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
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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