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What is AutoCAD?

AutoCAD is a professional 2D and 3D CAD program used to design and create digital assets. The software offers drafting and design tools for 2D geometry and 3D models with solids, meshes objects, or surfaces. With AutoCAD, users can automate adding blocks, creating schedules, and comparing drawings ensuring better efficiency. AutoCAD also has a full suite of advanced features for both 2D drafting and 3D modeling. It also offers web and mobile application access for multiple device accessibility, cloud-storage connectivity, and access to the Autodesk app store if you’re looking for more specific extensions.

Company Autodesk, Inc.
Year founded 1982
Company size 10,001+ employees
Headquarters San Rafael, California, United States
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Last updated: October 11, 2024
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546 AutoCAD Reviews
4.5 out of 5
Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 26, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Wilfredo L. avatar
Wilfredo L.
Document Controller
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"Autocad review"
What do you like best about AutoCAD?

In our industry drawings are essential to built roads, infrastuctures, in manufacturing this is also used for plan. Autocad gives us the advantage to digitized these drawings ang recreate the old fasion way. It has complex tools that allow industry to select the best plan possible.

What do you dislike about AutoCAD?

The downside is high cost, system requirements and learning how to do it.

What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?

Engineering architectures, 3D and 2d modeling features

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 22, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
Priamo M. avatar
Priamo M.
Analista De Desarrollo De Proyectos Solares Y Eólicos
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"Best software to date for CAD"
What do you like best about AutoCAD?

Is widely accepted, files are compatible with most softwares, price and licensing options.

What do you dislike about AutoCAD?

We used to have server licenses, not anymore.

What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?

Mostly compatible with any other software. Simple and complex drawings, great education and training resources available, updated every year and strong support

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Sep 24, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
KC
Kheteswar C.
Mechanical Design Engineer
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"Ease to use for basic layout drawing."
What do you like best about AutoCAD?

measurement dimensions, cnc manufacturing I have been using autocad since 2018 , it’s very easy to use for basic layout like foundation drawings and civil engineering works for any product installation.

What do you dislike about AutoCAD?

If we made mistakes while making drawing then modification of drawing is hard then any other design software

What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?

Actual dimensions as scale of the line and page size. CnC work specially for sheet metal

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 24, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
Prashant k. avatar
Prashant K.
Freelance Cad Designer (Full Time) | Mechanical Engineer | Cad Trainer
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"Its always my first choice for 2D drafting and design"
What do you like best about AutoCAD?

The best thing about this tool is, its upgrading every year and getting better and more optimized to minimize your design and detailing tasks.

What do you dislike about AutoCAD?

The price offering for this software must be reconsidered for Freelancers as well.

What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?

AutoCAD solves problems in creating accurate CAD designs of my ideas quickly, and since its one of the widely used software with unlimited features, I can easily communicate my design with anyone.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Sep 11, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
NP
Nikunj P.
Design Engineer
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"Autocad is good for designers"
What do you like best about AutoCAD?

The most helpful for autocad is the software is user friendly and can be learn easily to do faster work and easy to use.

What do you dislike about AutoCAD?

We need to remember some complicated commands.

What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?

Great software for 2d design of products and can also be used for planning and area calculations.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 10, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
Vaishnavi G. avatar
Vaishnavi G.
Auto Cad Engineer
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"AutoCAD is a must for every civil engineer out there."
What do you like best about AutoCAD?

The software is the best for all types of civil works and it only has grown to fulfill all possibilities one can think about

What do you dislike about AutoCAD?

The dark theme mode is something not many would appreciate.

What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use AutoCAD to plot process flow schemes, P& ID's, 2D spatial planning and in all my works AutoCAD has never failed my expectations.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 03, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
ZM
Zuki M.
Design Drafter
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"Best Software Drafting"
What do you like best about AutoCAD?

User Friendly, easy to use toolbar, easy type script and other

What do you dislike about AutoCAD?

The annual license on the software means its use is limited periodically

What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?

drawing 2D and 3D simple and user friendly

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 23, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
NIKHIL K. avatar
Nikhil K.
Hardware Engineer – Embedded Systems (R&D)
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"valuable Software"
What do you like best about AutoCAD?

This software help make the design of the plan, electronics component, etc. This software help create design either 2D &3D or Step File. that can visualize easily

What do you dislike about AutoCAD?

In this software, any work completed in between power off this time project not save

What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?

In this software, the interface is updated or improved. Some hands-on session videos provide to the user. Rendering updater or improve

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Aug 15, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
Amit V. avatar
Amit V.
Associate Commercial Leasing & Sales
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"Perfect tool for real estate"
What do you like best about AutoCAD?

Measurement of areas and preparation of mock layouts

What do you dislike about AutoCAD?

There isn't anything that I dislike. Most of the options are very much useful

What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps me in designing floor plans Calculate the areas and also split the floor plans as per requirement

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Jul 18, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
VH
Vallabh H.
Founder
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"The goto software for Engineering projects."
What do you like best about AutoCAD?

The ability to build computer aided prototype designs upto the minutest detail for engineering projects.

What do you dislike about AutoCAD?

The software license, albeit worth the price is a bit expensive for small scale organisations.

What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?

The 2D and 3D modelling for construction projects.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jul 13, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
Moises B. avatar
Moises B.
Project Engineer
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"The best 2D drawing tool"
What do you like best about AutoCAD?

It can be super simple or super complex. Additionally, its compatible with tons of other softwares.

What do you dislike about AutoCAD?

Not much, I would add more drafting command to the right click menu

What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?

Plant layouts, process flow diagrams, P&IDs

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jun 15, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
Pradeep K. avatar
Pradeep K.
Senior Technical Officer, Octagon/Csg
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"AutoCAD is the best 2D CAD modelling software. We used it to replace manual drafting."
What do you like best about AutoCAD?

AutoCAD is easy to learn and use, very accurate. It is also free to qualified educational institutions, so students and faculty can make the best use of this software.

What do you dislike about AutoCAD?

3D capabilities can be improved. License server administration / technical support should be improved. The license period for free licenses to qualified educational institutions can be increased from 1 year to 3 years.

What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?

Initially, we used manual drafting (using paper and pencil), but Engineering drawing has become fun and easy after moving to AutoCAD. It has increased productivity and accuracy. Now it is easy to make changes on the fly, making the task easy for the users.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jun 05, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
Ahmed Farhan P. avatar
Ahmed Farhan P.
Facilities Engineer
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"Design and user friendly interface"
What do you like best about AutoCAD?

Autocad is most abundantly used application for designing drafting and expressing products in a way that matters. It has a very simple and elegant user interface that allows the user to select appropriate selection of icon or by text shortcuts

What do you dislike about AutoCAD?

It's a very heavy application that's consumes lot of storage, also application startup is very show, from the time you click to open the application to the time it's opening.

What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?

Autocad drawings with layer function help in understanding what part is too be used in which location what the data outlines large data's like a building drawings can be physically inspected and issues find be corrected

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
May 31, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
Sanjeev K. avatar
Sanjeev K.
Manager Design (Electrical)
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"User Friendly Application for Drawings"
What do you like best about AutoCAD?

Very easy to use and very easy to customize commands

What do you dislike about AutoCAD?

No such dislikes since the application is very user Friendly

What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?

2D Drawings can be made very easily.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Apr 28, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
MS
Manuel S.
Ingeniero Industrial
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"Imprescindible."
What do you like best about AutoCAD?

Programa universal para el diseño, visualización y modelado 2D. Programa muy depurado con funciones sencillas e intuitivas. Compatibilidad entre ficheros de cualquier versión anterior o posterior.

What do you dislike about AutoCAD?

En cuanto al diseño 3D AutoCAD aunque tiene ciertas posibilidades está muy lejos de acercarse a softwares específicos de diseño 3D. En este aspecto yo no lo recomiendo.

What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?

Revisión, medición comprobación de planos. Cualquier acotación o consulta se puede ver en AutoCAD. Así como pequeñas ediciones de planos creados con otros software 3D

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 25, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
Jack M. avatar
Jack M.
Registered Professional Land Surveyor
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"AutoCAD, the essential drafting software!"
What do you like best about AutoCAD?

I love that the software gives you so many tools that if I was able to know how to use all of them, I would be an Ace in Drafting! Can't get enough of all the possibilities.

What do you dislike about AutoCAD?

Mainly the cost of the product. I wished it was more affordable for the common person to be able to own and use.

What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?

Being able to use the COGO and Survey portions of the program allows me to rectify Boundary Survey work.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 18, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
JF
Jon F.
Consultant
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"AutoCAD is essential!"
What do you like best about AutoCAD?

Import and export from/to our most used software

What do you dislike about AutoCAD?

Maintenance fees that keep our licenses limited

What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?

Converting DXFs into DWGs makes my life simple

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 02, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
Lord Darrell Don R. avatar
Lord Darrell Don R.
Mine Planning Engineer
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"AutoCAD is very user friendly and flexible in terms of its capability."
What do you like best about AutoCAD?

AutoCAD's functions and design are intuitive. Even though I had no formal training in the use of AutoCAD, I was able to easily learn to draft engineering design in a matter of days. Its flexibility is unmatched as it allows me to draft a myriad of drawings and design with relative ease and precision.

What do you dislike about AutoCAD?

Since it isn't particularly a mining software, it lacks the functions that are a staple for any mining software, like computation of grades from block models and such. To adapt to this problem, we have to use excel or other similar software for the calculations specific to mining.

What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?

It allows for ease and accuracy of drafting. I am able to compute for volumes and visualize plans before it can commence. With this information, I can easily optimize my designs and also seek the opinion of others by providing an easy to understand illustration of the plan or design.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 23, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
Stacey B. avatar
Stacey B.
Drafting Tech Software Coordinator
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"AutoCAD, the test of time"
What do you like best about AutoCAD?

AutoCAD for the artist, designer, drafter, modeler, etc. is a go-to tool. it is super user friendly. with all the different types of configurations over the years to execute a command, ie digitizing tablets, pallets, ribbons, etc., the one configuration that remains constant is the PULLDOWN MENUs. As with any app like Word, or excel, you will find along the top of the program FILE, EDIT, HOME, INSERT, DRAW, ETC. The exact pull-down tab title may vary per application but it's always there. if someone wanted to draw a circle. the obvious choice on the pulldown menu is DRAW. Then the secondary or sub-menu appears. then one has to ask themselves, draw what (circle)? the available options are LINE, RAY, CONSTRUCTION LINE, MULTILINE, POLYLINE, ARC, CIRCLE, DONUT, etc. Then CIRCLE is selected. then the tertiary menu appears. it begs the question:how do you wish to draw the circle.....CENTER, RADIUS.......CENTER, DIAMETER,........2 POINTS........3 POINTS, etc. and thats it. the inherent behaviour of the pull down walks you thru the command. genius.

What do you dislike about AutoCAD?

I am not too keen on the subscription business model. also, for the over 20 years that I've worked with AutoCAD, I have always struggled to keep the drawing environment stable when dealing with solid models. crashes more frequently than I would expect.

What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?

without isolating one problem, in general, overall I have to give credit to Autodesk for consistently trying to improve the platform by engaging users with surveys and improvement groups. very detailed questions.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jan 21, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
Nicholas Z. avatar
Nicholas Z.
Mining Engineer
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"The 2D drawing module is the most amazing software I have ever used."
What do you like best about AutoCAD?

For AutoCAD 2D module, it is easy to learn, easy to use, a lot of shortcuts, and even easy to draw anything in our world in plain view. First of all, it is easy to format drawings with all kinds of lines for engineering use. Besides, the dimension function is straightforward and smooth to use. Moreover, the coordinate system in AUTOCAD is very convenient for importing survey data. Last but not least, you can program the AUTOCAD file to import into other software, such as ITASCA FLAC3D/ Surpac etc.

What do you dislike about AutoCAD?

AUTOCAD 3D module is not as good as other 3D software, such as 3DSMAX and UG. Just nothing to dislike, actually. I don't have any dislike for this software as a 10+ years user.

What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?

AUTOCAD can solve most of the engineer drawing problems. For me, an underground engineer, AUTOCAD is the best value for money comparing other software, such as Surpac, Deswik etc.

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