Engineering Private

AutoCAD Level 2 (ACAD2)

2 days
AutoCADEngineering

In this course you will cover additional features of AutoCAD including: xreferences, object linking and embedding (OLE), raster images and vector files, advanced layouts and plotting, 3D modeling basics, 3D display and viewing, user coordinate systems, wireframe modeling, solid modeling construction, advanced solids features, creating a background and lights for the model, creating 2D drawings from 3D models, working with Parametric Drawings, additional commands and features & how to improve productivity through customization of the menu, toolbars, tool buttons and shortcut keys.

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Course Overview

In this course you will cover additional features of AutoCAD including: xreferences, object linking and embedding (OLE), raster images and vector files, advanced layouts and plotting, 3D modeling basics, 3D display and viewing, user coordinate systems, wireframe modeling, solid modeling construction, advanced solids features, creating a background and lights for the model, creating 2D drawings from 3D models, working with Parametric Drawings, additional commands and features & how to improve productivity through customization of the menu, toolbars, tool buttons and shortcut keys. This course will use the latest version of the course materials.

Course Benefits

  1. Use advanced selection tools, filters, groups, and selection variables to control and manage objects more efficiently in complex drawings.
  2. Create, edit, manage, and extract block attribute data, including data links and attributed blocks.
  3. Collaborate and share AutoCAD files using hyperlinks, transmittal packages, DWF and PDF publishing, markup tools, and internet-based workflows.
  4. Work effectively with external references, raster images, vector files, DGN files, and OLE objects in AutoCAD drawings.
  5. Create advanced layouts, viewports, annotation scales, plot styles, sheet sets, and publishing workflows for professional drawing output.
  6. Build foundational 3D skills using 3D navigation, visual styles, user coordinate systems, wireframe modeling, solid modeling, and advanced solids features.
  7. Improve productivity by using parametric drawing tools, miscellaneous commands, customization features, custom linetypes, ACAD.PGP edits, and script files.

Delivery Methods

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

Course Outline

  1. Advanced Selection Sets
    1. Concepts
    2. Selections Set Variables
    3. Changing the Settings
    4. Options, PICKFIRST, PICKADD
    5. PICK AUTO, PICKDRAG
    6. Object Selection filters
    7. Qselect
    8. Filter
    9. Object Groups
    10. Group
    11. Creating a named Group
    12. Changing Properties of a Group
  2. Block Attributes and Data Links
    1. Concepts
    2. Creating Attributes
    3. Steps for Creating and Inserting
    4. Block Attributes
    5. Attdef
    6. Saving and Inserting the Attributed Block
    7. The ATTDIA and ATTREQ Variables
    8. Displaying and Editing Attributes
    9. Attdisp, Attedit, Multiple Attedit
    10. Eattedit, Porperties, Find, -Attedit
    11. Global and Individual Ediing
    12. Annotative Attributes
    13. Redefining Attributes
    14. Battman
    15. Attredef
    16. Refedit, Properties, and Refclose
    17. The Block Editor
    18. Grip Editing Attribute Location
    19. Attsync
    20. Extracting Attributes
    21. Eattext
    22. Updating Attribute Data
    23. DataLinks
    24. Datalink
    25. Datalinkupdate
  3. Internet Tools and Collaboration
    1. Concepts
    2. Browser
    3. Inetlocation
    4. Communication Center
    5. Using Hyperlinks
    6. Hyperlink
    7. Hyperlinkbase
    8. Selecturl
    9. Creating Email and Web Pages
    10. Publishtoweb
    11. Etransmit
    12. Transmittal Setups
    13. Modify Transmittal Setup Dialog Box
    14. Creating .DWF and .PDF Files
    15. Raster Files and Vector Files
    16. Creating .DWF and .PDF Files with ePlot
    17. ePlot Options
    18. Creating .DWF and .PDF Files with Publish
    19. Publish
    20. AutoCAD’s Sheet Set Manager
    21. Viewing .DWF and .PDF Files
    22. Autodesk Design Review
    23. DWF Underlay and PDF Underlay in AutoCAD
    24. Dwfattach, Dwfclip and Dwflayers
    25. To Detach a DWF or PDF Underlay
    26. Viewing URLs (Hyperlinks) in a .DWF Image
    27. Markup Set Manager
    28. The Markup Tools
    29. The Markup Process
    30. Markups in AutoCAD
    31. Opendwfmarkup and Markup
    32. Transferring AutoCAD Files Over the Internet
    33. Opening and Saving .DWF and .DWG Files via the Internet
    34. Using i-drop to Drag-and-Drop Drawing Files into AutoCAD
  4. Xreferences
    1. Creating and Using XREFS
    2. Externalreferences or Xref
    3. Dependent Objects and Names
    4. Evaluating New layers
    5. Xattach, Xbind, and Adcenter
    6. VISRETAIN
    7. Xclip, XCLIPFRAME
    8. Demand loading (INDEXCTL, XLOADCTL AND XLOADPATH)
    9. Editing XRefs and Blocks
    10. Managing Xref Drawings
    11. PROJECTNAME
    12. Reference Manager
    13. XREFCTL
  5. Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)
    1. Concepts
    2. Cut and Paste Between AutoCAD Drawings
    3. Cut and Paste Between AutoCAD and Other Windows Applications (OLE)
    4. The Windows Clipboard
    5. OLE Related Commands
    6. Copyclip, Copybase, Copylink, and Cutclip
    7. Pasteclip, Pasteorig, Pasteblock, and Pastespec
    8. Insertobj and Pasteashyperlink
    9. Managing OLE Objects
    10. Olelinks, Olescale and Olepen
    11. OLE right-Click Shortcut Men
    12. Other AutoCAD Commands with OLE Objects
    13. OLE-Related System Variables
    14. MSOLESCALE
    15. OLEHIDE
    16. OLEQUALITY and OLESTARTUP
  6. Raster Images and Vector Files
    1. Concepts
    2. Raster Files versus Vector Files
    3. Attaching Raster Images and Importing Vector Files
    4. Exporting Raster and Vector Files
    5. Related Commands
    6. Attaching Raster Images
    7. Externalreferences
    8. Imageattach, Imageframe, and Imageadjust
    9. Imageclip, Imagequality, and Transparency
    10. Properties
    11. Draworder
    12. Saveimg
    13. Bmput, Jpgout, Pngout and Tifout
    14. Importing and Exporting Vector Files
    15. Import
    16. 3Dsin, Acisin, Acisout, and Stlout
    17. Dxfin, Dxfout, Dxbin and Psout
    18. Export and Exportpdf
    19. Attaching, Importing, and Exporting .DGN Files
    20. Attaching .DGN Files
    21. Dgnattach, Dgnclip, Dgnadjust and Dgnlayers
    22. DGNOSNAP
    23. Importing and Exporting .DGN Files
    24. Dgnimport, Dgnmapping and Dgnexport
  7. Advanced Layouts, Annotative Objects & Plotting
    1. Concepts
    2. Advanced Layouts
    3. Layer Visibility for Viewports
    4. Layer, Vplayer and the Psltscale
    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)
  8. Sheet Sets
    1. Sheet Sets Concepts - Basic Principles
    2. Sheet Set Commands
    3. Opensheetset
    4. The Sheet set Manager and Sheetset
    5. To Create a Sheet, Import Layout as Sheet
    6. To Create a Sheet, new Sheet (From Template)
    7. To Place a View of a Drawing on a Sheet
    8. To View and Edit Sheet Set Properties
    9. To Organize Sheets, Subsets, and Views
    10. To Place View Label and Callout Blocks
    11. To Rename and Renumber Sheets and Views
    12. To Create a Sheet List Table
    13. Plotting and Publishing Sheet Sets
    14. To Transmit and Archive Sheet Sets
    15. Newsheetset
    16. To Create a “Blank” .DST File
  9. 3D Basics, Navigation, and Visual Styles
    1. Setting Up AutoCAD to Draw in 3D
    2. Setting Up a Workspace
    3. Activating the Acad3D or Acadiso3D Drawing Template
    4. 3D Coordinate Entry
    5. Coordinate Systems
    6. The World Coordinate System (WCS) and Icon
    7. User Coordinate Systems (UCS) and Icons
    8. The Right-Hand Rule
    9. Ucsicon
    10. 3D Display Commands
    11. 3D Navigation and View Commands
    12. Pan, Zoom, and Navvcube
    13. 3D Orbit Commands (3Dorbit, 3Dforbit, 3Dcorbit, PERSPECTIVE and 3Ddistance)
    14. View Presets
    15. Adjusting the Amount of Perspective
    16. 3Dclip and Camera
    17. Editing Camera Settings
    18. 3Dswivel and Navswheel
    19. SteeringWheel Shortcut Menu
    20. SteeringWheel Navigation Tools
    21. SteeringWheel Settings (Vpoint, Ddvpoint, Plan, Grid and Vports)
    22. Visual Styles
    23. Vscurrent
    24. Default Visual Styles
    25. Visual Style Properties
    26. Face Settings
    27. Shadow Settings
    28. Edge Effects
    29. Visual Styles Manager
    30. Adaptive Degradation and Performance Tuning
    31. Shade, SHADEDIF, SHADEDGE
    32. Render
    33. Printing 3D Models
  10. User Coordinate Systems
    1. UCS Commands
  11. WireFrame Modeling
    1. WireFrame Modeling Tutorial
    2. 3D Poly
  12. Solid Modeling Construction
    1. Constructive Solid Geometry Techniques
    2. Solid Primitives Commands
    3. Commands for Moving Solids
    4. Boolean Operation Commands
    5. Design Efficiency
    6. Solids Editing
  13. Advanced Solids Features
    1. Solid Modeling Display
    2. Analyzing Solid Models
    3. Creating Selections from Solids, Section, Slice
    4. Converting Solids
  14. Creating 2D Drawings from 3D Models
    1. Using Mvsetup from Standard Engineering Drawings
  15. Working with Parametric Drawings
    1. Apply Automatic Geometric Constraints
    2. Apply Specific Geometric Constraints
    3. Create Dimensional Constraints
    4. Control the Display of Geometric Constraint Bars
    5. Control the Display of Dimensional Constrains
    6. Create User Defined Parameters for Dimensional Constraints
  16. Miscellaneous Commands and Features
    1. Using Wildcards, RENAME, PURGE, MAXSORT
    2. The Geometry Calculator
    3. The Options Dialog Box
  17. Miscellaneous Customization
    1. Introduction to the CUI
    2. Creating Custom Linetypes
    3. Customizing the ACAD.PGP File
    4. Creating Script Files

Class Materials

Each student receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all class examples.

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