ResourcesFree Architectural plan symbol library
CADXChange Symbols for AutoCAD: Architectural Plans
All 627 architectural plan symbols one click away, at real size, with tags and attributes handled for you.
- AutoCAD 2021–2027
- 9 interface languages
- One-time purchase, no subscription
- 5 symbols free forever
Version 1.0.0 · Windows 10/11, 64-bit
Symbol palette licence
$19
For one person, on two computers
- Pay once
- 2 computers
What you get
- All 627 symbols unlocked (the 5 free ones always work)
- Search, tags, attribute carry-over, favourites and recent symbols
- The palette in nine languages
- Updates of this palette; no subscription
- The DWG libraries stay free: you pay for the palette, not the symbols.
- Refund within 14 days if the key is not activated.
- New computer? Free the old one in your account and activate again.
Free with a school or university e-mail address, for study and teaching.
- Basis
- Common drafting practice, real size
- Symbols
- 627, of which 5 free
- AutoCAD
- 2021-2027
- Languages
- 9
- Licence
- Perpetual, one payment
About the palette
The architectural plan symbols are free to download as DWG files, and they stay free. The palette is for the moment after the download: you are drawing a floor plan with hundreds of doors, windows, fixtures and pieces of furniture, and every one means opening a file, inserting a block, setting the size and numbering it by hand. The palette puts all 627 symbols in a panel next to your drawing, finds them by name in your own language, and places each one at its real size in millimetres, with its tag and attributes, in a single click. Five symbols work for free, so you can draw a real room before you decide.
Click, place, repeat
Pick a symbol and it follows your cursor. Click to place it, and keep clicking to place more. Doors, windows and furniture keep their real size in millimetres whatever the drawing scale, so a 900 door is 900. The tag counts up by itself: D1, D2, D3.
Attributes that carry over
Fill in the attributes once, for example the door type and the fire rating. The next symbols you place arrive with them, and the tag keeps counting. You type what changes, not everything again.
Search in your own language
Type a part of a name in English, Chinese, German or any of the nine languages and the palette shows the matching symbols from every group. No need to know which group a symbol is in.
Nine languages
English, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, French, Italian and Spanish. The palette follows the language of AutoCAD, or you pick one in the palette; the symbol names change with it.
Recent and favourites
The symbols you used last sit at the top, and the ones you star stay there. After a day of drawing, the twenty symbols you use are always at hand.
5 symbols free, 627 with a key
A single door, a casement window, a toilet, a double bed and a kitchen sink work in the palette without a key, with placement, tags, attributes and search. That is enough to draw a room and try the whole way of working. The other symbols are visible with a lock; click one and the palette tells you how to unlock it. The drawing you make is a normal DWG that opens everywhere, with or without the palette.
Install it free
Install the palette first; it is free and includes the 5 free symbols. Buy the key when you want the rest.
1
Install
Download the installer and run it. It sets the palette up for every AutoCAD 2021–2027 on the computer.
2
Open
Start AutoCAD and click Symbols on the CADXChange ribbon tab, or type CXSYMBOLS.
3
Draw, then unlock
Place the free symbols right away. To unlock all 627, click a locked symbol, press Activate and paste your key.
Version 1.0.0 · Windows 10/11, 64-bit
What you need
- Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit.
- AutoCAD 2021 to 2027 (the full program; AutoCAD LT is not supported).
- An internet connection to activate the key. Afterwards the palette keeps working offline for up to 14 days between checks.
- Your drawings stay on your computer. The palette never sends anything from them.
Questions
- What is free and what do I pay for?
- The 627 symbols as DWG files are free on this website and stay free. You pay for the palette: browsing, search in nine languages, placing with tags and attributes, carry-over, favourites. 5 symbols work in the palette without a key; the key unlocks all 627.
- Can I try it before I buy?
- Yes. Install the palette for free and use the 5 free symbols with every feature: placement, tags, attributes, search. Only the other symbols are locked.
- On how many computers does a key work, and does it need internet?
- An individual key works on two computers, an organisation key on as many as its people band. Internet is needed to activate. After that the palette checks the licence from time to time and keeps working for up to 14 days offline. To move to a new computer, free the old one in your account and activate again.
- Which AutoCAD versions and systems are supported?
- AutoCAD 2021 to 2027 on Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit. AutoCAD LT and Mac are not supported.
- Can I get a refund?
- Yes, within 14 days of the purchase as long as the key has not been activated. See the refund policy.
- Does it change my drawings? Will colleagues without the palette see them?
- The symbols are inserted as ordinary blocks with their attributes. Your drawing is a normal DWG that opens on any computer, with or without the palette. Nothing is locked inside it.
- I work for a company. Which licence do I need?
- Choose the Organisation licence and the number of people who will use it; the price on the card is for one company. For a quote or a purchase order write to support@cadxchange.net.
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