Engineering Private

AutoCAD Level 1 (ACAD1)

3 days
AutoCADEngineering

In this course, you will cover: working with files, drawing command concepts, selecting sets, basic drawing setup, object snap and object snap tracking, drawing commands I, modifying & viewing commands, layering and object properties, advanced drawing setup, layouts and viewports, printing and plotting, draw commands II and modify commands II, inquiry commands, creating & editing text, grip editing, blocks, design center and tool palettes, multiview drawing, pictorial drawings, section & auxiliary views, dimensioning, dimension styles and dimension variables.

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Course Overview

In this course, you will cover: working with files, drawing command concepts, selecting sets, basic drawing setup, object snap and object snap tracking, drawing commands I, modifying & viewing commands, layering and object properties, advanced drawing setup, layouts and viewports, printing and plotting, draw commands II and modify commands II, inquiry commands, creating & editing text, grip editing, blocks, design center and tool palettes, multiview drawing, pictorial drawings, section & auxiliary views, dimensioning, dimension styles and dimension variables. This class will cover the latest version of AutoCad.

Course Benefits

  1. Build a strong foundation in AutoCAD concepts, coordinate systems, drawing environments, workspaces, and command entry methods.
  2. Create, save, recover, back up, and manage AutoCAD drawing files using effective file management practices.
  3. Develop accurate 2D drawing skills using coordinate entry, drawing aids, object snaps, object snap tracking, and polar tracking.
  4. Use essential drawing and editing commands to create, revise, and refine technical drawings efficiently.
  5. Organize drawings professionally with layers, colors, linetypes, lineweights, plot styles, and object properties.
  6. Prepare drawings for layouts, viewports, printing, plotting, scaling, and page setup workflows.
  7. Add professional annotation, dimensions, blocks, technical views, and annotative objects to complete production-ready drawings.

Delivery Methods

Private Class
Delivered for your team at your site or online.

Course Outline

  1. Getting Started with AutoCAD
    1. Concepts
    2. Coordinate Systems
    3. The CAD Database
    4. Angles in AutoCAD
    5. Draw True Size
    6. Plot to Scale
  2. Starting AutoCAD
    1. The AutoCAD Drawing Editor
    2. Workspaces
    3. Beginning a Drawing
    4. Graphics Area
    5. Command Line
    6. Palettes
    7. Toolbars
    8. Application Menu and Quick Access Toolbar
    9. Pull-Down Menus
    10. Dialog Boxes and Palettes
    11. Shortcut Menus
    12. Screen (Side) Menu
    13. Digitizing Tablet Menu
    14. Command Entry Using the Keyboard
    15. Accelerator Keys (Control Key Sequences)
    16. Special Key Functions
    17. Mouse buttons
    18. Command Entry
    19. Methods for Entering Commands
    20. Using the ‘Command Tables’
    21. Command Entry Methods Practice
    22. AutoCAD Drawing Aids
    23. Coordinate Display (Coords)
    24. Status Bar
    25. Drawing Aids
    26. Function Keys
    27. AutoCAD Text Window
    28. Model Space and Layouts
    29. Customizing the AutoCAD Screen
    30. Toolbars
    31. Ribbon
    32. Clean Screen
    33. Communication Center
    34. Tray Settings
    35. Command Line
    36. Options
  3. Working with Files
    1. AutoCAD Drawing Files
    2. Naming Drawing Files
    3. Beginning and Saving an AutoCAD Drawing
    4. Accessing File Commands
    5. File navigation dialog box Functions
    6. Windows Right-Click Shortcut Menus
    7. AutoCAD File Commands
    8. AutoCAD Backup Files
    9. Drawing Recovery
    10. AutoCAD Drawing File Management
    11. Using other File Formats
  4. Draw Command Concepts
    1. AutoCAD Objects
    2. Locating the Draw Commands
    3. Coordinate Entry
    4. Coordinate Formats and Types
    5. Coordinate Formats
    6. Coordinate Types
    7. Typical Combinations
    8. Three Methods of Coordinate Input
    9. Mouse Input
    10. Dynamic Input
    11. Command Line Input
    12. Using the Three Coordinate Input Methods
    13. Line
    14. Circle
    15. Using Mouse Input
    16. Using Dynamic Input
    17. Using Command Line Input
    18. Direct Distance entry and Angle Override
    19. Dynamic Input Settings
    20. Polar Tracking and Polar Snap
    21. Polar Tracking
    22. Polar Tracking with Direct Distance Entry
    23. Polar Tracking Override
    24. Polar Snap
    25. Drawing Lines Using Polar Tracking
    26. Using Polar Tracking and Grid Snap
    27. Using Polar Tracking and Dynamic Input
    28. Using Polar Tracking, Polar Snap, and Dynamic Input
  5. Selection Sets
    1. Modify Command Concepts
    2. Selection Sets
    3. Selection Set Options
    4. Select
    5. Noun/Verb Syntax
    6. Selection Sets Practice
    7. Using Erase
    8. Using Move
    9. Using Copy
    10. Helpful Commands
    11. Help and Search
    12. Oops and U
    13. Undo and redo
    14. Mredo and Regen
  6. Basic Drawing Setup
    1. Steps for Basic Drawing Setup
    2. Startup Options
    3. Drawing Setup Options
    4. Start from Scratch
    5. Template
    6. Table of Start from Scratch Imperial Settings
    7. Table of Start from Scratch Metric Settings
    8. Wizard
    9. Setup Commands
    10. Units
    11. Keyboard Input of Units Values
    12. Limits
    13. Snap
    14. Grid
    15. Dsettings
    16. Using Snap and Grid
    17. Introduction to Layouts and Printing
    18. Model Tab and Layout Tabs
    19. Why Set Up Layouts Before Drawing
    20. Printing and Plotting
    21. Setting Layout Options and Plot Option
  7. Object Snap and Object Snap Tracking
    1. CAD Accuracy
    2. Object Snap
    3. Object Snap Modes
    4. Acquisition Object Snap Modes
    5. Object Snap Modifiers
    6. OSNAP Single Point Selection
    7. OSNAP Running Mode
    8. Running Object Snap Modes
    9. Running Object Snap Toggles
    10. Object Snap Options
    11. Object Snap Tracking
    12. To Use Object Snap Tracking
    13. Object Snap Tracking with Polar Tracking
    14. Object Snap Tracking settings
    15. OSNAP Applications
    16. OSNAP Practice
  8. Draw Commands I
    1. Draw commands - Simple and Complex
    2. Draw Command Access
    3. Coordinate Entry Input Methods
    4. Commands
    5. Line
    6. Circle
    7. Arc
    8. Use Arcs or Circles?
    9. Point
    10. Ddptype
    11. Pline
    12. Pline Arc Segments
  9. Modify Commands I
    1. Concepts
    2. Commands
    3. Erase and Move
    4. Rotate and Scale
    5. Stretch and Lengthen
    6. Trim and Extend
    7. Break and Join
    8. Copy and Mirror
    9. Offset and Array
    10. Fillet and Chamfer
  10. Viewing Commands
    1. Concepts
    2. Zoom and Pan with the Mouse Wheel
    3. Commands
    4. Zoom and Realtime (RTzoom)
    5. Pan
    6. Zoom and Pan with Undo and Redo
    7. Scroll Bars
    8. View and Dsviewer
    9. Viewres and Ucsicon
    10. Viewgo and Navswheel
    11. Qvdrawing and Vports
  11. Layers and Object Properties
    1. Concepts
    2. Assigning colors, Linetypes, and Lineweights
    3. Object properties
    4. Plot Styles
    5. Layers and Layer Properties Controls
    6. Layer Control Drop-Down List
    7. Layer Properties Manager Layer List
    8. Color, Linetype, Lineweight, and other Properties
    9. Layer Filters
    10. Displaying an Object’s Properties and Visibility Settings
    11. Laymcur
    12. Layerp
    13. Layerstate
    14. Object-Specific Properties Controls
    15. Linetype
    16. Lweight
    17. Color
    18. True Color and Color Books
    19. Setbylayer
    20. Controlling Linetype Scale
    21. Ltscale
    22. Celtscale
    23. Changing Object Properties
    24. Object Properties Toolbar
    25. Properties
    26. Matchprop
    27. Layer Tools
  12. Advanced Drawing Setup
    1. Steps for Drawing Setup
    2. Using and Creating Template Drawings
    3. Using Template Drawings
    4. Table of Standard AutoCAD Templates
    5. Creating Template Drawings
    6. Additional Advanced Drawing Setup Concepts
    7. Drawing Setup Using Annotative Objects
  13. Layouts and Viewports
    1. Concepts
    2. Paper Space and Model Space
    3. Layouts
    4. Viewports
    5. Layouts and Viewports Example
    6. Guidelines for Using Layouts and Viewports
    7. Creating and Setting up Layouts
    8. Layoutwizard
    9. Layout
    10. Inserting Layouts withAutoCAD DesignCenter
    11. Setting up the Layout
    12. Using Viewports in paper Space
    13. Vports
    14. Qvlayout
    15. Scaling the Display of Viewport Geometry
    16. Locking Viewport Geometry
    17. Linetype Scale in Viewports-PSLTSCALE
    18. Vpmax, Vpminand Scalelistedit
    19. Advanced Applications of Paper space viewports
  14. Printing and Plotting
    1. Concepts
    2. Typical Steps to Plotting, Printing, Plotting, and Saving Page Setups
    3. Plot and -Plot
    4. Viewplotdetails and Pagessetup
    5. Using the Plot Dialog box & Page Setup Manager
    6. Preview
    7. Plotting to Scale
    8. Standard Paper Sizes
    9. Calculating the Drawing Scale Factor
    10. Guidelines for Plotting Model Space to Scale
    11. Guidelines for Plotting Layouts to Scale
    12. Tables of Limits Settings
    13. Mechanical Table of Limits Settings for ANSI Sheet Sizes
    14. Architectural Table of Limits Settings for Architectural Sheet Sizes
    15. Metric Table of Limits Settings for Metric (ISO) Sheet Sizes
    16. Metric Table of Limtis Settings for ANSI Sheet Sizes
    17. Civil Table of Limits Settings for ANSI Sheet Sizes
  15. Draw Commands II
    1. Concepts
    2. Commands
    3. Xline, Ray, Polygon and Rectang
    4. Donut, Spline, Ellipse, Divide and Measure
    5. Mline and Mlstyle
    6. Multiline Style Dialog box
    7. New Multiline Style Dialog box
    8. Editing Multilines
    9. Sketch
    10. The SKPOLY Variable
    11. Solid, Boundary, Region, Wipeout and Revcloud
  16. Modify Commands II
    1. Concepts
    2. Commands
    3. Considerations for changing Basic Porperties of Objects
    4. Properties, DBLCLKEDIT, Matchprop
    5. Object Properties Toolbar
    6. Chprop, Change, 1quick Properties
    7. Explode, Align
    8. Find/Replace in the Text Formatting Editor
    9. Scaletext, Justifytext, Qtext, Textfill
    10. Substituting Fonts
    11. Text Fields and Tables
    12. Text fields, Field, Updatefield
    13. Creating and Editing Tables
    14. Table, Tablestyle, Tabledit
    15. The Table Editor
    16. Editing tables with Grips
    17. Editing Tables with the Porperties Palette
    18. Importing and Exporting Tables
    19. Table Breaks
    20. Text Fields and Calculations in Tables
    21. Text Attributes
  17. Grip Editing
    1. Concepts
    2. Grips Features
    3. Activating Grips on Objects
    4. Cold and Hot Grips
    5. Grip Editing Options
    6. Shift to Turn on ORTHO
    7. Auxiliary Grid
    8. Editing Dimensions
    9. Guidelines for Using Grips
    10. Grips Settings
    11. Point Specificaiton Precedence
    12. More Grips
  18. Blocks, DesignCenter, and Tool Palettes
    1. Concepts
    2. Commands
    3. Block
    4. Block Color, Linetype, and Lineweight Settings
    5. Insert, Minsert, Explode, -Insert with *
    6. Xplode, Wblock, Base
    7. Redefining blocks and the Block Editor
    8. Bedit, Blocks Search Path
    9. Purge, Rename and Setbylayer
    10. DesignCenter
    11. Adcenter
    12. DesignCenter Options
    13. To Open a Drawing from DesignCenter
    14. To Insert a Block Using DesignCenter
    15. Resulting Scale Factors with Autoscale (Drag-and-Drop)
    16. Tool Palettes
    17. Toolpalettes
    18. Creating and Managing Tool Palettes
  19. Multiview Drawing
    1. Concepts
    2. Projection and Alignment of Views
    3. Using ORTHO and OSNAP to Draw Projection Lines
    4. Using Polar Tracking to Draw Projection Lines Aligned with OSNAP Points
    5. Using Xline and Ray for construction Lines
    6. Using Offset for Construction of Views
    7. Realignment of Views Using Polar Snap and Polar Tracking
    8. Using Construction Layers
    9. Using Linetypes
    10. Drawing Hidden and Center Lines
    11. Managing Linetypes, Lineweights, and Colors
    12. Creating Fillets, Rounds, and Runouts
    13. Guidelines for Creating a Typical Three-View Drawing
  20. Pictorial Drawings
    1. Concepts
    2. Types of Pictorial Drawings
    3. Pictorial Drawings Are 2D Drawings
    4. Isometric Drawing in AutoCAD
    5. Sanp
    6. Isometirc Ellipses
    7. Ellipse
    8. Creating an Isometric Drawing
    9. Dimensioning Isometric Drawings in AutoCAD
    10. Oblique Drawing In AutoCAD
  21. Section Views
    1. Concepts
    2. Defining hatch patterns and hatch Boundaries
    3. Step for Creating a Section View Using the hatch Command
    4. Hatch
    5. Hatch and Gradient Dialog box - hatch Tab
    6. Selecting the Hatch Area
    7. Expanded Dialog box Options
    8. Gradient Tab
    9. -hatch command Line Options
    10. Annotative hatch Patterns
    11. Toolpalettes
    12. Creating Tool Palettes
    13. Editing hatch Patterns and Boundaries
    14. Hatchedit
    15. Using Grips with Hatch Patterns
    16. Using Trim with Hatch Patterns
    17. Object Selection Features of Hatch Patterns
    18. FILLMODE for Solid Hatch Fills
    19. Draworder and Texttofront
    20. Drawing Cutting Plane Lines
  22. Auxiliary Views
    1. Concepts
    2. Constructing an Auxiliary View
    3. Setting up the Principal Views
    4. Using Snap Rotate and ORTHO
    5. Rotating SNAP Back to the Original Position
    6. Using Polar Tracking
    7. Using the Offset Command
    8. Using the Xline and Ray Commands
    9. Constructing Full Auxiliary Views
  23. Dimensioning
    1. Concepts
    2. Dimension Drawing Commands
    3. Dimlinear, Dimaligned, and Dimbaseline
    4. Dimcontinue, Dimspace, and Dimjogline
    5. Dimdiameter, Dimradius, Dimjog and Dimarc
    6. Dimcenter, Dimangular, and Dimbreak
    7. Leader, Qleader and Annotation Tab
    8. Leader Line and Arrow Tab
    9. Mleader, Mleaderstyle and Mleaderedit
    10. Mleaderalign, Mleadercollect and Dimordinate
    11. Qdim and Tolerance
    12. Editing Feature Control Frames
    13. Basic Dimensions
    14. GDT-Related Dimension Variables
    15. Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
    16. Diminspect
    17. Editing Dimensions
    18. Grip Editing Dimensions
    19. Dimension Right-Click Menu
    20. Exploding Associative Dimensions
    21. Dimension Editing Commands
    22. Dimtedit, Dimedit and Properties
    23. Customizing Dimensioning Text
    24. Associative Dimenstions
    25. Dimreassociate, Dimdisassociate and Dimregen
    26. Dimensioning Variables Introduction
  24. Dimension Styles and Variables
    1. Concepts
    2. Dimension Variables
    3. Dimension Styles
    4. Dimension Style Families
    5. Dimension Style Overrides
    6. Dimension Styles
    7. Dimstyle and Ddim
    8. -Dimstyle
    9. Dimension Variables
    10. Changing Dimension Variables Using the Dialog Box Method
    11. Lines Tab (Dimension Lines & Extension Line)
    12. Symbols and Arrows Tab (Arrowheads & Other)
    13. Text Tab (Appearance, Placement & Alignment)
    14. Fit Tab (Scale for Dimension, Fit Options, Text Placement and Fine Tuning)
    15. Primary Units Tab (Linear Dimensions, Measurement Scale, Zero Suppression, and Angular Dimensions)
    16. Alternate Units Tab (Alternate Units Section, Zero Suppression, and Placement Section)
    17. Tolerances Tab (Tolerance Format, and Alternate Unit)
    18. Changing Dimension Variables Using Command Line Format
    19. DIM (Variable name)
    20. Associative Dimensions
    21. Using Setup Wizards and Template Drawings
    22. Modifying Existing Dimensions
    23. Modifying a Dimension Style (Properties)
    24. Creating Dimension Style Overrides and using Update (Update, Dimoverride and Matchprop)
    25. Dimension right-Click Menu
    26. Guidelines for Non-Annotative Dimensioning in AutoCAD
    27. Dimensioning in a Single Drawing
    28. Creating Dimension Styles as Part of Template Drawings
    29. Optional Method for Fixed Dimension Text height in Template Drawings
    30. Dimensioning in Paper Space Layouts
    31. When to Dimension in Paper Space
    32. Procedure for Dimensioning in Paper Space
    33. Annotative Dimensions
    34. Dimensioning Isometric Drawings
  25. Advanced Layouts, Annotative Objects & Plotting
    1. Concepts
    2. Advanced Layouts
    3. Layer Visibility for Viewports
    4. Layer and Vplayer
    5. Layer Property Overrides
    6. Linetype Scale in Viewports (PSLTSCALE)
    7. Dimensioning in Paper Space
    8. The “Reverse Method” for Calculating Drawing Scale Factor
    9. Steps for Calculating the Drawing Scale Factor by the “Reverse Method
    10. Annotative Objects
    11. Setting Annotation Scale and Viewport Scale
    12. Creating and Displaying Annotative Objects in Multiple viewports
    13. SELECTIONANNODISPLAY
    14. Adding and Deleting Scale Representations for Annotative Objects
    15. Objectscale
    16. Adjusting Positions for Individual Annotative Object Scale Representations
    17. Annoreset
    18. ANNOALLVISIBLE
    19. Annoupdate
    20. SAVEFIDELITY
    21. Linetype Scales for Annotative Drawings
    22. MSLTSCALE
    23. Applications for Multiple viewports
    24. Using Two Layouts to Plot the Same Geometry at Different Scales
    25. Using Two Viewports to Display the Same Geometry at Different Scales
    26. Using One Layout to Plot Xref Drawings in Multiple Viewports at Different Scales
    27. Plot Style Tables and Plot Styles
    28. What is the Difference between a Plot Style and a Plot Style Table?
    29. Color-Dependent and Named Plot Style Tables
    30. Attaching a Plot Style Table to a layout
    31. Stylesmanager
    32. Creating a Plot Style Table
    33. Editing Plot Styles
    34. Assigning Named Plot Styles to Objects
    35. Plotstyle
    36. Convertpstyles and convertctb
    37. Plot Stamping (Plotstamp)

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