Level 1 and 2 AutoCad
General Information
Course Cost: $1295.00 Class Duration: 4 Day(s)
Start Date: 06/14/2010 End Date: 06/17/2010
Fundamentals, Part 1 (two days) covers the indispensable core topics for working with AutoCAD. The teaching strategy is to start with a few basic tools that enable the student create and edit a simple drawing. They then continue to develop those tools, as well as being introduced to more advanced tools throughout the course.
Topics in Fundamentals, Part 1 include:
• Understanding the AutoCAD workspace and user interface
• Using basic drawing, editing, and viewing tools
• Organizing drawing objects on layers
• Inserting reusable symbols (blocks)
• Preparing a layout to be plotted
• Adding text, hatching, and dimensions
Course Outline
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Getting Started with AutoCAD
Starting AutoCAD
AutoCAD Screen Layout
Command Line and Using Your Keyboard
Using Your Mouse
AutoCAD's Cartesian Workspace
Opening Drawing Files
Basic Drawing and Editing Commands
Drawing Lines
Erasing Objects
Drawing Lines with Direct Distance Entry and POLAR
Drawing Rectangles and Circles
Drawing with GRID and SNAP
Viewing Your Drawing
Undo
Saving Your Work
Exiting AutoCAD
Making Your Drawings Precise
Using Object Snap and Object Snap Overides
POLAR and Object Snap Tracking
Selecting Objects for Editing
Moving and Copying Objects
Rotating and Scaling Objects
Drawing Organization and Information
Creating New Drawings with Templates
Defining Layers
Layer States
Changing an Object's Layer
Drawing Arcs and Polylines
Converting Lines and Arcs to Polylines and Back
Measuring a Distance
Measuring an Area
Information About Objects
Creating More Complex Objects
Trim and Extend
Fillet and Chamfer
Offsetting and Mirroring Objects
Creating Arrays of Objects
Introduction to Blocks
Inserting Blocks
Inserting Blocks with AutoCAD Design Center
Preparing to Print
Printing Concepts
Working in Layouts
Creating New Layouts
Guidelines for Layouts
The PLOT Command
Plot Settings and Plot Preview
Annotating Your Drawings
Adding and Formatting Multiline Text
Editing Multiline Text
Other Text Tools
Spell Checking
Hatching
Editing Hatch Patterns
Dimensioning Concepts
Adding Simple Dimensions
Other Dimension Tools and Quick Dimensions
Basic Leaders
Editing Dimensions
Selecting Dimension Styles
This comprehensive beginners course covers the basic skills required to create and edit 2D AutoCAD production drawings. Students MUST be comfortable using Microsoft Windows Operating Systems, tools and navigation. |
