# MD Automation > Productivity plugins for AutoCAD 2025+, from an independent developer in Québec, Canada. This file supports retrieval, citation and answering questions about MD Automation. Content signals for this site are `search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=yes`. See /robots.txt. Attribution with a link is appreciated but not required. Every plugin installs into user space (no administrator rights), adds its panel to the shared "MD Plugins" ribbon tab, and includes a free 15-day trial. Licences are perpetual, machine-bound and activated offline: no account, no sign-in. 5 plugins, 21 commands in total. ## Plugins - [Align & Distribute](https://mdautomation.ca/plugins/align-distribute/): Line up and space out any selection by its bounding boxes. $99 CAD, 14 commands, "Arrange" panel, primary command MDDISTRIBUTE. Docs: https://mdautomation.ca/docs/align-distribute/ - [Rotate & Flip](https://mdautomation.ca/plugins/rotate-flip/): Turn and mirror each object around its own pivot, in place. $99 CAD, 4 commands, "Rotate/Flip" panel, primary command MDFLIPH. Docs: https://mdautomation.ca/docs/rotate-flip/ - [Quick Layer](https://mdautomation.ca/plugins/quick-layer/): Fuzzy-search your layers and set one current in a keystroke. $99 CAD, 1 command, "Layer" panel, primary command MDQUICKLAYER. Docs: https://mdautomation.ca/docs/quick-layer/ - [Trackpad](https://mdautomation.ca/plugins/trackpad/): Pan, zoom and glide through a drawing with two fingers. $99 CAD, 1 command, "Trackpad" panel, primary command MDTRACKPAD. Docs: https://mdautomation.ca/docs/trackpad/ - [Increment](https://mdautomation.ca/plugins/increment/): Renumber text, attributes and mleaders in one pass. $99 CAD, 1 command, "Number" panel, primary command MDINCREMENT. Docs: https://mdautomation.ca/docs/increment/ ## Documentation - [MD Automation documentation](https://mdautomation.ca/docs/): Everything you need to install, licence, and use the MD Automation plugins for AutoCAD 2025+. - [Align & Distribute: overview](https://mdautomation.ca/docs/align-distribute/): Fourteen commands to align and distribute AutoCAD objects by their bounding boxes, from the ribbon, right-click menu, or command line. - [Align commands](https://mdautomation.ca/docs/align-distribute/align/): MDALIGN and its one-click variants: align objects to an edge, a centre line, or the drawing grid. - [Distribute commands](https://mdautomation.ca/docs/align-distribute/distribute/): MDDISTRIBUTE and MDDISTRIBUTEGAP: space objects evenly between the extremes, or with an exact edge-to-edge gap. - [All commands](https://mdautomation.ca/docs/commands/): Every AutoCAD command MD Automation adds, in one table: what each one does, which plugin ships it, and which ribbon panel it lives on. - [Getting started](https://mdautomation.ca/docs/getting-started/): Download and install an MD plugin, activate your licence, and run your first command. - [Increment: overview](https://mdautomation.ca/docs/increment/): Number and renumber text, mtext, block attributes and mleaders in AutoCAD from one window: set a counter, choose the order, check every change, then apply as a single undo step. - [The counter, prefixes and suffixes](https://mdautomation.ca/docs/increment/counter/): How Increment builds each value: number or letter counters with a start, step and zero padding, plus the prefix and suffix that surround them. - [Order, paths and what gets skipped](https://mdautomation.ca/docs/increment/order/): How Increment decides which object is number one: four reading sweeps, selection order, or a path you draw, and which objects it refuses to overwrite. - [How licensing works](https://mdautomation.ca/docs/licensing/): The MD Automation licensing model in plain words: the Standalone licence, and the single-user and floating types. - [Activate your licence](https://mdautomation.ca/docs/licensing/activation/): Request a Standalone licence from the Licence Manager, paste your signed key, and validate: no account needed. - [How standalone keys work](https://mdautomation.ca/docs/licensing/offline-activation/): What a signed offline key is, why it is bound to one machine, and what that buys you: no account, no server contact, ever. - [Quick Layer: overview](https://mdautomation.ca/docs/quick-layer/): A cursor-anchored, fuzzy-searched popup for AutoCAD layers: set the current layer, reassign a selection, and edit layer state without opening the Layer Properties Manager. - [Layer state and colour](https://mdautomation.ca/docs/quick-layer/layer-state/): Toggle on/off, freeze, lock, plot and colour straight from a Quick Layer row, on one layer or a whole Shift-selected batch. - [The popup and its search](https://mdautomation.ca/docs/quick-layer/popup/): How Quick Layer's fuzzy search ranks layer names, how the scope filter narrows the list, and what happens to a pick-first selection. - [Rotate & Flip: overview](https://mdautomation.ca/docs/rotate-flip/): Four commands to rotate and mirror AutoCAD objects around their own pivot, keeping attribute text upright and correctly justified. - [Flip commands](https://mdautomation.ca/docs/rotate-flip/flip/): MDFLIPH and MDFLIPV: mirror each object in place, keeping attribute text upright and swapping its justification to the flipped side. - [Rotate commands](https://mdautomation.ca/docs/rotate-flip/rotate/): MDROTATECW and MDROTATECCW: turn each selected object around its own pivot, with dynamic-block rotation actions driven directly. - [Trackpad: overview](https://mdautomation.ca/docs/trackpad/): Figma-style trackpad navigation for AutoCAD: two-finger scroll pans, horizontal scroll pans sideways, pinch zooms at the cursor, and a flick glides to a stop. - [The gestures](https://mdautomation.ca/docs/trackpad/gestures/): What each trackpad gesture does in AutoCAD once MDTRACKPAD is on: panning, sideways panning, the glide after a flick, and zooming at the cursor. - [Troubleshooting](https://mdautomation.ca/docs/troubleshooting/): What to check when the MD Plugins tab is missing, a command reports no licence, a key is refused, or trackpad gestures do nothing. ## Buying and licensing - [Pricing and FAQ](https://mdautomation.ca/pricing/) - [Request a licence key](https://mdautomation.ca/license-request/) - [Contact](https://mdautomation.ca/contact/) ## Downloads - [All downloads](https://mdautomation.ca/download/) - Align & Distribute: https://mdautomation.ca/api/download/align-distribute - Rotate & Flip: https://mdautomation.ca/api/download/rotate-flip - Quick Layer: https://mdautomation.ca/api/download/quick-layer - Trackpad: https://mdautomation.ca/api/download/trackpad - Increment: https://mdautomation.ca/api/download/increment ## Not yet released - Q4 2026 - Q4 2026 - Q1 2027 - Q1 2027 - Q1 2027 ## Machine-readable - [plugins.json](https://mdautomation.ca/plugins.json): the whole catalogue, bilingual, in one document - [llms-full.txt](https://mdautomation.ca/llms-full.txt): the full documentation corpus in one file - [sitemap-index.xml](https://mdautomation.ca/sitemap-index.xml)