AutoCAD and document management automation · Australian built

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AutoRef is a suite of automation packages for engineering teams. Each one takes a repetitive job off your team, and fits around the drawings, folders and standards you already have.

How much of your department needs restructuring?

None of it. AutoRef works on your drawings, in your folders, so your drawings and documents look exactly as they do today. Where AutoRef produces something new, you set the colours and supply your logo, so it still matches your company's branding.

Trial periods Provided on request with support. We want this to work for you.
Your drawings Your blocks and title blocks
Your documents Your project folders and register
Your standards Naming, revisions, layers, statuses
Support Support hours included. Dedicated support team member options available.
Packages Four tools, four available now Two licensed packages — Manager and IO — plus two free online calculators for heat and harmonics. See the packages→ Pricing Annual subscriptions, priced in AUD Manager and IO are licensed by the year. Trials are provided on request, with support. See the plans→
AutoRef Manager

Document control that doesn’t require restructuring your department

One place to manage your documents, your reviews and everything you issue — working with the folders and the process your team already has. No migration, no new filing system. Manager is flexible to your folder structures and how you work.

Runs on Windows desktop
Your files Your own project folders
Hosting Australian data residency
Access Roles and permissions
Onboarding Pilot projects

One record

Five records of every project, kept in five different places

Running a project means keeping a lot of moving parts in step. AutoRef's industry case study found the same problem again and again: teams losing hours reconciling information between different systems. Checking drawings against the document register. Copying RFI responses into the RFI register. Making sure each transmittal records the right documents. AutoRef Manager brings all of it into one shared place, so everyone works from the same information.

PROJECT · MI-2417 TARRAWONGA UPGRADE PROJECT · MI-2390 SWITCHROOM PACKAGE its own register + every other project your team runs Document management The register and its status Revisions and updates Revisions across a whole set Checkprints Review · recommend · approve Issuing documents Transmittals and receipts RFIs Raised · responded · recorded ONE RECORD AutoRef Manager one register · one history across every project

What it does

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One place to see every document on the project — what it is, what revision it is on, and whether the file is actually where it should be. Manager reads your existing folders, so nobody is keeping a spreadsheet in step with the drawings by hand.

  • See type, status, area and revision at a glance
  • Save the views your team looks at every day
  • Link these documents to outstanding RFIs
  • Create checkprints and transmittals directly from real documents that exist in your system
  • Export the register for a client or a progress report

What you see on a row

MI-2417-EL-DWG-002Cv5Submitted
MI-2417-EL-DWG-004Dv5Not Started
MI-2417-CV-DOC-001none—no file

Manage revisions manually, or just scan your natives and PDFs and let Manager find the newest revisions.

  • Manage revisions and let Manager keep track of past revisions
  • Ensure only the latest revisions are submitted to clients
  • Let Manager ensure multiple files with different revisions aren't floating around your file system

What a scan finds

MI-2417-EL-DWG-002.dwgCLatest
MI-2417-EL-DWG-002-C.pdfCLatest
MI-2417-EL-DWG-002-B.pdfBSuperseded

An old rev B is still in the folder. Only rev C can be submitted.

Select your files, let Manager match them automatically, and issue. It looks through your folders for the latest, most up-to-date files and collates them for you, taking the admin work out of a transmittal.

  • Finds the current file for each document for you
  • Checks the package is complete before anything goes out
  • Scan for any drawing markups or comments, so you always produce a clean set
  • Optionally use AI to scan your documents for inconsistencies with your own API key (or ours)
  • Numbers every issue once, with no duplicates
  • Produces the receipt and the file list with the package

Four steps, one check

1 Details 2 Files 3 Checks 4 Issue

7 things to fix · issuing stays locked until they are.

A document review loop maximised for efficiency and clarity. Ensure your documents are actually getting reviewed and there are clear records of these reviews. Never forget to capture redlines again.

  • ISO 9001 compliant process
  • Ensures a proper and traceable review process takes place
  • Keeps a clear record of accountability
  • Scales to be as detailed, or as light, as you need it to be

Two records, never one

ReviewerR. NguyenRecommend
Approver—Pending

A recommendation is not an approval, and never looks like one.

Everything is traced: leave no stone unturned with submissions, RFIs and checkprints. Manager will keep an eye on things for you.

  • Each issue keeps the exact file it was sent with
  • The full issue history sits against every document
  • Print historical records of submissions, checkprints and RFIs to see what happened and when

What the record keeps

TR-00422026-08-11Issued
rev Cv5MI-2417-EL-DWG-002-C.pdf

The drawing has changed twice since. The record still shows what was sent.

Nothing to move and nothing to restructure. Manager works with the project folders your team already uses, so working folders remain on your network, same as they’ve always been.

  • Keeps working with the folder structure you have today
  • You keep control of your documents
  • Validates the documents in your folders against what you intend to submit
  • No expensive cloud storage, and no documents moved out of where they live

Your folders, as they are

/DRAWINGSscanned
/SCHEDULESscanned
/CHECKPRINTnot scanned

See Manager on your own projects

Book a demonstration and we will walk through project setup, document registers and everyday document control with you.

Book a demonstration→
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Packages

Pick the tools your team drafts with

Each package takes over one repetitive part of documentation. Most run inside AutoCAD; Manager runs alongside it. Open either package below to see what it does.

See pricing

Available now

02 packages · licensed annually
Manager Available

AutoRef Manager

The document register, transmittal record and checkprint history for a project. It runs outside AutoCAD, against the project folders you already use.

  • Document register with revision control
  • Transmittals, preflight and issue records
  • Checkprint review and approval workflow
  • Full audit trail of what was issued, and when
See what it does→
IO Available · custom

AutoRef IO

Equipment schedules in, finished drawings out. Built around your own drawings, standards and workflows.

  • Automatic cable and route generation
  • Cable and junction box schedules
  • AutoCAD I/O drawing generation
  • Scoped individually to your standards
See what it does→

Free tools

Engineering calculators in your browser, with AutoRef Suite PDF reports.

Free online tool · no sign-in

Heat calculator

Estimate switchboard temperature rise using IEC TR 60890:2022. Draw the enclosure, enter tier heat losses and explore natural ventilation or informative fan cooling estimates.

IEC 60890 · Temperature profiles · PDF reports

Use now! →
Free online tool · no sign-in

Harmonic calculator

Draw a low-voltage network, add VSDs and loads, and explore harmonic distortion with IEEE 519 reference checks, current spectra and voltage waveforms.

THDi · THDv · TDD · PDF reports

Use now! →

Pricing

Two packages, priced by the year

Choose your seats and see your annual total as you go. Add what you need to the cart, then request an invoice for your company.

Prices in AUDNo GST charged. AutoRef is not GST registeredBilled annually, never auto-chargedSupport hours included

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Invoiced, never auto-charged

Request an invoice, then pay by secure link. Your licences apply once payment is confirmed.

Support included

Every plan carries a fixed allocation of support hours, with more available.

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Trial upgrades give you 365 paid days plus whatever trial time is left when you pay. You choose the paid seat total in your cart, and any other trial products keep their own end dates.

Added seats end with the subscription. Each costs A$250 a year, prorated to the days remaining, with a minimum of A$150.

Renewals add 365 days after the later of payment or your current end date, and keep your seats.

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Position statement

AutoRef AI Statement

AI is rapidly changing the way businesses work, and we believe it is important to adapt with purpose. At AutoRef, we are continually looking for ways to innovate and make the most of advancements in artificial intelligence.

Reduced around the work

  • Document creation
  • Formatting
  • Referencing
  • Data management
  • Routine administration

Led by people

  • Knowledge
  • Experience
  • Judgement
  • Engineering application
  • Sound decisions

The focus of the current AI landscape is not simply replacing people—it is optimising workflows. For us, that means keeping complex work requiring knowledge, experience, judgement and engineering application clearly defined and led by people, while reducing the tedious work around it.

Document creation, formatting, referencing, data management and routine administration can consume a significant amount of time without benefiting from the expertise of the person completing it. By improving these processes, professionals can spend more time on the work that matters: applying their knowledge and experience to complex projects, making sound decisions, and delivering real value.

The role of people is increasingly to coordinate, guide and apply expertise across large, complex projects. Behind the scenes, we should strive to optimise the processes that can be automated, assisted or made more efficient—freeing time to be spent where it has the greatest impact.

AutoRef has always, and will always, advocate for people being at the core of a business. We also believe people should be supported to reach their full potential. AI should help remove unnecessary routine work, not diminish the value of human expertise.

Our commitment

Our commitment is to use AI responsibly and practically: to improve productivity, support better workflows, and help our clients focus on the work they are truly paid to do.

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My AutoRef

Your account, in one place

Your company's licences, the AutoRef Hub download, and your invoices.

Your AutoRef account

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Choose which company you are working with. Nothing is shown until you do, so no two companies are ever mixed on one page.

Register a new company

Create a company you manage. You will be its first administrator. Registration is free; Hub downloads become available when a paid purchase is applied or AutoRef grants your company a trial.

Joining an existing company? Ask its administrator to invite your account email, then open and accept that invitation. Creating another company will not give access to theirs.

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  3. Open Hub and choose your products. Sign in with {{ acctUserEmail }} and choose {{ acctCompanyName }}. Install your available products. For IO, use Hub's workstation screen to assign this computer a seat.

Your Manager named seat is enabled. Your company can take up to five minutes to appear in Manager. You can invite your team and assign their seats through Hub.

Set up your Manager access

Assign yourself a Manager administrator place from your company's approved named-seat allowance. Your company will then be available in Manager within five minutes. Invite other members through Hub.

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Assign seats to your team and activate workstations in AutoRef Hub. Paid purchases apply automatically once payment is confirmed.

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Invoices

Your company administrator can view invoices and payment history. Your company's licences and downloads are shown above.

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Cancel invoice

This cancels the unpaid invoice and its payment link. It will remain in cancelled history for your records.

Invitation

Welcome to AutoRef

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Accept your invitation

Use the email address that received this invitation. Microsoft securely manages your AutoRef sign-in: create an account if this is your first visit, or sign in with your existing account. You will return here with your company access connected.

Next, download AutoRef Hub from your account, install it on Windows and sign in with the same email. Your approved products and trial dates will be shown in your account.

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Contact

Book a demonstration

A demonstration runs about 30 minutes, on your drawings where you can share them. Tell us what your team drafts and we will show the parts AutoRef takes over.

Enquiry

Sends your enquiry directly to sales@autoref.au. We will reply to the email address above.

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Optimise your drafting department with AutoRef

Our solutions are designed to eliminate repetitive drafting, streamline engineering workflows and deliver measurable time and cost savings across every project.

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