation with drawing automation to get the best value. Efficiently analyze designs and perform 2D calculations such as FEA, Shaft Calc, and Moment of Inertia.
MEP Toolset
HVAC and building systems are made easy with an industry-specific toolset for MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) that increases productivity by up to 85%.* With the MEP toolset, you can:
- Access our library of 10,500+ intelligent MEP objects
- Optimise your workflow with individual palettes and domain-specific ribbons
- Automatically update drawings, sheets, and schedules when changes occur
Other features:
10,500+ intelligent MEP objects
Use an extensive library of objects that represent the real-world components in mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems to assist you in your design needs.
MEP workspaces
MEP-specific workspace environments include individual palettes and domain-specific ribbons to optimize your workflow tasks and save you time.
Automatic object updates
Drawings, sheets, and schedules can be automatically updated when changes occur, making it easy to minimize errors. You can also match the properties of other objects. Activate or deactivate this feature to your preference and project needs.
Drawing version management
Check out and check in files to maintain versioning, prevent unauthorised modifications, and ensure drawing integrity. Easily revert to an earlier version of your drawing at any time.
Designing with space and zone objects
Enhance your design options by using spaces to organize reports and zones to structure spaces into various groups, according to different schemes.
Support for layer standards
Incorporate common layer standards into your project standards, customize them, or create your own
Display System
With the Display System, you only have to draw an object once. The appearance of that object will change automatically to meet the display requirements of different types of drawings, view directions, and levels of detail.
Detail Component Manager
Use the Detail Component Manager dialog box to seamlessly navigate between different detail component databases. A hierarchical tree view and a filter feature make it easy to locate individual components within a database.
Plant 3D Toolset
Create and edit P&IDs and 3D models, and extract piping orthographics and isometrics with an industry-specific toolset for plant design. With the Plant 3D toolset, you can:
- Collaborate securely in a cloud-based common data environment
- Speed up and automate P&ID drafting and 3D modeling with in-context commands
- Automatically create piping isometric drawings directly from the 3D model
Other features:
Plant designed with the Plant 3D toolset
Collaboration for Plant 3D
Collaborate on plant design models across project teams and maintain compliance requirements—all in a cloud-based common data environment.
Quick P&ID drafting
Use in-context AutoCAD commands to make P&ID drafting easier. (video: 58 sec.)
Industry-standard symbol libraries
The Plant 3D toolset is delivered with standard symbol libraries in the tool palettes. These include PIP, ISA, ISO/DIN, and JIS.
Data validation
Quickly identify possible errors by scanning P&IDs for data consistency according to user-definable rules.
Rapid plant modeling in 3D
Quickly create 3D plant models using parametric equipment modeling, structural steel libraries, and project-specific piping specifications using industry standard piping catalogs. (video: 1:26 min.)
Parametric equipment templates
Create and edit equipment using parametric templates to help you build plant layouts faster
Structural modeling
Lay out structures, stairs, ladders, and railings using industry-standard steel sections including AISC, CISC, and DIN.
Create project-specific piping specs
Customize piping specifications to meet project-specific requirements. Include industry-standard components as well as customized components.
Create and edit piping orthographic drawings
Extract piping orthographic drawings directly from the 3D model and update them as the 3D model is being updated.
Automated production of piping isometrics
Create industry standard/project-standard piping isometric drawings directly from the 3D model.
Automated project-specific reporting
Define report formats for the project and automatically populate the data directly from the 3D model
BIM model documentation
Work with other industry disciplines to create BIM models for the plant.
Raster Design Toolset
Use raster design tools in a specialized toolset to edit scanned drawings and convert raster images to DWG objects. With the Raster Design toolset, you can:
- Access tools to enhance image editing and cleanup
- Edit REM objects using standard AutoCAD commands
- Simplify your workflows with vectorization tools
Other features:
Side view from the Raster Design toolset
Image editing and cleanup
Despeckle, bias, mirror, and touch up your images.
Raster Entity Manipulation (REM)
Use standard AutoCAD commands on raster regions and primitives. Easily edit raster images, lines, arcs, and circles.
Vectorization tools
Create lines and polylines from raster images, and convert raster files into vector drawings.
Image transformation functionality
Show and analyze geo images in Civil 3D civil engineering software and the AutoCAD Map 3D toolset.
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