open
Open an existing drawing
How to use it
open is exposed by the Autocad MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the open tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.
FULL AUTOCAD MCP LISTINGOther tools in Autocad MCP (18)
create
Reset to clean drawing (erase all + purge)
define
No
get_attributes
Yes
get_screenshot
Capture current AutoCAD view as PNG
get_variables
Get system variables by name
info
Get entity count and layers
insert
Yes
insert_with_attributes
Yes
list
Yes
plot_pdf
Plot to PDF
purge
Purge unused objects
redo
Redo last undone operation
save
Save current drawing (to path if given)
save_as_dxf
Export as DXF
undo
Undo last operation
update_attribute
Yes
zoom_extents
Zoom to show all entities
zoom_window
Zoom to a specified window