Dr. Mostafa Behzadfar Armanshahr Architecture & Urban Development 2008-5079 18 50 2025 05 22 Investigating How the Use of Specialized Architecture Design Software in Basic Courses Enhances Architecture Students’ Drawing Skills and Creativity; Case study: The course “An Introduction to Architectural Design (3)”, at Islamic Azad University (Urmia Branch) Investigating How the Use of Specialized Architecture Design Software in Basic Courses Enhances Architecture Students’ Drawing Skills and Creativity; Case study: The course “An Introduction to Architectural Design (3)”, at Islamic Azad University (Urmia Branch) 1 10 221083 10.22034/aaud.2025.463077.2891 FA Babak Motiei Assistant Professor of Architecture, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran (Corresponding Author). Abbas Sedaghati Assistant Professor of Architecture, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran. Arash Mohammdi Fallah Assistant Professor of Architecture, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran. Journal Article 2024 06 15 The advancement of software knowledge and its widespread application have significantly increased the use of specialized software in university courses. Architecture is one of the academic disciplines that extensively utilized such software due to its unique requirements. This study aims to investigate how the use of specialized software enhances architecture students’ drawing skills and creativity. This study is applied research conducted utilizing two descriptive-analytical and causal-comparative approaches. The statistical population included architectural engineering students enrolled in the course “An Introduction to Architectural Design (3)” at Islamic Azad University, Urmia Branch. The participants were divided into two groups, each comprising 30 students. One group used specialized software, such as AutoCAD and Autodesk Revit (Studio A), while the other group conducted their work manually (Studio B). In this study, the required data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire. A t-test was performed for independent groups, and a mean test was used for data analysis. The results indicated that educating architecture courses, including “an introduction to architectural design”, using specialized software, enhances architecture students’ creativity and drawing skills, leading to improved educational outcomes. Among the advantages of architecture software are its capabilities for its high-speed drawing, construction, and editing. Utilizing specialized software such as AutoCAD and Autodesk Revit allows designers to have better control over the design process and to examine the dimensions and sizes of the design with greater accuracy- an aspect that is somewhat overlooked in freehand design, and novice designers tend to design and arrange elements without considering the scale and dimensions of the spaces. The advancement of software knowledge and its widespread application have significantly increased the use of specialized software in university courses. Architecture is one of the academic disciplines that extensively utilized such software due to its unique requirements. This study aims to investigate how the use of specialized software enhances architecture students’ drawing skills and creativity. This study is applied research conducted utilizing two descriptive-analytical and causal-comparative approaches. The statistical population included architectural engineering students enrolled in the course “An Introduction to Architectural Design (3)” at Islamic Azad University, Urmia Branch. The participants were divided into two groups, each comprising 30 students. One group used specialized software, such as AutoCAD and Autodesk Revit (Studio A), while the other group conducted their work manually (Studio B). In this study, the required data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire. A t-test was performed for independent groups, and a mean test was used for data analysis. The results indicated that educating architecture courses, including “an introduction to architectural design”, using specialized software, enhances architecture students’ creativity and drawing skills, leading to improved educational outcomes. Among the advantages of architecture software are its capabilities for its high-speed drawing, construction, and editing. Utilizing specialized software such as AutoCAD and Autodesk Revit allows designers to have better control over the design process and to examine the dimensions and sizes of the design with greater accuracy- an aspect that is somewhat overlooked in freehand design, and novice designers tend to design and arrange elements without considering the scale and dimensions of the spaces. https://www.armanshahrjournal.com/article_221083_4a490ae20cb3f3d323575e6de70a7d38.pdf