Courseware Description
This courseware is designed for the new AutoCAD user who requires comprehensive training in AutoCAD. It incorporates the features, commands, and techniques for creating, editing, and printing drawings with AutoCAD.
Hands-on exercises, both onscreen and printed in the Exercise Workbook, explore how to create 2D production drawings.
Course Length: 3 Days
Class Location:
Mountain CAD Corp.
339 Sixth Avenue
South Charleston, WV
Objectives
The primary objective of this courseware is to teach the student the basic commands necessary for professional 2D drawing, design, and drafting using AutoCAD.
| Part 1 covers the essential core topics for working with AutoCAD. The teaching strategy is to start with a few basic tools that enable the student to create and edit a simple drawing, and then continue to develop those tools. More advanced tools are also introduced throughout the course. Not every command or option is covered, because the intent is to show the most essential tools and concepts such as: | ||
| • | 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 | |
| Part 2 continues with more sophisticated techniques that extend a student's mastery of the program. For example, users go beyond the basic skill of inserting a block to learn how to create blocks, and beyond the basic skill of using a template to understand the process of setting up a template. The following areas are covered: | ||
| • | Using more advanced editing and construction techniques | |
| • | Adding parametric constraints to objects | |
| • | Creating local and global blocks | |
| • | Setting up layers, styles, and templates | |
| • | Learning advanced plotting and publishing options | |
Upon completion of the course, the student will:
- Become familiar with the AutoCAD user interface.
- Understand the fundamental concepts and features of AutoCAD
- Use the precision drafting tools in AutoCAD to develop accurate technical drawings.
- Present drawings in a detailed and visually impressive manner.
- Develop a level of comfort and confidence with AutoCAD through hands-on experience.
Who Should Attend
This courseware is designed for the new user of AutoCAD.
Prerequisites
No previous CAD experience is necessary. However, drafting, design, or engineering experience is a plus. It is recommended that you have a working knowledge of Microsoft Windows XP or 7, Microsoft Windows 2000, or Windows NT 4.0.
Course Outline
