Course Overview

Learn how to become a competent AutoCAD user for design projects in architecture, engineering, construction management, manufacturing, and product design.

Course Circullum

Introduction

The essentials of AutoCAD
The advantages of using AutoCAD
What you should know before watching this course
Using the exercise files
The AutoCAD 2023 user interface

1. The AutoCAD Interface

The application menu
The infobar
The Quick Access Toolbar (QAT)
The ribbon and panels
Using workspaces in AutoCAD
Working with palettes and dialog boxes
The command line
Using Dynamic Input (DYNMODE)
The status bar
Using your Autodesk account

2. Using Units and Options

Setting drawing units
Setting the Options dialog box
Drawings using metric units
Drawings using imperial units
Working with templates: DWT

3. Navigating Your Drawings

Working with the ViewCube and the Navigation Bar
Modelspace and Paperspace
Saving and restoring views
The mouse and mouse settings

4. Drawing Accurately

Using Grid and Snap
Working with coordinates
Using Dynamic Input (DYNMODE)
Direct Distance Entry (DDE)

5. Creating Simple Geometry: The Basics

OSNAP and OTRACK
POLAR and ORTHO
Lines, arcs, and circles
Polylines and splines
Using Realtime Zoom and Realtime Pan

6. Other Drafting Tools

Rectangles and polygons
Points and donuts
Ellipses
Isometric drafting (ISODRAFT)

7. Exploring the Interface Further

Working with the file tabs
The shortcut menu

8. Modifying Objects

Selecting objects
Using Move and Copy
Using Rotate and Scale
Using Mirror and Offset
Using Break and Join
Using grips and grip editing
Using Boundaries
Using Fillet and Chamfer
Using Divide and Measure
Editing polylines and splines
Using Trim and Extend
Creating and using arrays
Using Stretch and Lengthen

9. Hatching and Gradients

Using the Hatch command
Using the Gradient command
Using Draw Order to display hatches and gradients
Editing hatches and gradients

10. Annotating Your Designs

Creating and using text styles
Single line text (TEXT) and multiline text (MTEXT)
Creating and using dimension styles
Adding dimensions to your drawings
Using Quick Leader (QLEADER) in your drawings
Creating and using table styles
Adding a table to your drawing
Creating and using multileader styles
Working with multileaders
Aligning text

11. More Dimensioning Techniques

Editing dimensions and dimension overrides
Breaking and spacing dimensions
Using Continue and Baseline
Automatic dimensioning

12. Object and Layer Properties

Working with object properties
Changing the linetype scale
Using Hide and Isolate
New layers and the layer drop-down menu
Using the layer tools
Working with layer states

13. Reusing Content

Using groups
Creating and inserting a block
Redefining block definitions in a drawing
Using the EXPLODE command
Creating a simple dynamic block
Using the WBLOCK command

14. Attributes and Tables

Creating a simple block with attributes
Enhanced Attribute Editor
Working with table styles
Designing a table
Adding fields to a table

15. External References (XREFS)

Attaching and overlaying XREFS
Altering and clipping XREFS
Editing XREFS
Editing XREFS in place

16. Working with Viewports and Annotation

Locking viewports
Freezing viewport layers
Using annotative text styles
Using annotative dimensions
Using revision clouds

17. Communicating Your Design Intent

Creating a simple titleblock
Defining your page setup
Adding new scaled viewports
Using annotative scaling
Printing and plotting

18. Creating Output

Plotting from the Model and Layout tabs
Packaging with eTransmit
Batch Plotting (PUBLISH)
Outputting to different file formats
Using Autodesk Design Review with a DWF file
Checking a reviewed DWF file in AutoCAD

19. Drawing Management Tools

Comparing drawings with DWG Compare
Using the Count functionality to check the number of objects in a drawing

20. Collaboration Tools

Working with cloud-based storage
Saving and opening to and from AutoCAD web and mobile folders
Working with the AutoCAD web app
Using the Traces palette to collaborate in AutoCAD web
Using the Traces palette to collaborate in AutoCAD desktop
Sharing drawings with others from AutoCAD

Conclusion

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