Common Questions

ArcGIS for AutoCAD versions are released independently of other ArcGIS products and made available for download at no cost when new functionality is added. Check back frequently for updates. The ArcGIS for AutoCAD version can be viewed by clicking the About button. Use this to compare your version to the current version found on esri.com.

All GIS data types supported by ArcGIS for Server in a map service are accessible through ArcGIS for AutoCAD without conversion, translation, or configuration.

No. However, you do need to have network or Web access to use ArcGIS for Server map services.

Yes. You can access maps, apps, and data through ArcGIS Online.

No. Currently, there is no equivalent for ArcGIS for AutoCAD for MicroStation.

ArcGIS for AutoCAD cannot connect directly to a WMS or WFS. However, it does connect to ArcGIS for Server map, image, locator, and feature services which offer performance equivalents to an ArcGIS for Server WMS or WFS.

ArcGIS for AutoCAD can access standard and cached map services hosted by ArcGIS for Server versions 9.3, 10, and 10.1. ArcGIS for AutoCAD is supported with ArcGIS for Server for the Microsoft .NET framework and the Java platform.

Yes. If you have access to a feature service that has been configured by your ArcGIS for Server administrator to allow editing, then all editing clients of the ArcGIS system would have access to edit those features stored in the enterprise geodatabase. (Data can be edited with AutoCAD as well as mobile, Web, and desktop applications using the same feature services).

No. ArcGIS for AutoCAD currently supports only the viewing of ArcGIS for Server map services and access to the tabular attributes of features represented in the map service.