Drawing Sync brings three things to AutoCAD that haven't existed together before: DXF-CSV, a plain-text drawing format an AI can read, write, and reason about; real coauthoring, so a team can edit the same drawings on separate devices and merge automatically; and your drawing's entire database, laid open as a spreadsheet you can browse, script, and version like any other data.

Design with AI (DXF-CSV)

Run CSVOUT, and your drawing exports as a plain CSV file. One row per entity, with AutoCAD's internal bookkeeping (pointers, owner chains, classes, and dictionaries) already stripped out. Paste it into a chat with an AI language model, and it can read your drawing: Describe changes, find issues, or generate new content, all in plain English. Run CSVIN to bring the AI's response back into AutoCAD as native entities.

CSV is the format AI models already understand best. Simple, lightweight, and universally supported by data tools and every programming language. DXF-CSV v1.0 packages that are simple with just enough structure (a spec, a metadata line, and a versioning contract) to round-trip cleanly through AutoCAD.

If you have created a vector image (SVG) in your AI chat, hand the AI a link to the DXF-CSV v1.0 specification to teach it the format if needed.

Try it yourself: run CSVIN from AutoCAD's Add-ins ribbon and specify sample_mtext.csv. This is the exact file an AI (Claude) created when asked to create a Periodic Table of the Elements. CSVIN accepts an https:// URL directly, so this sample CSV does not need a manual download step.

For more about generating drawings from an AI assistant, see the DXF-CSV AI Guide.

 

Worksharing & version history

Create a workshare from a project folder and invite team members. Everyone edits locally, on their own device, and connects only when they sync Central. The same occasionally connected model Autodesk Collaboration Pro brought to Revit, now available for AutoCAD drawings. History keeps a snapshot of every save, whether you're working solo or as a team—you don't need a workshare to start; Sync Central alone gives any project folder a local version history.

Try it yourself: run Sync Central (DSYNC) from AutoCAD's Add the add-in ribbon and specify a local project folder with at least one drawing in it (leave Central Workshare blank for now) and click sync. You are now tracking local history. Edit a project drawing and sync again, then run History (DSHISTORY) to access and compare previous versions.

Setting up worksharing is easier than you think. Drawing Sync uses Git technology, so worksharing simply means connecting your local repository to a shared file folder (LAN) or GitHub.

Note: This app uses a custom installer (and not the standard App Store installer).