Training: AutoCAD – Fundamentals

Module 1: CAD / CAD Tool Overview

• The product and its environment
• Role and Usage of Devices in AutoCAD
• The GUI
• Principles of Use

Module 2: Command Groups

• The different accesses to commands
• The Command Line

Module 3: Managing the Work Environment

• Options Dialog
• Choosing your workspace

Module 4: 2D Drawing

• Choosing your units of measurement
• Screen Management
• The limits of drawing
• Coordinate Systems
• Creating simple 2D objects and their options
• Drawing Help Tools
• Object Selection

Module 5: 2D Drawing Modification Selections

• Hand Selections / Deselections
• Using the object / action mode

Module 6: Layer Management

• Creation
• Changing the layer of objects
• Setting Parameters
• The different layer states

Module 7: Properties

• View and Modify Simple Objects
• Editing Properties

Module 8: Hatching

• Models and types
• Hatching methods and main options
• The main tools for changing hatches

Module 9: Intelligence Orders

• Locating a Point, Distance, Area, List
• Quick Measure

Module 10: Texts and Annotations

• “Static” and “Annotative” text styles
• The Line Text
• The multiline text and its main options
• Editing texts

Module 11: The Quotation

• “Static” and “Annotative” Rating Styles
• The main rating tools

Module 12: Multiple Benchmarks

• “Static” and “Annotative” cue styles
• The main tools for setting multiple benchmarks
• Multiple Landmarks Style

Module 13: Layout and Printing

• Layout Manager
• Presentations and Object Space
• Choosing printers and plotters
• Choosing paper sizes and units

Module 14: Blocks

• Storing Blocks
• The Block Palette
• The relationship between blocks and layers
• Defining and Creating Simple Blocks
• Define Drawing Units and Blocks
• Inserting Blocks Using the Design Center
• The Main Functions of the Design Center

Module 15: Deleting Unused Items from the Drawing

• The “purge” command
• Select non-purgeable item