Do Architects Draw or Use Computers?

Today architects typically use computer-aided design software with names like AutoCAD and Revit, a tool for “building information modeling.” Buildings are no longer just designed visually and spatially; they are “computed” via interconnected databases.

Do architects draw?

Although there are only a handful of architects that still hand draft construction documents, many architects still use drawing in some form as a design and communication tool. ... In terms of testing designs, it is common practice for architects to design and redesign buildings for their clients multiple times.

Do architects have to be good at drawing?

Drawing like an Architect

I am living proof that you don't have to draw well to be an architect. Having the ability to draw beautiful pictures doesn't hurt but let's pull the curtain back and be honest here for a minute … Architects communicate through their drawings – we aren't making art.