AutoCAD Certification Jumpstart

Who is this course for?

This AutoCAD Training course is designed for new users of AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT. This is for delegates who would like their AutoCAD experience to be proven with an official certification from Autodesk.

Objectives

Learn AutoCAD and Get Certified as an Autodesk Certified User. This career enhancing accreditation is included in the cost of your course.
On this intensive AutoCAD Jumpstart course, you will learn all of the basic commands necessary for professional 2D drawing, design, and drafting using AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT. You'll also learn about the features, commands and techniques for becoming more productive when creating, annotating, and printing drawings with AutoCAD.
Hands-on exercises throughout the AutoCAD Training course explore how to create 2D production drawings. The exercises are provided in both a printed format as well as an on-screen format that can be viewed next to AutoCAD.

Prerequisites

You'll know about drafting, design, or engineering principles although this knowledge is not essential it will be helpful.

Benefits

You'll learn to navigate the AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT user interfaces, use the fundamental features of AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT, use the precision drafting tools in AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT to develop accurate technical drawings and present drawings in a detailed and visually impressive way.
You will learn how to use the powerful tools and techniques for drawing, dimensioning, and printing 2D drawings.

Taking the AutoCAD Tour

Navigating the Working Environment
Working with Files
Displaying Objects
Creating Basic Drawings
Inputting Data

Creating Basic Objects

Using Object Snaps
Using Polar Tracking and PolarSnap
Using Object Snap Tracking
Working with Units

Manipulating Objects

Selecting Objects in the Drawing
Changing an Object's Position
Creating New Objects from Existing Objects
Changing the Angle of an Object's Position
Creating a Mirror Image of Existing Objects
Creating Object Patterns
Changing an Object's Size

Drawing Organization and Inquiry Commands

Using Layers
Changing Object Properties
Matching Object Properties
Using the Properties Palette
Using Linetypes
Using Inquiry Commands

Altering Objects

Trimming and Extending Objects to Defined Boundaries
Creating Parallel and Offset Geometry
Joining Objects
Breaking an Object into Two Objects
Applying a Radius Corner to Two Objects
Creating an Angled Corner Between Two Objects
Changing Part of an Object's Shape

Working with Layouts

Using Layouts
Using Viewports

Annotating the Drawing

Creating Multiline Text
Creating Single Line Text
Using Text Styles
Editing Text

Dimensioning

Creating Dimensions
Using Dimension Styles
Editing Dimensions
Using Multileaders

Hatching Objects

Hatching Objects
Editing Hatch Objects

Working with Reusable Content

Using Blocks
Working with DesignCenter
Using Tool Palettes

Creating Additional Drawing Objects

Working with Polylines
Creating Splines
Creating Ellipses
Using Tables

Plotting Your Drawings

Using Page Setups
Plotting Drawings

Creating Drawing Templates

Using Drawing Templates

Drawing Objects

Creating and editing multilines
Creating revision clouds
Wipeout Objects
Boundaries
Regions

Manipulating Objects and Data

Selecting objects with quick select
Purging objects
Working with point objects
Dividing and Measuring Objects
Using QuickCalc for Performing Calculations

Template Drawing Creation

Creating drawing templates

Dimensioning and Annotation

Introduction to annotation Scaling
Controlling annotation scale
Working with text
Using multileaders
Dimensioning
Creating center marks
Creating ordinate imensions
Creating geometric dimensions & tolerances
Working with dimension substyles & overrides

Reusable Content

Using design center
Creating custom tool palettes
Organising tool palettes
Sharing tool palettes
Using external references
Managing external references
Referencing non-native file types

Blocks & Attributes

Working with blocks
Creating attributes
Editing attributes

Dynamic Blocks

Using dynamic Blocks
Adding parameters to dynamic blocks
Adding actions to dynamic blocks
Using parameter sets
Creating dynamic blocks

Layer Management and Best Practices

Working with Layer Filters
Using the layer states manager
Using layer standards

Layouts & Views

Creating Layouts
Modifying layouts & using page setups
Creating Layout viewports
Working with layout viewports
Controlling object visibility in layout viewports

Plotting

Working with plotter configuration files
Creating & Applying
Plot style tables
Publishing drawings

Introduction to Sheet Sets

Creating sheet sets
Working with sheet sets
Setting sheet set properties
Using fields in sheet sets
Using attributes in sheet sets
Publishing
Transmitting & archiving Sheet Sets

Working with Tables

Working with table styles
Creating & editing tables
Creating advanced tables
Extracting attributes to tables
Exporting & importing tables
Creating tables linked to external data