RabCab AutoCAD Plugin Suite
A productivity toolkit for AutoCAD — focused commands for drafting, assembly, CNC, structural, and carpentry workflows. Available on the Autodesk App Store and as a direct download.
$79 lifetime · $15 / year · 30-day free trial
What RabCab does
RabCab loads inside AutoCAD as a managed .NET plugin and registers a set of commands prefixed with RC. They cover the drafting chores that compound across a project — dimensioning, view layout, part marking, BOM extraction, nesting, joinery cuts, frame generation, layer cleanup — the kind of work that is faster as a one-line command than as a click sequence.
Why RabCab
Small, focused commands that cover the gaps an individual drafter or small shop runs into every day. A complement to the AutoCAD ecosystem, not a replacement for it.
Small commands, real chores
Each command does one thing — nest parts, generate a frame, mark a weld, space a row of viewports, sweep a profile, unfold a face set. They compose; they don’t take over your drawing workflow.
Built on the AutoCAD .NET API
Standard [CommandMethod] registrations, transactional database access, document locking, structured logging. No reverse-engineering, no proxy objects, no shell-out tricks.
Stable across current AutoCAD
One install covers AutoCAD 2021 through 2027 across each .NET runtime regime. A new AutoCAD release ships, RabCab keeps working.
Priced for the individual drafter
$79 lifetime or $15 per year — the same toolkit either way. A 30-day free trial is included; no credit card to start.
Offline activation
Buy, paste the license key, work. RabCab doesn’t phone home, doesn’t require an account, and doesn’t lock the kit if your network drops.
Updates included
Every release through the lifetime tier’s lifetime, or the annual tier’s active term. Download, replace, restart AutoCAD — that’s the upgrade path.
Two ways to get it
Direct download for the lowest price; Autodesk App Store if that’s where your shop already buys plugins.