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AutoCAD Essentials Hybrid Training

Course outline

3 days
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Duration

AutoCAD Essentials Hybrid Training

3 days

Overview

AutoCAD Essentials Hybrid 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.

Objective

To provide a thorough grounding in AutoCAD, learning how to produce accurate 2D drawings.

Prerequisite

  • Working knowledge of Microsoft® Windows®.
  • Newcomers or beginner to AutoCAD & 2D 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 - Global e-Training module & datasets

Software

AutoCAD LT / AUTOCAD - including specialized toolsets (latest version)

Day 1

L1 - GETTING STARTED

  • Exploring AutoCAD User Interface (latest version)
  • What’s New
  • Setting drawing units

L2 - 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

L3 - USING DRAWING AIDS

  • Grid and snap
  • Ortho and polar tracking
  • Object snaps and object snap tracking

L4 - EDITTING ENTITIES

  • Create selection
  • Move and copy
  • Rotate and scale
  • Arrays
  • Trim and extend
  • Offset and mirror
  • Grip editing

L5 - SHAPING CURVES

  • Drawing polylines
  • Drawing ellipses
  • Drawing and editing splines

L6 - CREATING AND EDITING TEXT

  • Create text styles
  • Writing lines of text
  • Writing and formatting paragraphs of text using MTEXT
  • Editing text

DAY 2

L7 - DIMENSIONING

  • Styling dimensions
  • Adding dimensions
  • Editing dimensions

L8 - CONTROLLING OBJECT VISIBILITY AND APPREARANCE

  • Using layers
  • Changing object properties
  • Matching object properties
  • Using the properties palette
  • Using line types
  • Using inquiry commands

L9 - HATCHING OBJECTS

  • Hatching Objects
  • Editing Hatch objects

L10 - ORGANIZING OBJECTS

  • Defining Blocks
  • Inserting Blocks
  • Editing Blocks

L11 - ADD CONSTRAINT TO SKETCHES

  • Constraint in a Sketch
  • Applying and Editing Constraint
  • Topic Review
  • Hands-on Practices

DAY 3

L12 - CREATING ADDITIONAL DRAWING OBJECTS

  • Working with Polylines
  • Creating Splines
  • Creating Ellipses
  • Using Tables

L13 - ISOMETRIC DRAWINGS

  • Intro to Isometric Drawings
  • Setting Isometric Grip & Snap
  • Drawing Isometric Circles
  • Creating Fillets and Isometric Text

L14 - TEMPLATE DRAWING CREATION

  • Using Drawing Templates
  • Dimensioning
  • Sectional View
  • Auxilary View
  • Detailing Drawing

L15 - LAYOUT AND PLOTTING

  • Using Layouts
  • Using Page Setups
  • Using viewports
  • Plotting Drawings
  • Review & Hands-on Practices
  • Tips & Trick
  • Q & A Session

Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.