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Course Aim
This easy-to-follow course is part of a series which form a perfect hands-on accompaniment to learning, aimed at helping novices and all practitioners, whatever their role or skill levels, to quickly become proficient with 2D and 3D computer aided design (CAD) using the world's leading product, Autodesk AutoCAD. Individual modules contain clear learning objectives and practical, task-based step-by-step examples, covering the software's core features and functionality, ensures you are productive from the very start of your learning. Either work through every lesson to complete the full course, or individual lessons on the specific skills you need. The course contains helpful tips and tricks and will be an invaluable reminder of the topics covered in your learning and a source of reference for years to come.
AutoCAD – Essentials (3 days)
| Module 01 Introduction to AutoCAD Getting started, introducing the menus and screen layout File formats and basic file operations – open, close, new, save, etc Menus, ribbons, panels and dialogue boxes Command-line and tool palettes Cartesian workspace, WCS and UCS The exercise explores ways to open a drawing, and navigating using tools | ||
| Module 02 Creating Basic Shapes Drawing and erasing lines Methods of placement and definition Polar tracking Drawing circles and rectangles Undo and redo actions The exercise uses tools to draw a door and a circular light | ||
| Module 03 Creating a Simple Drawing and Shapes This module comprises of two exercises, one to create a drawing and one to create a simple shape. To reinforce the basics covered so far, these include: Lines, rectangles and circles Relative and absolute coordinates Polar tracking | ||
| Module 04 Drawing Accuracy Using snaps to improve the accuracy of selection Object snaps, snap tracking Changing object snaps Drawing with grid and snap Polar tracking at angles This exercise explores the use of object snaps, override snaps, polar tracking and object snap tracking | ||
| Module 05 Manipulating Objects Element selection methods Introduction to basic manipulation tools Copy Move Scale Mirror Array Using object grips to manipulate elements Exercise split into three stages to look at copying, moving and manipulating objects | ||
| Module 06 Additional Exercises This module comprises of four discipline-specific exercises that reinforce the basics covered so far. Electrical schematic Landscape layout Mechanical part Structural member | ||
| Module 07 Organising the Drawing Templates and drawings Setting units Working with layers Layer and object property overrides The exercise creates a custom template prior to working with layers | ||
| Module 08 Creating Advanced Shapes Drawing with polylines and segments Creating Arcs Inserting Polygons Using the Ellipse tools The exercise provides practical examples of these more advanced object creation tools | ||
| Module 09 Analysing Model and Object Properties Object Properties, List, Match Properties Quick Properties Measure Tools Distance, Radius, Angle and Area The exercise comprises four parts, mechanical object properties and measure; architectural object properties and measure | ||
| Module 10 Practical Example Projects This module comprises of three discipline-specific exercises that reinforce the basics covered so far. Create a building outline using polylines and lines Create a mechanical component with layers, using polylines and object properties Develop a site plan using layers, object properties and polylines | ||
| Module 11 Advanced Object Editing Explanation of basic modify tools Offset, Explode, Trim and Extend Polyline editing Fillet, Chamfer and Stretch Join and Break Using Grips to stretch and lengthen The exercise comprises of three examples; using the editing, the fillet and the chamfer tools | ||
| Module 12 Using Element Block Libraries What are blocks Dynamic blocks Inserting blocks and attributes Using blocks from the Design Center Inserting blocks from Tool Palettes Exercise on creating and placing blocks | ||
| Module 13 Practical Example Projects This module comprises several discipline-specific exercises that reinforce the basics covered so far. Create a Mechanical plate Create a Mechanical gasket Draw an Architectural Floor Plan Insert Doors and Windows Create a Civil Layout Insert landscape objects | ||
| Module 14 Configuring a Layout Layout tabs, creating and deleting layouts Viewports, creating, activating, scale and locking Working in Paperspace and Modelspace Controlling layers in viewports Exercise on creating a page layout and adding a title sheet | ||
| Module 15 Printing a Drawing Page setup and print settings STB and CTB files Plot styles and print formats Importing a page setup Plotting a drawing and other options Exercise on preparing the plot style table and plotting the drawing | ||
| Module 16 Practical Printing Examples This module comprises of two discipline-specific exercises that reinforce the basics of plotting covered so far. Set up a drawing in a layout and scale the viewports to plot to a file Page, for each example. Print a mechanical project Print an architectural project | ||
| Module 17 Annotating Drawings Single and multi-line text tools Settings and style format Font, size, scale and colour Spell checking, thesaurus and find/replace Modifying text and Multileaders Creating and modifying tables The exercise comprises two parts; one on adding, editing and manipulating labels, the other on creating and modifying a table | ||
| Module 18 Hatching Regions The concept of hatching Creating boundaries and islands Controlling the pattern and appearance with angle and scale Defining the draw order to display text and hatch, front to back Hatch options, associative, annotative and match properties The exercise guides users through placing, manipulating and customising hatch regions including Island hatching | ||
| Module 19 Dimensioning Drawings Explore the different dimension tools Linear, aligned, angular, arc, radius, diameter and jogged Ordinate and quick dimensions Continuous and baseline dimensions Associative and dimension styles Using text, fit, move, edit and primary units This exercise inserts dimensions, adds multileaders and introduces the Design Center | ||
| Module 20 Practical Annotation Examples This module comprises of three discipline-specific exercises that reinforce the basics of annotation covered so far. Annotate a mechanical project Annotate an architectural project Annotate a civil project |