CC 03_01 Beginning AutoCAD

In this session you will learn the essentials to be productive with AutoCAD. Among other topics, you will be exposed to basic and complex drawing objects, modification commands, file management, drawing setup, layer control, display commands, annotation, dimensions, paper space/layouts and plotting.

 

Prerequisites:

Windows experience. This class is appropriate for those who will be using AutoCAD 2000, 2000i, 2002, 2004 or 2006.

Getting Started:

Starting AutoCAD

AutoCAD's Screen Layout

Command Line & Using the Keyboard

Using Your Pointing Device

Opening an Existing Drawing File

AutoCAD's Cartesian Workspace

Basic Drawing & Editing Commands:

Drawing Lines & Erasing Objects

Using Direct Distance & Polar

Drawing Rectangles & Circles

Drawing with Grid & Snap

Viewing Your Drawing

Undoing & Redoing Actions

Saving Your Work

Drawing Precision in AutoCAD:

Object Snaps & Overrides

Object Snap Tracking

Making Changes in Your Drawing:

Selecting Objects for Editing

Moving & Copying Objects

Rotating & Scaling Objects

Organizing Drawings with Layers:

Using Template Files

What are Layers?

Layer States

Changing an Object's Layer

Text:

Single-Line & Multi line Text

Formatting & Editing Text

Text Styles

Adding Dimensions:

Dimensioning Concepts

Adding & Editing Dimensions

Adding Leaders

Using Dimension Styles

Selection Sets:

Advanced Object Selection

Quick Select & Editing with Grips

Accurate Positioning:

Coordinate Entry

Locating Points with Tracking

Reference Points

Creating Blocks:

Defining Blocks & Global Blocks

Editing Blocks

Removing Unused Elements

Blocks in Tool Palettes:

Adding Blocks to Tool Palettes

Modifying Tool Properties in Palettes

Creating Templates:

Why Use Templates

Components of a Template

Saving Templates

Two More Object Types:

Drawing Arcs

Polylines

Exploding Polylines

Converting Lines & Arcs to Polylines

Getting Information From Your Drawing:

Measuring Distances & Areas

Information about Objects

Advanced Editing Commands:

Trim, Extend & Stretch

Fillet & Chamfer

Duplication Commands:

Offsetting & Mirroring Objects

Creating Arrays of Objects

Inserting Blocks:

What are Blocks?

Inserting Blocks - Tool Palettes

Inserting Blocks - Insert

Layouts & Plotting:

Printing Concepts

Working in Layouts

Creating/Copying Layouts

PLOT Command

Plot Preview

Hatching:

Hatching

Editing Hatches