Get all the functionality of AutoCAD software, plus tools
designed specifically for architectural drawing, design,
collaboration, and documentation.
Renovation Documentation Tools
Speed the design and production of renovation
projects with tools to help create correct
representations of existing, new, and demolition
plans. AutoCAD Architecture renovation
documentation tools enable you to assign objects
to different renovation categories, and then
change these assignments at any time. Using
a single revision plan helps you switch between
renovation, demolition, and revision plans more
quickly and avoid the need to create and maintain
redundant data sets.
AutoCAD
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Revit
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Architecture Suite—
for Maximum Flexibility and Advantage
Combining AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture,
and Autodesk
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Revit
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Architecture software
applications into a single, comprehensive package,
the AutoCAD
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Revit
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Architecture Suite software
allows you to transition to building information
modeling (BIM), while protecting your legacy
software, training, and design data investments.
Purpose-built for BIM, Autodesk Revit Architecture
delivers a powerful, competitive advantage by
speeding creative design work, facilitating analysis
for sustainable design, and automatically delivering
coordinated, consistent documentation. Support
ongoing work in either AutoCAD or AutoCAD
Architecture while you make the switch to BIM with
Autodesk Revit Architecture, at your own pace.
AutoCAD Architecture
Success Story
Whitney Architects, Inc.
Since 1984, interior architecture firm
Whitney Architects has delivered a broad
range of technical and design services for
large corporations, financial services firms,
and hospitality providers. Whitney adopted
AutoCAD Architecture software to better
provide this diverse blend of services and to
foster improved collaboration.
Before moving to AutoCAD Architecture,
Whitney experienced difficulty sharing files
with consultants, and required a great deal
of support from their previous CAD vendor.
According to Stephen Bures, president of
Whitney Architects, “We consistently ran
into trouble training new employees. They
were familiar with AutoCAD, but none of
them knew our previous CAD application,
resulting in a steep learning curve and
increased costs. That was a big part of our
decision to make the switch.”
Since adopting the software, Whitney has
completed almost 600 major construction
projects more productively and accurately
than possible with its previous CAD
software. “Right out of the box,” says
Bures, “AutoCAD Architecture helped us
save roughly 35 percent in time spent on
drawings.” Collaboration with mechanical,
electrical, and plumbing engineers as well as
structural engineers and other consultants
has improved significantly, too. “Our
drawings are much better with AutoCAD
Architecture, not only because the quality
control process is easier, but also because
the interface with all of our consultants and
clients is easier and more exact. As a result,
we save time on projects,” adds Burres.
Scheduling
Customize the appearance of out-of-the-box
schedule styles to meet company standards or create
new schedules from scratch, complete with required
calculations, with ease. Schedules are linked directly
to your designs, enabling you to update them to
reflect any design changes with the click of a button.
Rendering
Bring designs to life for client presentations at
any stage of the design with integrated rendering.
The streamlined visualization capabilities are fully
integrated into the AutoCAD Architecture workflow.
Make your presentations stand out by visually
communicating richer design information. Extend
rendering capabilities even further using the FBX file
format to export designs to modeling and animation
software such as Autodesk 3ds Max Design.
Dimensioning
Greater flexibility in AutoCAD Architecture enables
you to dimension any wall—and all its components,
including wall stud centerlines and faces—according
to your own dimensioning standards. And since
the dimensions are associative, they automatically
update as your designs change, eliminating the
tedium of many manual updates.
The power to be productive
