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AutoCAD 2027 introduces powerful AI-driven workflows, improved automation, and enhanced collaboration to help teams work faster and more efficiently.

AI-powered assistant

  • The Autodesk Assistant has evolved into a more advanced AI tool, using natural language prompts to help automate tasks, analyse drawings, and guide users through workflows.

Geometry cleanup tools

  • Automatically detect and fix common drawing issues, improving file quality and reducing manual rework.

Forma integration

  • Enhanced collaboration. Forma Data Management Essentials is now included, enabling cloud-based collaboration, version control, and secure file sharing directly within AutoCAD workflows.

Improved automation and productivity

  • AI-driven automation and intelligent drafting enhancements help reduce repetitive tasks and streamline design processes.

Platform and performance updates

  • Support for the latest operating systems and technologies ensures improved stability and performance across Windows and Mac environments.

Better update management for teams

  • Administrators can now schedule and control updates more effectively, ensuring smoother deployment across organisations.

Connected references

  • Improved workflows for managing and updating missing external references (xrefs), reducing manual fixes and saving time on large projects.

Checkout and edit workflows

  • Work on specific objects within shared drawings without waiting for full file access, then submit changes for review and merge updates seamlessly.
Toolset benefits for Architecture, Engineering, & Construction
  • Real-time error checking of wiring diagrams
  • Create and detail concepts
  • Link database data for maps in drawings
  • Other additional built-in automations and industry-specific workflows
Toolset benefits for Design & Manufacturing​
  • Full library of symbols and parts for mechanical, electrical, piping, HVAC systems, automate alignment and connections of parts
  • Automate the creation of bills of materials with customized columns, filters, data importing and exporting
  • Calculate forces of parts and objects

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See what’s new in AutoCAD 2027 and how the latest AI-powered tools can help you work faster, automate tasks and improve design efficiency.

AutoCAD just got smarter

What are the AI-driven features introduced in AutoCAD and how can these features enhance workflows?

  • Smart Blocks: Block Replacement and Block Convert
  • Object Detection
  • Autodesk Assistant
  • Markup Import and Markup Assist
  • Macro Advisor
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Take advantage of seamless workflows by accessing AutoCAD on virtually any device. View, edit, annotate, and create drawings on the go using the mobile app or from your web browser using the web app.

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Autodesk AutoCAD enhances your 2D and 3D design experience with features that unlock insights and automations with the help of Autodesk AI. Share ideas and collaborate with your peers on DWG files—leveraging capabilities that save you time. Improve content reuse and standardisation in your drawings with Smart Blocks. Sync and consolidate revisions with Markup Import and Markup Assist. And add clarity with convenient, updated, and familiar Hatch commands and Activity Insights to help you stay informed throughout a project cycle.

Tailor AutoCAD to work for you. Use specialised toolsets for discipline-specific features, functionality, and parts -including architectural, mechanical, electrical design components, and more. Make informed decisions with the latest geographical information using Esri’s ArcGIS Basemaps. Create and run custom automations with AutoLISP routines. Access to over a thousand third-party apps with the ability to build your own with the AutoCAD API. And manage your design data across projects with Autodesk Docs.

Work the way you want by staying connected with one AutoCAD experience on desktop, web, or mobile – to capture, share, and review ideas on the go. Get the latest features with performance enhancements and start designing for the challenges of today and tomorrow with the power of AutoCAD.

Accelerating creativity

AutoCAD paves the way for teams to unlock insights and leverage automations—using assistive machine learning technology to improve their 2D and 3D design workflows.

Connected design experience

Autodesk creates an ecosystem of industry-leading design software and technology partners to connect AutoCAD to workflows in tools including Revit, Civil 3D and Inventor. Share and annotate drawings safely and securely across desktop, web, or mobile devices.

Tailored functionality

Organisations can customise AutoCAD for their industries through specialised toolsets, APIs, and thousands of third-party apps on the Autodesk app store.

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