AutoCAD Level 1

Start Date: December 3 2009
End Date: December 4 2009
Time: 9:00am - 4:30pm
Fee:
Venue:
McKimmon Conference and Training Center
1101 Gorman Street
Raleigh, NC  27695
919.515.2277
Course Overview:

AutoCAD® Level 1

Why you should attend: This class is designed for new AutoCAD users. It covers concepts, commands, creating, editing and printing drawings using AutoCAD 2009.

Suggested Prerequisites:  It is recommended that you have a working knowledge of drafting, design and/or engineering, as well as knowledge of the Windows XP operating system.

Attend and You Will Learn

Lesson 1: Getting Starting with AutoCAD

  • AutoCAD's user interface
  • Working with commands
  • User coordinate system

Lesson 2: Basic Drawing and Viewing

  • Drawing lines, circles, rectangles, polylines, and polygons
  • Undo and Re-doing
  • Viewing your model
  • Erasing objects

Lesson 3: Making Changes to your Drawing

  • Selecting objects
  • Copying objects
  • Moving objects
  • Rotating objects
  • Changing objects using grips

Lesson 4: Drawing with Precision

  • Absolute and relative coordinates
  • Using objects snaps
  • Direct distance entry
  • Polar tracking

Lesson 5: Creating Text

  • Text styles
  • Single line text
  • Multiline text
  • Text formatting
  • Text scaling

Lesson 6: Creating Dimensions

  • Dimension concepts
  • Dimension style manager
  • Scaling dimensions
  • Adding linear, aligned, and angular dimensions
  • Editing dimensions
  • Adding leaders

Lesson 7: Hatching

  • Patterns
  • Gradients

Lesson 8: More Editing

  • Stretching
  • Trimming and extending
  • Mirroring
  • Offsetting
  • Arraying
  • Using fillets and chamfers

Lesson 9: Layering

  • Creating layers
  • Managing layers
  • Modifying layers

Lesson 10: Layouts

  • Understanding layouts
  • Formatting layouts
  • Understanding and scaling viewports
  • Creating new layouts
  • Naming layouts

Lesson 11: Printing

  • Using print manager
  • Printing layouts
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