Course Outline

Getting Started

• Starting a new drawing
•  The screen layout
• Command Line & using the keyboard
• Opening an existing drawing
• Using your Pointing Device
• AutoCAD’s Cartesian Workspace

Basic Drawing and Editing

• Drawing Lines, Rectangles & Circles
• Erasing Objects
• Using Direct Distance Entry & Polar Tracking
• Drawing with Grid & Snap
• Viewing your drawing
• Using Undo
• Saving your Work
• Exiting AutoCAD

Drawing Precision

• Using Object Snap & Object Snap
• Overrides
• Polar Tracking Summary
• Object Snap Tracking

Changing Your Drawings

• Selecting Objects for Editing
• Moving & Copying Objects
• Rotating & Scaling Objects

Setting Up a Layout

• Printing Concepts
• Working in Layouts
• Creating a New Layout
• Guidelines for Layouts

Printing

• The PLOT Command
• Plot Settings
• Plot Preview

Organizing Your Drawings

• Creating New Drawings with Templates
• What are Layers?
• Layer State
• Changing an Object’s Layer

Drawing Information

• Measuring a Distance & Area
• Information about Objects

More Object Types

• Drawing Arcs & Polylines
• Converting Polylines to Lines & Arcs
• Converting Lines & Arcs to Polylines

Advanced Editing Commands

• Using Trim, Extend, Fillet & Chamfer
• Offsetting & Mirroring Objects
• Creating Arrays of Objects

Inserting Blocks

• What are Blocks?
• Inserting Blocks
• Using Design Center to Insert Blocks

Annotation

• Adding, Formatting & Editing Multiline Text
• Other Text Tools
• Spell Checking Text
• Using & Editing Hatch Patterns
• Dimensioning Concepts
• Dimension Tools
• Adding & Editing Dimensions
• Basic Leaders
• Selecting a Dimension Style

Advanced Editing

• Change an Object’s Length using Stretch, Lengthen & Break
• Productivity Tools (Object Selection, Quick Select & Editing with Grips)

Efficient Construction Techniques

• Accurate Positioning
• Create & Manage Blocks

Drawing Setup and Utilities

• Creating Templates
• Advanced Viewing Tools (Zoom Options, Drawing Views & Multiple Viewports)
• Polygons
• Donuts
• Ellipses
• Single-Line Text
• Aerial View
• Grouping Objects