Course schedule

Duration: 4 days
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Who Should Attend

This course is for those interested in graphics and drafting using AutoCAD.

Prerequisites

No previous knowledge of AutoCAD is required although you should be familiar with the Windows® operating system.

Course Outline

BASIC DRAWING PRINCIPLES
•  Coordinates Systems
•  Basic Drawing Commands: LINE, CIRCLE, ARC, etc
•  Object Snaps

BASIC EDITING
•  Object Selection
•  Basic Editing Commands: ERASE, TRIM, BREAK, etc
•  The Apostrophe

INTERMEDIATE DRAWING
•  Intermediate Drawing Commands: Text, STYLE, MTEXT, QTEXT, PLINE, SOLID, etc
•  Intermediate Objects Snaps: INS, NODE

INTERMEDIATE EDITING
•  Intermediate Editing Commands: COLOR, LINETYPE, CHANGE, EXPODE, SCALE, etc
•  Using Object Properties Toolbar

WORK APPLICATIONS
•  Image Scaling Principles
•  Application Commands: QDIM, OPEN, SAVE

AUTOCAD UTILITIES & SETTINGS
•  Utility Commands: TOOLBAR, QSELECT, PROPERTIES, GROUP, AREA, ID, DIST, etc
•  Settings Commands: SDI, UNITS, GRIPSIZE, CURSORSIZE, APERTURE, BLIPMODE

3D BASICS
•  Basic 3D Principles: THICKNESS, ELEVATION, WCS & UCS, VPOINT
•  Wireframe Modeling
•  Polyline

ISOMETRIC DRAWING
•  Understanding the Isoplan
•  Arranging Isometric Text
•  Isometric Dimensions

SURFACE MODELING
•  Surface Primitives: BOX, PYRAMID, WEDGE, SPHERE, DOME, TORUS, DISH, 3DMESH
•  Surface Commands: 3DFACE, PFACE, REVSURF, RULESURF, EDGESURF, TABSURF

SOLID MODELING
•  Solid Primitives
•  Solid Commands: ISOLINES, EXTRUDE, REVOLVE, INTERFERE, SLICE, SECTION
•  Boolean Operations: UNION, SUBTRACT, INTERSECT
•  Solid Editing Commands: FACE, EXTRUDE, MOVE, ROTATE, TAPER, DELETE, COPY, COLOR, UNDO, EXIT
•  Edge Commands: COPY, COLOR, UNDO, EXIT

3D EDITING
•  3D Editing Commands: EXPLODE, ALIGN, COPY, ROTATE3D, MIRROR3D, ARRAY, OFFSET, TRIM, CHAMFER, FILLET,

TEXT & 3D DIMENSIONS
•  Dimensions
•  Text