Get the library into your palette.

System requirements

CAD-Flow runs inside AutoCAD on Windows. It is not a standalone application and there is no macOS build.

Install

1. Sign up at beta.cad-flow.com. You get a licence key of the form CADFLOW-BETA-XXXX-XXXX straight away.
2. Download CADFlow-Beta-Setup.exe from the same page. It's unsigned during the beta, so Windows SmartScreen will warn you — choose More info → Run anyway.
3. Close AutoCAD completely before running the installer. The installer will refuse to continue while it's open.
4. Run the installer and follow the prompts.
5. Restart AutoCAD. The plugin only loads at startup — this is the step people miss.

Launching the palette

Type the CAD-Flow command at the AutoCAD command line and press Enter:

Command: CADFLOW

Sign in with your licence key. The palette can then be docked, floated, or auto-hidden like any native AutoCAD palette. Other commands: CADFLOWLIBRARY, CADFLOWINSERT, CADFLOWSETTINGS, CADFLOWUPDATE and CADFLOWFEEDBACK.

If CADFLOW comes back as an unknown command, AutoCAD was almost certainly running when you installed. Close it fully and reopen.

Getting started

1. Sign in

The first time the palette opens it asks you to sign in with your CAD-Flow account. The session persists — you won't be asked on every drawing.

2. Search

Type what you need. Search runs across the whole library — by asset name, by discipline, or by category. Results appear as you type.

3. Place

Select an asset and place it in the drawing. It arrives at the correct scale for your drawing units and on consistent layers, so there's no rescaling and no purge afterwards.

4. Keep drawing

That's the whole loop. The palette stays where you put it.

Troubleshooting

The palette doesn't appear

Confirm AutoCAD was fully closed during install, then reopen it and run the command again. If the command isn't recognised, the plugin didn't load — reinstall with AutoCAD closed.

I'm on an unsupported AutoCAD version

The beta supports AutoCAD and AutoCAD Architecture 2021–2024. 2025 and 2026 are coming — they run on a newer .NET runtime and need a separate build, which is in progress. AutoCAD LT can't be supported: it has no add-in API, so no plugin can load into it. That's an Autodesk limitation, not ours.

Assets won't load

The library streams from the cloud, so it needs a live connection. Behind a corporate firewall or proxy, allow HTTPS (port 443) to tsrgyrqrqqjyiabjrmrz.supabase.co (the asset catalog) and wmwrivsfivbmqzauheoa.supabase.co (licence validation).

Still stuck

Run CADFLOWFEEDBACK in the plugin — it attaches your version and lets you send a screenshot, so we can see what you saw. Or write to us and we'll pick it up.

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