This 32-40 hour hands-on course covers the basic AutoCAD? commands necessary to create, edit and plot a drawing. Fundamental concepts of creating, editing, dimensioning, viewing, managing and plotting two-dimensional drawings will be covered.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed to bring the drafter, designer, engineer or new user to a productive level of experience. It is an appropriate course of all design disciplines and for individuals who edit, view or work with others that create design content.
Prerequisite
No previous CAD experience necessary. However, drafting, design or engineering experience is a plus. A working knowledge of Windows-based operating systems is preferred.
Course Content
Launching AutoCAD 2002, AutoCAD menus, user interface, screen layout, drawing setup procedures, function keys, basic 2D drawing creation commands, file management commands, setting drawing precision, coordinate input systems, editing commands and features, setting and using layers, inquiring about drawing information, introduction to block creation, hatching, introduction to dimensioning techniques, drawing template creation, object snaps, display manipulation commands for object viewing, basic editing techniques, text annotation creation and usage, basic plotting techniques in model space and with paperspace layouts, page setups and plot style tables.
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to confidently create, edit, manipulate, analyze, manage, dimension, and plot production 2D drawings.
Develop a basic understanding of AutoCAD system usage.
Become familiar with the AutoCAD User Interface.
Become familiar with AutoCAD menus, toolbars and command line input.
Accurately utilize AutoCAD drawing setup techniques.
Create 2D drawings using drawing creations tools and techniques.
Understand and use the current practices of geometry editing techniques.
Manipulate the display commands properly.
Properly dimension and annotate drawings.
Gather drawing information by using inquiry techniques.
Develop an understanding of proper plotting techniques.
Develop a level of comfort and confidence with AutoCAD through hands-on experiences.
Course Outline
This is a detailed outline for the 32-40 hour AutoCAD Professional Level I course. It incorporates the fundamentals commands and features of creating and editing 2D drawings in AutoCAD 2002 and the techniques for using those into one hands-on course.
Introductions
Personal Introductions
Course Outline and Objectives
AutoCAD Overview and Getting Started
Launching AutoCAD 2002
User Interface
Screen layout
AutoCAD Today
New and Open a drawing
AutoCAD Menu System
Floating Toolbars
Understanding the Options Dialog Box
Setup Wizards
Template drawing concepts
· Creating a template drawing
· Use of template drawings
Basic 2D Drawing Creation
Cartesian Drawing Workspace
Drawing Lines
Drawing Circles
Drawing Arcs
Drawing Rectangles
Drawing Polygons
Drawing Polylines
Drawing Points
SAVE and SAVEAS commands
Precision Drawing Tools
The Drafting Settings Dialogue Box
GRID settings
SNAP settings
Using ORTHO
· Setup and use of Object Snaps
· Setup and use of Polar Tracking
· Setup and use of Object Tracking
Use of the Absolute coordinate entry system
Use of the Relative coordinate entry system
· Use of the Polar coordinate entry system
One time only Object Snaps and running Object Snaps
Editing AutoCAD Objects
The concepts or creating selection sets of objects
Using the Properties Window
Double click editing techniques
Introduction in the use of GRIPS for editing purposes
Using the MOVE command
Using the COPY command
Using the ROTATE command
Using the OFFSET command
Using the SCALE command to change the size of an object
Using the object property painter
Using the ERASE command
Editing polylines
Changing part of an object's shape using the STRETCH command
Changing the length of a line or arc using the LENGTHEN command
Creating new objects in a mirror image using the MIRROR command
Coping an object to multiple occurrences using the ARRAY command
Using the TRIM and EXTEND commands to defined boundaries
Creating two objects from one object by using the BREAK command
Creating CHAMFERS
Creating FILLETS
How to undo commands using the U command
How to undo objects using the UNDO command
Displaying and Viewing AutoCAD Objects
Using REDRAW
Using REGEN
Intellimouse wheel features
Real-time PAN and ZOOM
Using Zoom extents
Using Zoom scale
Using Zoom window
Saving and restoring views
Drawing organization and Query
Organizing AutoCAD objects using the LAYER command
Layer standards
Layer states
Layer previous
Layer Translator concepts
How to use the on-line HELP command
Multi-drawing environment
Drag and drop objects from drawing to drawing
Finding out information about an object using the LIST command
Getting angles and distances by using the DISTANCE command
Finding the AREA of an object
Setting drawing UNITS
Settings spatial LIMITS
Creating a template drawing
Using the PURGE command to remove unreferenced objects
Creating POINTS and the DIVIDE and MEASURE command to place points or blocks on an object
Annotating AutoCAD Objects
Creating TEXT styles
Fonts used by AutoCAD
Using the TEXT command to add text to your drawing
Cut and Paste text from another document
Multiline text creation
MTEXT formatting
MTEXT editing
Creating text layers
Scaled text
Justify text
Using SPACETRANS for model space and paper space scaling of text
Spell checking
Dimensioning
Dimensioning concepts
Creating and controlling dimension styles
· Using dimension variables to control dimensions
Single dimensions
Creating dimensions using Quick Dimension
Creating leaders using Quick Leader
Editing dimensions
Grips editing for dimensions
Associative dimensions
Using the DIMREASSOCIATE command
Using the DIMDISASSOCIATE command
Transspatial dimensions
Dimension regeneration
Hatch Objects
Boundary hatching
Hatch pattern editing
Creating AutoCAD Objects
AutoCAD DesignCenter usage
Creating a complex object using the BLOCK command
· Using the WBLOCK command to save a block to disk
· Creating block occurrences using the INSERT command
Using the REFEDIT command to modify a block or external reference
Plotting
Plotting concepts
· Plotting from Model space
· Layout creation
· Floating viewports
· Layers for plotting
· Establishing scale factors
· Viewports toolbar
· Locking viewports
· Plot Settings
· Plot Style tables
· Plot preview
· Page setups
· Plotting a drawing
Closing Remarks
Evaluations
Certifications