Interior Design

Interior Design

Beautiful Spaces, Inside and Out

Great interiors are about more than decoration. They bring comfort, character and functionality together. With CAD design tools, you can explore layouts, test finishes and visualize your ideas before making changes to a real space—even if interior design isn't your profession.

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Contemporary living room with coordinated furniture, lighting and materials
The Design Process

Make Design Decisions with Confidence

Explore alternatives digitally and refine your plans before you commit to furniture, fixtures, colours or materials.

Visualize Your Ideas

Preview room arrangements, window treatments, furniture styles and finishes together in a cohesive design.

Compare Your Options

Experiment with different layouts, materials and lighting approaches to find a look that suits the space.

Plan More Efficiently

Adjust your concepts, communicate proposals and identify design changes before work begins.

Bright modern interior illustrating a finished room design
The Solution

From Floor Plan to Finished Interior

Choose a design workflow that suits your project. Professional CAD software combines detailed drafting, architectural elements and 3D visualization, while dedicated home design applications can make room planning more accessible through guided and drag-and-drop tools.

Develop your layout, explore the relationship between furniture and finishes, and present your ideas with rendered views or walkthrough-style presentations where supported by your software.

Professional CAD

For detailed 2D/3D design, architectural planning and advanced visualization workflows.

Home Design Software

For room layouts, home planning and approachable drag-and-drop design workflows.

Capabilities

Tools for Every Stage of Interior Design

Build accurate room layouts, incorporate architectural details and develop convincing visual presentations. The edition labels below reflect the supplied feature comparison.

01. Draw the Space

Establish the room structure and plan the architectural elements that shape the interior.

  • Self-healing walls: straight, curved and block-insert walls All editions
  • Parametric windows and doors Standard+
  • Curtain wall creation and editing Standard+
  • Parametric stairs with adjustable dimensions and styles Pro+
  • Handrails and guardrails Pro+
  • Floor and roof slabs with openings Pro+
  • Guided house-design wizard Standard+

02. Furnish and Detail

Organize design components and repeat elements consistently throughout your drawings.

  • Self-trimming and self-aligning blocks Standard+
  • Blocks and external reference (Xref) support Standard+
  • Associative arrays and pattern tools Pro+
  • Markers for dimensions, labels and notes Standard+
  • Schedule management tool and wizard Standard+
  • Style management for walls, windows, doors and objects Pro

03. Materials and Lighting

Explore surface finishes and lighting choices to communicate the intended atmosphere of a room.

  • 3D photorealistic rendering Standard+
  • Custom lighting and material libraries Standard+
  • Replace textures using Copilot Image Assistant-generated imagery Standard+
  • TurboLux scene import and draft/quality rendering Standard+
  • Scene tone mapping and brightness adjustment Pro+
  • Default scene lighting settings Pro+

04. Work with Existing Plans

Reuse reference drawings and existing design data as a starting point for interior projects.

  • PDF underlays for reference drawings Pro+
  • SketchUp model import Standard+
  • AutoCAD DWG/DXF file compatibility Standard+
  • Point-cloud triangulation and subset processing Pro+
  • Architectural sections and elevations from 3D models Pro+

Edition information: “Deluxe+” means Deluxe and higher editions; “Pro+” means Pro and higher editions. Confirm feature availability, product naming and licensing against the current xCAD product comparison before publishing.

Design Inspiration

Imagine What You Could Create

Explore possibilities for residential interiors, working environments and shared spaces.

Bring Your Ideas to Life

Design Interiors That Feel Just Right

From the first floor plan to the final material selection, use digital design tools to explore possibilities, refine your ideas and present your vision with greater clarity.

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