3 articles · Guides
Deeper explainers on CAD concepts — file formats, drawing views, layers and the fundamentals that keep your drawings clean.
Plan, elevation and section are the three core views every architectural drawing relies on. Here is what each one shows, when to use it, and how to pick the right block view for your drawing.
7 min readDWG and DXF both hold the same drawing, but one is compact and native while the other is an open, universal exchange format. Here is when to download each, and why it matters.
7 min readFree CAD blocks can save real hours — but quality, licensing and dimensional accuracy vary. Here is how to judge a free block, when paid makes sense, and how to protect your drawings.
7 min readFree CAD block library
Thousands of DWG and DXF blocks from CADBlockDWG, free for commercial use with no signup.