Duration
2 days
Overview
AutoCAD Essentials 2D training provides a thorough grounding in AutoCAD latest version. The course start with a few basic tools that enable the student to create and edit a simple drawing, and then continue to develop those tools
The course is designed for the busy professional. It is short and intensive, combining lecture, demonstration and hands-on practice. Once completing the course, you will be able to produce accurate 2D drawings. Full details are provided below:
Objective
To provide a thorough grounding in AutoCAD, learning how to produce accurate 2D drawings.
Prerequisite
- Working knowledge of Microsoft® Windows®.
- Newcomers to AutoCAD & CAD drawing
- Users with a small amount of AutoCAD Experience
- Users who have previously used a different CAD tool & are looking to migrate to AutoCAD.
Manual
AutoCAD 2D Drafting and Annotation & Datasets
Software
AutoCAD - including specialized toolsets (2023-latest version)
Duration
2 Days ( 14 hours)
Time
09:30 a.m to 05:30p.m
Venue
Agenda
Day 1
GETTING STARTED
- Exploring AutoCAD latest version User Interface
- Setting drawing units
BASIC DRAWING SKILLS
- Navigating 2D Drawings
- Using coordinate systems
- Drawing lines and rectangles
- Drawing circle, arcs and polygons
- Fillet and chamfers
- Cancel, erase and undo
USING DRAWING AIDS
- Grid and snap
- Ortho and polar tracking
- Object snaps and object snap tracking
EDITTING ENTITIES
- Create selection
- Move and copy
- Rotate and scale
- Arrays
- Trim and extend
- Offset and mirror
- Grip editing
CREATING AND EDITING TEXT
- Create text styles
- Writing lines of text
- Writing and formatting paragraphs of text using MTEXT
- Editing text
Day 2
DIMENSIONING
- Styling dimensions
- Adding dimensions
- Editing dimensions
CONTROLLING OBJECT VISIBILITY AND APPREARANCE
- Using layers
- Changing object properties
- Matching object properties
- Using the properties palette
- Using line types
- Using inquiry commands
HATCHING OBJECTS
- Hatching Objects
- Editing Hatch objects
ORGANIZING OBJECTS
- Defining Blocks
- Inserting Blocks
- Editing Blocks
ISOMETRIC DRAWINGS
- Intro to Isometric Drawings
- Setting Isometric Grip & Snap
- Drawing Isometric Circles
- Creating Fillets and Isometric Text
LAYOUT AND PLOTTING
- Using Layouts
- Using Page Setups
- Using viewports
- Plotting Drawings
- Hands-On Practices
- Chapter Review
- Tips & Trick
- Q & A Session
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.