Abstract: AutoCAD issued by Autodesk Corporation is the widely used software in civil engineering
design, and concepts of being annotating and annotating objects in the high version of the software are
introduced. By comparison with the current architectural design drawing, the detailed use of
annotation is introduced in this paper, and significant advantages of annotation in the design industry
of civil engineering and its new outlook are described. Moreover annotation can be good inspiration to
other industries such as building decoration engineering and mechanical design which are related to
engineering graphic. But presently the importance of annotation has not been understood, actively
calling for further promotion, study and application is necessary in civil engineering design and
teaching practice.

Key words: civil construction, engineering design, annotation, AutoCAD