Unit 1: Getting Started with AutoCAD

• Starting the Software
• User Interface
• Working with Commands
• Cartesian Workspace
• Opening an Existing Drawing File
• Viewing Your Drawing
• Saving Your Work

Unit 2: Basic Drawing and Editing Commands

• Drawing Lines
• Erasing Objects
• Drawing Lines with Polar
• Tracking
• Drawing Rectangles
• Drawing Circles
• Undo and Redo Actions
• Project: Creating a small House

Unit 3: Modify commands

• Move,
• copy
• rotate
• scale
• mirror
• pedit
• chamfer
• fillet
• trim
• extend
• array
• Project: Creating a small
• House (continued)

Unit 4: Layers

• Create layers
• freeze layers
• thaw layers
• switch off/on
• Changing an Object’s Layer
• Project: Creating a small
• House (continued)

Unit 5: Dimensions

• Create Dimension style
• Dimensioning Concepts
• Adding Linear Dimensions
• Adding Radial and Angular
• Dimensions
• Editing Dimensions
• Project: Creating a small
• House (continued)

Unit 6: Layouts and Printing

• Setting Up a Layout
• Printing Concepts
• Working in Layouts
• Creating Layouts
• Creating Layout Viewports
• Guidelines for Layouts
• adding scale to layout
• Printing Your Drawing
• Printing Layouts
• Print Settings
• Project: Creating a small
• House (continued)

Unit 7: Advanced Text Objects

• Annotation Scale Overview
• Using Fields
• Controlling the Draw Order
• Project: Creating a small
• House (continued)

Unit 8: Working with Tables

• Working with Linked Tables
• Creating Table Styles
• Project: Creating a small
• House (continued)

Unit 9: Projects - Advanced

• Annotation
• Project: Creating a small
• House (continued)

Unit 10: Dynamic Blocks

• Working with Dynamic Blocks
• Creating Dynamic Block
• Definitions
• Dynamic Block Authoring
• Tools
• Additional Visibility Options

Unit 11: Attributes

• Inserting Blocks with
• Attributes
• Editing Attribute Values
• Defining Attributes
• Redefining Blocks with
• Attributes
• Extracting Attributes

Unit 12: Projects - Advanced

• Blocks and Attributes

Unit 13: Output and Publishing

• Output For Electronic Review
• Autodesk Design Review
• Publishing Drawing Sets
• Shared Views

Unit 14: Other Tools for Collaboration

• eTransmit
• Hyperlinks
• Compare Drawings

Unit 15: Cloud Collaboration and 2D Automation

• Connecting to the Cloud
• Sharing Drawings in the Cloud
• Rendering in the Cloud
• Attach Navisworks Files

Unit 16: Introduction to Sheet Sets

• Overview of Sheet Sets
• Creating Sheet Sets
• Creating Sheets in Sheet Sets
• Adding Views to Sheets
• Importing Layouts to Sheet
• Sets

Unit 17: Publishing and Customizing Sheet Sets

• Transmitting and Archiving
• Sheet Sets
• Publishing Sheet Sets
• Customizing Sheet Sets
• Custom Blocks for Sheet Sets

Unit 18: Projects - Sheet Sets

Unit 19: Managing Layers

• Working in the Layer
• Properties Manager
• Creating Layer Filters
• Setting Layer States

Unit 20: CAD Standards

• CAD Standards Concepts
• Configuring Standards
• Checking Standards
• Layer Translator

Unit 21: System Setup

• Options Dialog Box
• System Variables
• Dynamic Input Settings
• Drawing Utilities
• Managing Plotters
• Plot Styles

Unit 22: Introduction to Customization

• Why Customize?
• Creating a Custom Workspace

Unit 23: Customizing the User Interface

• Using the Customize User
• Interface (CUI) Dialog Box
• Customizing the Ribbon
• Customizing the Quick Access
• Toolbar
• Customizing Menus
• Keyboard Shortcuts

Option 1: Development of an Architectural Design

Option 2: Development of a Product Design

Trainer: Joseph Georgiou