Electronic Drawings AutoCAD Format You will need to have AutoCAD (R12 or later) installed on your computer. Click on the Drawing Title you wish to open. Your AutoCAD program and the selected drawing will open automatically. Once opened, you can will be able to save the drawing to your hard drive or copy and paste it directly into an AutoCAD drawing. The saved or pasted version can then be edited, scaled or anything else your AutoCAD would support.