North Arrow CAD Block
Whether you're drafting a site plan, floor layout, or landscape design, orientation matters—and that's where a North Arrow CAD Block comes in. This essential annotation tool helps clearly communicate direction in your drawings, ensuring accurate interpretation by clients, builders, and inspectors.
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Compatible With AutoCAD and Other Platforms
This north arrow CAD block is available in DWG and DXF formats. It's fully compatible with AutoCAD 2025 and earlier, ArcSite, DraftSight, and similar CAD programs. You can count on ArcSite blocks to be scalable without distortion, and always ready to drop into existing templates.
Why Include a North Arrow in Your Drawings?
- Clarifies project orientation for site-specific planning
- Supports compliance with standard drawing conventions
- Improves readability and communication with contractors or clients
- Helps align solar studies or analyze wind exposure in environmental planning
A north arrow is a small but critical detail in every technical sheet—and using a CAD block ensures it’s always precise and standardized. Check out our free set of title block templates!
Overview
What’s Included in This CAD Block
This downloadable block features:
- A minimalist North Arrow enclosed in a circle
- Bold triangular arrowhead pointing north
- Letter “N” for clear directional labeling
- Scaled and centered for consistent use in title blocks or corner legends
It’s clean, readable, and ideal for a wide range of architectural or engineering applications.
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FAQs
They are available in DWG and DXF formats, which are compatible with most design platforms.
Absolutely—these vector-based files are fully editable, allowing you to adjust dimensions, orientation, and arrangement as needed.
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