AUTOCAD BEGINNERS COURSE 3 DAYS

Getting Started with AutoCAD
 Starting AutoCAD
 AutoCAD User Interface
 Working with Commands
 AutoCAD’s Cartesian Workspace
 Opening an Existing Drawing
 Viewing your Drawing
 Saving your Drawing

Basic Drawing & Editing Commands
 Drawings AutoCAD Objects
 Creating Simple 2D Profiles
 Erasing Objects
 Undo and Redo Actions

Drawing Precision in AutoCAD
 Using Running Object Snaps
 Object Snap Overrides
 Using Polar Tracking
 Using Object Snap Tracking
 Drawing with Snap and Grid

Modifying Drawings
 Selection sets
 Moving Objects
 Copying Objects
 Rotating Objects
 Scaling objects
 Mirroring Objects
 Grip editing

Organising Your Drawings
 Creating and Managing Layers
 Layer Best Practice

Drawing Advanced AutoCAD Objects
 How to Draw Arcs
 Draw Polylines
 Advance Way to Draw Polygons
 Drawing Rectangles
 Editing Polyline Objects

Getting Information from Your Drawing
 The Object Properties tool Palette
 Measuring Objects

Advanced Editing Commands
 Using Trim / Extend
 Using Fillet / Chamfer
 Offsetting Objects
 Using the Array command

Working with Blocks
 Inserting Blocks
 Creating Blocks
 Working with Dynamic Blocks
 Using Design Center
 Using Content Explorer

Hatching
 Applying Hatch Patterns
 Using Hatch Edit
 Hatching using the Tool Palette

Working with Annotations
 Creating Text Styles
 Adding Text to a drawing
 Adding notes with Leader Lines
 Creating Dimension Styles
 Adding Dimensions to a drawing
 Modifying Dimensions

AutoCAD Documentation
 Creating a Layout
 Working with Layouts
 Creating Viewports
 Working with Annotative scales
 Printing a Layout

Drawing Templates
 Why use Templates
 Creating Template Files
 Saving Template files