AutoCAD Essentials
Learn to create professional 2D drawings with our beginner-friendly AutoCAD course! Develop core skills and techniques step-by-step, with instruction from CAD experts. This training covers the most widely used commands for producing high-quality, accurate 2D plans and designs.
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Level
Duration
Training Delivery Format
Face-to-face / Virtual Class
per person
Level
Duration
Training Delivery Format
Face-to-face (F2F) / Virtual Class
Class types
Public Class
Private Class
In-House Training
Bespoke
About this course
This AutoCAD training course is for beginners that teaching core skills for creating 2D drawings, plans and designs.
You will learn, step-by-step, the most widely used commands and techniques for producing high quality, accurate 2D drawings. This course has been developed by CAD professionals to teach you in the most efficient way.
Who should attend?
This course is suitable for:
- Newcomers to AutoCAD and CAD drawing.
- Users with a small amount of AutoCAD experience.
- Users who have previously used a different CAD tool and are switching to AutoCAD.
Prerequisites
Delegates should have a good working knowledge of Windows. No prior CAD knowledge is required.
Course Content
Lesson 1: The AutoCAD interface
- Features of the ribbon
- The Application menu
- The Quick Access toolbar
- The command line
Lesson 2: Creating basic drawings
- Creating basic objects
- Working with polylines
- Using object snaps
- Using object snap tracking
Lesson 3: Accurate object creation
- Working with units
- Cartesian coordinates
- Polar coordinates
- Using Inquiry commands
Lesson 4: Object viewing
- Zooming techniques
- Panning techniques
Lesson 5: Manipulating objects
- Selecting objects in the drawing
- Moving objects
- Copying objects
- Rotating objects
- Mirroring objects
- Arraying objects
- Scaling objects
Lesson 6: Altering objects
- Trimming and extending objects to defined boundaries
- Creating parallel and offset geometry
- Joining objects
- Filleting corners between two objects
- Chamfering corners between two objects
- Stretching objects
Lesson 7: Drawing organisation
- Using layers
- Changing object properties
- Matching object properties
- Using the properties palette
- Using linetypes
Lesson 8: Working with layouts
- Using page setups
- Using layouts
- Using viewports
- Scaling drawing views
Lesson 9: Annotating the drawing
- Creating multiline text
- Creating single line text
- Using text styles
- Editing text
Lesson 10: Dimensioning
- Creating dimensions
- Using dimension styles
- Editing dimensions
- Using multileaders
Lesson 11: Hatching objects
- Hatching objects
- Editing hatch objects
Lesson 12: Working with reusable content
- Creating and inserting blocks
- Using tool palettes
Lesson 13: Plotting your drawings
- Plotting drawings
- PDF output
- Using Plotstyles
Lesson 14: Creating drawing templates
- Using drawing templates
At this time, this course is available for private class and in-house training only. Please contact us for any inquiries.