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Free partition and screen CAD blocks for AutoCAD
By Saumyajit Maity · Published 15 Apr 2022 · Updated 26 May 2026
A partition or screen is the piece of furniture that divides space without building a wall — a folding screen across a room, a decorative jali panel between two zones, a free-standing office partition between desks. It does a job no other furniture block does: it shapes circulation and privacy. This page collects free partition and screen CAD blocks in DWG and DXF: folding and concertina screens, decorative panel screens, and free-standing office and acoustic partitions, drawn at true millimetre sizes and ready to insert into AutoCAD 2004 or later. Free for personal and commercial work, no signup, no watermark.
Unlike a chair or a table, a partition is mostly about its line on the plan — its length, its thickness and where it sits — because that line is what redirects movement and screens one area from another. In plan you read the run and the footprint of the feet or base; in elevation you read the height and the pattern, which for a decorative screen is half the point. The blocks here are drawn so the panel line, the base and any decorative pattern sit on separate layers, letting you keep a clean plan line while carrying the detail into the elevation.
What counts as a partition or screen
This family spans several related things that all divide space with furniture rather than construction. A folding or concertina screen is a free-standing, hinged panel run you place to break sight lines or section off a corner — common in bedrooms, studios, clinics and retail fitting areas. A decorative panel screen or jali is a fixed or semi-fixed perforated panel used to filter light and views between zones, a staple of interior and hospitality design. A free-standing office partition is a base-mounted panel that divides workstations or meeting space without going to a full-height wall.
What they share is the job of shaping space and privacy, so the block's plan line and height are what matter. The blocks are drawn so you can place the run, read its thickness, and carry the decorative or acoustic detail into the elevation.
Views and what's included
Partition and screen downloads ship a plan view as standard — the run line and the base footprint, which is what you place to divide a space and check circulation around. Most also include a front elevation, which for a decorative or jali screen is essential because the pattern is the design; for an office partition the elevation shows the height and any glazed upper section.
The plan is what redirects movement on the layout; the elevation is what shows the panel face in an interior elevation or presentation sheet. Where a folding screen is drawn, the plan often shows it set at an angle (a zig-zag) as it would actually stand, since a flat-open screen is unstable. Insert the view you need and freeze the rest where a file carries several.
Typical partition and screen sizing
Design around these ranges. Folding screen: panels roughly 400–500 mm wide, three to five panels per screen, height 1500–1800 mm; thickness of each panel slim, with the footprint set by how far the screen is folded out. Decorative/jali panel: heights from around 1200 mm up to full room height, panel thickness 20–60 mm plus any frame. Free-standing office partition: 1200–1800 mm long per panel, 1200–1600 mm high for a screening partition (lower for desk-level, higher with a glazed top), base feet projecting 200–400 mm each side.
For placement, remember that a partition's whole purpose is to control a sight line or a route — so check what it screens and where it sends people, not just that it fits. The scaled block lets you stand at a notional eye point on the plan and confirm the screen actually blocks the view you intend.
How to insert and place a partition
The blocks are full size in millimetres. Insert at scale 1 in a millimetre drawing, 0.001 in a metre template, or set INSUNITS to millimetres so AutoCAD rescales on insertion. Snap the insertion point to one end of the run, then place and rotate the partition to sit across the line you want to break.
Because a partition is a line that redirects movement, place it and then immediately check the circulation: the gap left for people to pass, the route around it, and the privacy it gives the zone behind. For a long office partition run, insert one panel and ARRAY it along the line. Keep partitions on their own layer — they often need to show on a furniture plan and a partitioning/zoning plan both — so you can control them independently of the loose furniture.
Where partition and screen blocks are used
Partition and screen blocks turn up across interiors: open-plan offices needing zoning without walls, meeting and focus areas, clinic and consulting rooms, retail fitting and display areas, restaurant and hotel interiors using decorative screens to break up a large room, residential studios and bedrooms using folding screens, and exhibition and event stands. They are the go-to whenever a space needs dividing flexibly or decoratively rather than permanently.
Because they shape circulation, pair them with the workstation, seating and reception blocks they divide, and use them on zoning and space-planning drawings as well as furniture plans. Drawing the partitions from the same scaled, licence-clear library as the rest of the furniture keeps a space-planning scheme consistent from concept to fit-out.
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Questions
Frequently asked
Why is a folding screen drawn at an angle in plan?+
Because a folding screen only stands up when its panels are angled — a flat-open screen tips over. The plan usually shows it in a zig-zag as it would actually stand, which also gives you its real footprint and the sight line it breaks. You can rotate or re-fold the block to suit your layout.
How tall are partition and screen blocks?+
It varies by type: folding screens around 1500–1800 mm, decorative jali panels from about 1200 mm up to full room height, and office screening partitions 1200–1600 mm. The elevation carries the height, and because the block is at true size you can check what it actually screens from a notional eye point.
Do the screen blocks include the decorative pattern?+
Yes — for decorative and jali screens the pattern is the design, so it is drawn in the elevation, with the pattern on its own layer so you can keep a clean plan line while carrying the detail into the elevation and presentation sheets.
Are the partition and screen blocks free for commercial use?+
Yes. Every block downloads free in DWG and, where available, DXF, with no signup, no watermark and no attribution requirement, and they are cleared for commercial project use.
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