AutoCAD Essential Training

Introduction

After completing this beginner level course, the trainee will be familiar with the basic concepts and techniques drafting of 2D drawing. This course is 100% hands-on, with exercises to help the trainees practice the new skills they learn.

Prerequisites

Participants should be comfortable using a mouse, opening and saving files and the general operations of computers. This course is using the 2019 version of AutoCAD, there is no problem if you have an older version, as the differences between versions are very minor.

Course Objectives

After completing the training, you should be able to:

• Use AutoCAD for daily working process
• Navigating throughout AutoCAD using major navigating tools
• Understand the concept and techniques to draw
• Create layers to control the objects visibility
• Explain drawing using annotations
• Plot or print the drawing by scale
• To use constraint for certain design

Key Content

Module 1: Getting started

• Starting a new drawing
• The screen layout
• Command line & using the keyboard
• Opening an existing drawing

Module 2: Basic drawing and editing

• Drawing lines, rectangles and circles
• Erasing objects
• Using direct distance entry and polar tracking
• Drawing with grid & snap
• Viewing your drawing
• Drawing arcs & polylines
• Converting lines and arcs to polylines

Module 3: Drawing precision

• Using object snap & object snap overrides
• Understand how to use polar coordinate & D.D.E

Module 4: Editing commands

• Selecting objects for editing
• Moving and copying objects
• Rotating and scaling objects
• Using trim, extend, fillet and chamfer
• Offsetting and mirroring objects
• Creating arrays of objects

Module 5: Organizing your drawings

• Creating new drawings with templates
• What are layers?
• Changing an object's layer

Module 6: Drawing information

• Measuring a distance & area
• Information about objects
• Using list command

Module 7: Text & dimensioning

• Adding, formatting and editing multi-text
• Spell checking text
• Using and editing hatch patterns
• Using gradient in your drawing
• Adding & editing dimensions
• Basic leaders
• Selecting a dimension style

Module 8: Printing

• Printing concepts
• Pen assignment
• Plot settings and preview

Module 9: Inserting blocks

• What are blocks?
• Using Design Center to insert blocks
• How to create Wblock & inserting block
• Using Block Editor to edit drawing

Module 10: Raster image & XRef

• What is raster image?
• Using raster image to insert image
• What is XRef?
• Using XRef to insert drawing
• Pro & con about XRef

Module 11: Multiple view

• What are multiple view
• How to create multiple view
• Creating multiple view by using polygon & fit view

Module 12: Model space and paper space

• Understanding model space and paper space
• Creating different view at layout area
• Creating multiple scale drawing in model space

Module 13: Introduction to isometric drawing

• What are isometric drawing
• How to basic isometric drawing
• Create isometric drawing from the orthographic view
• Create section drawing from the isometric view

Module 14: Introduction to 3D drawing

• Understanding basic 3D view
• Creating basic 3D drawing
• Region modeling
• Using polygon, block and rectangle to create 3D
• Basic 3D construction

Target Audience

This course is suitable for architects, engineers, designers, facilities planners, drafters, technicians, and those from disciplines who will be primarily involved in editing drawings created by other people. This training also welcomes anyone who is interested to build dynamic design and design your objects.