Top AI Tools for Modern Drafting

How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Architectural Drawing

In today's fast-paced architecture and construction industries, AI tools are quickly becoming an essential part of the modern drafting workflow. From generating floor plans to optimizing building layouts and automating repetitive tasks, artificial intelligence is helping architects and drafters work smarter, faster, and more accurately.

This guide highlights the top AI-powered tools that are transforming how architectural drawings are created — whether you’re working in AutoCAD, Revit, or BIM-based environments.

1. Autodesk’s AI-Powered Features in AutoCAD & Revit

Autodesk has integrated AI-based functionality directly into its flagship tools:

• AutoCAD now uses machine learning to offer predictive commands, layout suggestions, and real-time object recognition.
• Revit’s Generative Design helps create and test multiple layout options based on constraints (like sunlight, space optimization, or circulation).

These tools reduce time spent on routine modeling and help improve decision-making early in the design phase.

2. ArkDesign – AI for Space Planning

ArkDesign uses AI to generate architectural space plans based on project type, area size, and functional requirements. By feeding in minimal input, you receive a layout-ready DWG or IFC file that you can refine in your drafting platform.

It’s ideal for schematic design or client presentations in the early stages.

3. Maket.ai – Residential Design Assistant

Maket.ai is focused on residential architecture and lets users auto-generate design options based on zoning rules, property dimensions, and user preferences.

Architects can compare design alternatives side-by-side and export to Revit or SketchUp, cutting hours from feasibility studies.

4. TestFit – Fast Site Planning

For urban planners and multifamily housing developers, TestFit is a powerful AI tool that enables rapid site layout generation — including parking ratios, building massing, and code compliance.

It helps determine project viability in minutes rather than days, making it popular with design-build firms.

5. QBiX – AI-Based Drafting Assistant

QBiX is an AI assistant that integrates with AutoCAD to automate:

• Layer management
• Dimension placement
• Object classification
• Title block population

It’s particularly useful in reducing human error and boosting the precision of permit-ready drawings.

6. Bonarch’s Internal AI Drafting Support

At Bonarch, we use a combination of proprietary automations and AI-assisted tools to:

• Speed up repetitive detail placement
• Enforce drafting standards
• Flag inconsistencies before file delivery