Courses Details

Curriculum

Creating a Drawing

• Getting Started with AutoCAD
  • Downloading, Installing and Starting the Software
  • User Interface
  • Working with Commands
  • Cartesian Workspace
  • Opening an Existing Drawing File
  • Viewing Your Drawing
  • Saving your work
  • AutoCAD's Toolbars
• Basic Drawing & Editing Commands
  • Drawing Lines
  • Erasing Objects
  • Drawing Vertical and Horizontal Lines
  • Drawing Rectangles
  • Drawing Circles
  • Undo and Redo Actions

Making a Drawing More Precise

• Drawing Precision in AutoCAD
  • Using Object Snap
  • Using Object Snap Overrides
  • Polar Tracking Settings
  • Object Snap Tracking
  • Drawing with Snap and Grid
• Making Changes In Drawing
  • Selecting Objects for Editing
  • Moving Objects
  • Copying Objects
  • Rotating Objects
  • Scaling Objects
  • Mirroring Objects
  • Editing Objects with Grips

Drawing Organization & Information

• Organizing a Drawing with Layers
  • Creating New Drawings With Templates
  • What are Layers?
  • Layer States
  • Changing an Object’s Layer
• Advanced Object Types
  • Drawing Arcs
  • Drawing Polylines
  • Editing Polylines
  • Drawing Polygons
  • Drawing Ellipses
• Analyzing Model and Object Properties
  • Measuring Objects
  • Working with Properties

Creating More Complex Objects

• Advanced Editing Commands
  • Trimming and Extending Objects
  • Stretching Objects
  • Creating Fillets and Chamfers
  • Offsetting Objects
  • Creating Arrays of Objects
• Inserting Blocks
  • What are Blocks?
  • Working with Dynamic Blocks
  • Inserting Blocks using Insert
  • Inserting Blocks using the Tool Palettes
  • Inserting Blocks using the DesignCenter

Preparing to Print

• Setting Up a Layout
  • Working in Layouts
  • Creating Layouts
  • Creating Layout Viewports
  • Guidelines for Layouts
• Printing a Drawing
  • Printing Concepts
  • Printing Layouts
  • Print and Plot Settings

Annotating a Drawing

• Text
  • Working with Annotations
  • Adding Text in a Drawing
  • Modifying Multiline Text
  • Formatting Multiline Text
• Hatching
  • Hatching
  • Editing Hatches
• Adding Dimensions
  • Dimensioning Concepts
  • Adding Linear, Radial & Angular Dimensions
  • Editing Dimensions
  • Adding Notes with Leaders to a Drawing

Beyond the Basics

• Working Effectively with AutoCAD
  • Creating a Custom Workspace
  • Using the Keyboard Effectively
  • Object Creation, Selection, and Visibility
  • Working in Multiple
  • Copying and Pasting Between Drawings
  • Using Grips Effectively
  • Additional Layer Tools
• Accurate Positioning
  • Locating Points with Tracking
  • Construction Lines
  • Placing Reference Points

Creating & Organizing Blocks

• Creating Blocks
• Editing Blocks
• Removing Unused Elements
• Adding Blocks to Tool Palettes
• Modifying Tool Properties in Tool Palettes

Drawing Setup & Utilities

• Creating Templates
  • Why Use Templates?
  • Controlling Units Display
  • Creating New Layers
  • Adding Standard Layouts to Templates
  • Saving Templates
• Annotation Styles
  • Creating Text Styles
  • Creating Dimension Styles
  • Creating Multileader Styles

Advanced Layouts

• Creating and Using Named Views
• Advanced Viewport Options
• Layer Overrides in Viewports
• Additional Annotative Scale Features

Advanced Text Objects

• Annotation Scale Overview
• Using Fields
• Controlling the Draw Order

Working with Tables

• Creating Tables
• Modifying Tables
• Working with Linked Tables
• Creating Table Styles

Dynamic Blocks

• Working with Dynamic Blocks
• Creating Dynamic Block Definitions
• Dynamic Block Authoring Tools
• Additional Visibility Options

Attributes

• Inserting Blocks with Attributes
• Editing Attribute Values
• Defining Attributes
• Redefining Blocks with Attributes
• Extracting Attributes

Publishing and Customizing Sheet Sets

• Transmitting and Archiving Sheet Sets
• Publishing Sheet Sets
• Customizing Sheet Sets
• Custom Blocks for Sheet Sets

Managing Layers

• Working in the Layer Properties Manager
• Creating Layer Filters
• Setting Layer States

Introduction to 3D Modeling

• Introduction to 3D modeling workspace
• Basic 3D Viewing Tools
• 3D Navigation Tools
• Creating solid primitives
• Mesh primitives
• Working in 3D
• Introduction to free form design

Creating Solids & Surfaces from 2D Objects

• Complex 3D Geometry
• Extruded Solids & Surfaces
• Swept Solids & Surfaces
• Revolved Solids & Surfaces
• Lofted Solids & Surfaces

Modeling Workflow

• Using Booleans on solid models
• Creating composite models
• Extracting geometry from solid models
• Getting information from 3D objects

Editing Models

• Adding detail to your solid models
• Editing solid models
• Manipulating the model
• Duplicating the model
• Converting 2D objects
• Basic mesh modeling
• Fillets & Chamfers on Solids

Sectioning a Model & Creating Drawings

• Section a solid model and generate 2D geometry
• Creating drawings from 3D models

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