Our automatic door CAD drawings give architects, interior designers, quantity surveyors and shopfitters a starting point for drawing an automatic entrance before a site survey. The set covers the MC-125 bi-parting and single sliding door, the setting-out at the head of the MC-125, and the MCW-100 swing door operator. Every drawing is available as a PDF sheet and as a DXF file that opens in AutoCAD, Revit, ArchiCAD, BricsCAD and most other CAD software.

These automatic door CAD drawings are drawn by MC Automations from the specifications we publish for our own operators. They are for planning, layout and tender drawings. The final setting-out for each entrance is confirmed in writing by us once we have the measured opening.

Download the automatic door CAD drawings

• Automatic door CAD details, PDF (four A3 sheets, scales 1:25 and 1:10)
• Automatic door CAD files, DXF (zip of four DXF files, drawn 1:1 in millimetres)

No sign-up is needed. If your practice needs a different format, or a drawing for a configuration not shown here, ask us and we will tell you what we can provide.

What is in the set

Sheet 1: MC-125 bi-parting sliding door

Elevation and plan of a bi-parting entrance with two sliding leaves and two fixed panels, the operator header, the steel structure carrying it, the floor guides and the clear opening. The leaf widths shown are an example inside the published range of 650 to 1,250 mm per leaf. A bi-parting MC-125 drives leaves up to 2 × 120 kg, with a clear opening of 2,500 to 5,000 mm.

Sheet 2: MC-125 single sliding door

Elevation and plan of a single sliding leaf parking over a fixed panel. The published range for a single slide is a leaf width of 750 to 1,600 mm, a leaf weight up to 150 kg, and a clear opening of 1,450 to 3,100 mm. Allow wall or fixed-panel space beside the opening for the leaf to park.

Sheet 3: MC-125 head setting-out

A schematic section showing the relationships that matter when the opening is being built: the 125 mm operator header, the steel structure that carries it, the distance from the underside of the header to the finished floor, and the floor guide set into the finished floor. This is a setting-out diagram, not a manufacturer’s section through the operator.

Sheet 4: MCW-100 swing door operator

Elevation and plan of a single swing door with the MCW-100 on the head of the frame, the 475 mm operator length, the door width limit and the adjustable opening angle of 60 to 110 degrees. The MCW-100 drives doors up to 150 kg and up to 1,200 mm wide, with the two limits interacting.

How to use the automatic door CAD files

The DXF files are drawn at full size in millimetres, so they can be inserted or referenced into a drawing at 1:1. Each file uses its own layers, all prefixed MC_, so you can switch elements on and off or map them to your own layer standard:

• MC_OUTLINE for leaves, frames and fixed panels
• MC_GLASS for glazing lines
• MC_OPERATOR for the operator header or swing operator
• MC_HATCH for structure and walls by others
• MC_HIDDEN for open positions and swing paths
• MC_DIM and MC_TEXT for dimensions and notes
• MC_FLOOR for the finished floor line

Leaf sizes in the automatic door CAD files are an example. Stretch the leaves and panels to suit your opening, keeping within the published ranges, and keep the relationships at the head: the 125 mm header and the leaf height plus 25 mm from the underside of the header to finished floor. Dimensions are drawn as lines and text rather than associative dimensions, so they read the same in every program.

What the automatic door CAD drawings do not replace

Automatic door CAD drawings help you plan the opening, but they are not a substitute for a survey. Before anything is ordered we need the measured opening, the construction of the head, what runs above the ceiling line, the floor build-up and the position of the electrical supply. We then confirm the setting-out in writing. That confirmation, not the drawing, governs the job.

The drawings also do not size the steel structure that carries the operator. That is a structural engineer’s decision based on the span and the building. The header is not self-supporting and will not span off plasterboard or a dropped bulkhead.

Things to show on your drawings

When you use our automatic door CAD details on a project, these are the items that most often go missing and cause trouble on site:

• The steel structure above the opening, level and straight across the full span of the header.
• The head height, leaf height plus 25 mm to finished floor, and 125 mm for the header above that.
• The parking space beside the opening where the sliding leaves travel.
• A level floor along the full travel of the leaves, with the floor guide set into the finished floor.
• The mains supply and isolator at the header. Our guide to automatic door power lists what the electrician provides.
• Low-voltage cable routes for sensors, push buttons, locks and access control.
• The swing path on a swing door, kept clear of fixed obstacles.
• Manifestation on all glass. See automatic door signage.

Writing the specification

The automatic door CAD drawings show where the door goes. The specification says how it must behave: activation and safety sensing, locking and access control, what happens during a power failure and on a fire alarm, and how it is commissioned and handed over. Our guide to automatic door specification sets out the headings and example clause wording. For the glass in the leaves, see automatic door glass, and for locking, automatic door lock.

The operators behind the drawings

The MC-125 is our sliding door operator, with a 24 V brushless motor, four operating modes, electric lock support and optional battery backup. It is tested to one million operating cycles and carries a two-year warranty. See the MC-125 sliding door operator and the MC-125 brochure.

The MCW-100 is our swing door operator, for new or existing hinged doors, with push-and-go, adjustable opening angle and access-control inputs. See the MCW-100 swing door operator. Both operators are imported and assembled at our Laser Park facility in Johannesburg, where spares and technical support are held.

Other door types

Revolving, telescopic and hermetic doors are specified per project, so we do not publish standard automatic door CAD details for them. Diameter, wing count, leaf arrangement and the surrounding structure change from one building to the next. Send us the opening and we will prepare drawings for the specific entrance. See automatic revolving doors, telescopic sliding doors and hermetically sealed doors.

Automatic door CAD: quick answers

• Automatic door CAD files are DXF, drawn 1:1 in millimetres, with MC_ layers.
• Automatic door CAD sheets are also supplied as an A3 PDF set.
• Automatic door CAD details cover the MC-125 sliding and MCW-100 swing operators.
• Automatic door CAD leaf sizes are examples; scale them to your opening.
• Automatic door CAD drawings are for planning; we confirm setting-out in writing per project.

Automatic door CAD questions

Drawing an entrance now? Send us the opening and we will confirm the setting-out in writing. Requirements for powered pedestrian doors are published by the South African Bureau of Standards. We are on 010 412 0062, Monday to Thursday 08:00 to 16:30 and Friday 08:00 to 14:00.