AutoCAD - Essentials Course



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Course Features:

Live Instructor Teaching

Certificate of Completion

Digital Badge: Yes

Courseware: Print

Free 6 Month Online Retake

Hands-On Learning: Yes

Software Lab Included: Yes
(For Class Duration)

Delivery Methods:

 Live Online

Individuals & Groups
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  Onsite for Teams

Groups & Teams
@ Your Organization

This is an instructor-led course. It is taught live online by an instructor for individuals or at organizations for groups.
For a private team training, we can teach onsite at your office or private live online.

 

Course Overview

Master the Fundamentals of AutoCAD and Propel Your Design Skills

This comprehensive AutoCAD Essentials course is your gateway to the industry-leading 2D drafting and design software. Discover core AutoCAD principles and become adept at creating and modifying technical drawings essential in various fields, such as architecture, engineering, and manufacturing.

Target Audience Benefits:
  • Accelerate your design workflow: Learn to navigate AutoCAD's interface like a pro, streamlining your creation and editing processes for efficiency and accuracy.
  • Unleash your drafting potential: Discover core drawing and modification techniques, bringing your ideas to life within the AutoCAD environment.
  • Boost design precision: Employ tools like object snaps to ensure exactness, delivering technically flawless blueprints and models.
  • Elevate project organization: Master layers and blocks, keeping complex designs structured and enhancing collaboration.
  • Present work with impact: Prepare professional-quality layouts and annotations for print or digital presentation.
What You'll Gain:

This AutoCAD Essentials Course will equip you with the knowledge and skills to:

  • Navigate and customize the AutoCAD user interface
  • Create and manipulate essential 2D geometric shapes
  • Master object modification tools (copy, move, rotate, scale, etc.)
  • Achieve drafting precision with object snaps, tracking, and grids
  • Organize and streamline drawings using layers and blocks
  • Prepare, scale, and annotate drawings using layouts, text, and dimensions.

Ready to elevate your design capabilities? Enroll in AutoCAD – Essentials today and start mastering this powerful design tool.

 


Course Notes

Register Early: Registration Deadline is 2 Weeks Prior to Class Start.

Important Course Information!
Course Taught with Courseware: AutoCAD 2025 for Windows () Courseware.
Course Taught with Software: AutoCAD 2025 for Windows () Software.
Versions that Can Attend: AutoCAD 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 & 2020 for Windows ().
Not Appropriate for: Macintosh - iOS () Versions of AutoCAD.
Prerequisites & Follow-Ons
Knowledge Prerequisites:

A working knowledge of basic design/drafting procedures and terminology. A working knowledge of your operating system.


Suggested Follow-Ons:
Objectives
Target Audience
Exams & Certifications

Delivery Methods

For Individuals

Learn From an Instructor Live Online

Certstaffix Training public classes are taught by live instructors to you in the comfort of your home or work. Attend our live online, instructor-led classes from the convenience of your location and avoid travel.

How It Works

  • A live instructor teaching you online via Zoom
  • Hands-on learning with the software or skill you are being taught
  • Interaction with all students in the class
  • Any needed software for the class is provided in online lab
  • Easy Q&A. Classes are kept small to have time for student questions

Have more than 10 students needing this course? Contact Us for bulk pricing.

For Groups/Teams

 


Course Topics

AutoCAD - Essentials

Course Duration - 3 Days

Chapter 1: Getting Started with AutoCAD
  • 1.1 Starting the Software
    • Start Tab
  • 1.2 User Interface
  • 1.3 Working with Commands Ribbon
    • Command Line and Dynamic Input Prompt
    • Application Menu
  • 1.4 Quick Access Toolbar
    • Additional Shortcut Menus
  • 1.5 Cartesian Workspace
    • Locating Points
    • Measuring Angles
    • Drawings Created at Full Scale
  • 1.6 Opening an Existing Drawing File
    • Multiple Drawings
    • Closing Files
  • Practice 1a: Open a Drawing
  • 1.7 Viewing Your Drawing
    • Wheel Mouse Zoom and Pan
    • Navigation Tools
    • Pan and Zoom Commands
  • Practice 1b: View a Drawing
  • 1.8 Saving Your Work
    • Automatic Saves
    • Saving in Various Formats
  • Practice 1c: Save a Drawing File
Chapter 2: Basic Drawing and Editing Commands
  • 2.1 Drawing Lines
    • Specifying Length and Angle
    • Line Command Options
  • 2.2 Erasing Objects
  • 2.3 Drawing Vertical and Horizontal Lines
    • Ortho Mode
    • Polar Tracking
  • 2.4 Drawing Rectangles
  • 2.5 Drawing Circles
  • 2.6 Undo and Redo Actions
  • Practice 2a: Basic Drawing and Editing Commands
Chapter 3: Projects: Creating a Simple Drawing
  • 3.1 Create a Simple Drawing
  • 3.2 Create Simple Shapes
Chapter 4: Drawing Precision in AutoCAD
  • 4.1 Using Running Object Snaps
    • Object Snap Settings
  • Practice 4a: Use Object Snaps
  • 4.2 Using Object Snap Overrides
  • Practice 4b: Object Snap Overrides
  • 4.3 Polar Tracking at Angles
  • Practice 4c: Polar Tracking
  • 4.4 Object Snap Tracking
  • Practice 4d: Object Snap Tracking I
  • Practice 4e: Object Snap Tracking II
  • 4.5 Drawing with Snap and Grid
    • Snap and Grid Settings
    • Isometric Drawing Environment
  • Practice 4f: Place Objects on a Drawing
Chapter 5: Making Changes in Your Drawing
  • 5.1 Selecting Objects for Editing
    • Implied Selection
    • Selecting Objects Before the Command
  • 5.2 Moving Objects
  • 5.3 Copying Objects
  • 5.4 Rotating Objects
  • 5.5 Scaling Objects
  • 5.6 Mirroring Objects
  • Practice 5a: Select Objects
  • Practice 5b: Modify Objects
  • 5.7 Editing with Grips
    • Working with Hot Grips
    • Grips with Dynamic Dimensions
  • Practice 5c: Edit with Grips I
  • Practice 5d: Edit with Grips II
Chapter 6: Projects: Making Your Drawings More Precise
  • 6.1 Schematic Project: Electronics Diagram
  • 6.2 Architectural Project: Landscape
  • 6.3 Mechanical Project: Using Polar and Tracking
  • 6.4 Mechanical Project: Surge Protector
  • 6.5 Mechanical Project: Satellite
Chapter 7: Organizing Your Drawing with Layers
  • 7.1 Creating New Drawings with Templates
    • What Is a Template?
    • Starting New Drawings
    • Working with Different Types of Units
  • Practice 7a: Use a Template to Start a Drawing
  • 7.2 What Are Layers?
    • Setting the Current Layer
  • 7.3 Layer States
    • On/Off
    • Thaw/Freeze
    • Lock/Unlock
  • Practice 7b: Work with Layers and Layer States
  • 7.4 Changing an Object's Layer
    • Change with Layer Control
    • Match Layer
  • Practice 7c: Change an Object's Layer
Chapter 8: Advanced Object Types
  • 8.1 Drawing Arcs
    • Arc Command Options.
    • Notes on Arcs
  • Practice 8a: Draw Arcs
  • 8.2 Drawing Polylines
  • 8.3 Editing Polylines
    • Converting Lines and Arcs to Polylines
    • Turning Polylines into Lines and Arcs
  • Practice 8b: Draw and Edit Polylines
  • 8.4 Drawing Splines
    • Blend Command
    • Joining Objects
  • 8.5 Drawing Polygons
  • Practice 8c: Draw Polygons
  • 8.6 Drawing Ellipses
  • Practice 8d: Draw
Chapter 9: Analyzing Model and Object Properties
  • 9.1 Working with Object Properties
    • Quick Properties
    • Properties Palette
    • Matching Properties
    • Quick Select
  • Practice 9a: Work with Object Properties (Mechanical)
  • Practice 9b: Work with Object Properties (Architectural)
  • 9.2 Measuring Objects
    • Using the Measure Tools
    • Quick Measure
    • Measuring Distances
    • Measuring Radius and Diameter
    • Measuring Angles
    • Measuring Areas
  • Practice 9c: Measure Objects (Architectural)
  • Practice 9d: Measure Objects (Mechanical)
Chapter 10: Projects: Drawing Organization and Information
  • 10.1 Architectural Project
  • 10.2 Mechanical Project
  • 10.3 Civil Project
Chapter 11: Advanced Editing Commands
  • 11.1 Trimming and Extending Objects
    • Trimming Objects
    • Extending Objects
  • Practice 11a: Extend and Trim Objects
  • Practice 11b: Trim Objects on a Drawing
  • Practice 11c: Break at Point
  • 11.2 Stretching Objects
    • Notes on Stretching Objects
  • Practice 11d: Stretch Objects
  • 11.3 Creating Fillets and Chamfers
    • Filleting Objects
    • Chamfering Objects
  • Practice 11e: Fillet Objects
  • Practice 11f: Chamfer Objects
  • 11.4 Offsetting Objects.
  • Practice 11g: Offset Objects
  • 11.5 Creating Arrays of Objects
    • Rectangular Array
    • Polar Array
    • Path Array
  • Practice 11h: Rectangular Array.
  • Practice 11i: Polar Array
  • Practice 11j: Path Array
Chapter 12: Introduction to Blocks
  • 12.1 What Are Blocks?
    • Creating Simple Blocks
  • Practice 12a: Create Simple Blocks...
  • 12.2 Inserting Blocks Using the Blocks Palette.
    • Insert Gallery
    • Blocks Palette
  • 12.3 Inserting Blocks Using Tool Palettes
    • Controlling the Tool Palettes Window
  • 12.4 Inserting Dynamic Blocks
    • Manipulating Dynamic Blocks
  • 12.5 Inserting Blocks Using DesignCenter
    • DesignCenter Content
  • Practice 12b: Work with Blocks
Chapter 13: Projects: Creating More Complex Objects
  • 13.1 Mechanical Project 1: Plate
  • 13.2 Mechanical Project 2: Gasket
  • 13.3 Mechanical Project 3: Plate
  • 13.4 Mechanical Project 4: Rocker Arm
  • 13.5 Architectural Project 1: Floor Plan
  • 13.6 Architectural Project 2: Floor Plan
  • 13.7 Civil Project: Parking Lot
Chapter 14: Setting Up a Layout
  • 14.1 Working in Layouts
    • Switch Between Paper Space and Model Space
  • 14.2 Creating Layouts
  • 14.3 Creating Layout Viewports
    • Rectangular Viewports
    • Polygonal Viewports
    • Object Viewports
    • Viewports Dialog Box
    • Modifying Viewports with Grips
    • Locking the Viewport
  • 14.4 Named Views
    • Insert Views
  • 14.5 Guidelines for Layouts
  • Practice 14a: Work with Layouts
Chapter 15: Printing Your Drawing
  • 15.1 Printing Concepts
    • Model Space Printing
    • Paper Space Layout Printing
  • 15.2 Printing Layouts
    • Previewing the Plot
    • Batch Plot
  • 15.3 Print and Plot Settings
  • Practice 15a: Print Layouts and Check Plots
Chapter 16: Projects: Preparing to Print
  • 16.1 Mechanical Project
  • 16.2 Architectural Project
Chapter 17: Text
  • 17.1 Annotation Basics
  • 17.2 Adding Text in a Drawing Multiline Text
    • Copying and Importing Text
    • Spell Checking
  • Practice 17a: Add Text in a Drawing
  • 17.3 Modifying Multiline Text
    • Editing Multiline Text
    • Changing Text Width and Length
    • Changing Text Properties
    • Spell Checking
  • Practice 17b: Modify Multiline Text
  • 17.4 Formatting Multiline Text
    • Formatting the Multiline Text Object
    • Formatting Selected Text
    • Formatting Paragraph Text
    • Creating Columns
  • Practice 17c: Format Multiline Text in a Drawing
  • 17.5 Adding Notes with Leaders to Your Drawing Modifying Multileaders
  • Practice 17d: Add Notes to Your Drawing.
  • 17.6 Creating Tables
    • Populating Table Cells
    • Calculations in Tables
  • Practice 17e: Create Tables
  • 17.7 Modifying Tables.
    • Modifying Cells, Rows, and Columns.
    • Modifying the Entire Table.
  • Practice 17f: (Optional) Modify Tables
Chapter 18: Hatching
  • 18.1 Hatching
    • Applying a Hatch: Tool Palettes
    • Applying a Hatch: Hatch Command
    • Hatch Pattern and Properties
    • Hatch Options
  • 18.2 Editing Hatches
    • Hatch Editor Tab
    • Edit Hatch Command
    • Grip Editing Hatch Boundaries
  • Practice 18a: Add Hatching Using Tool Palettes
  • Practice 18b: Apply Hatching (Mechanical)
  • Practice 18c: Apply Hatching (Architectural)
Chapter 19: Adding Dimensions
  • 19.1 Dimensioning Concepts
    • General Dimensioning
  • 19.2 Adding Linear Dimensions
    • Individual Linear Dimensions
    • Multiple Dimensions
    • Quick Dimensioning
  • Practice 19a: Add Linear Dimensions (Architectural)
  • Practice 19b: Add Linear Dimensions (Mechanical)
  • 19.3 Adding Radial and Angular Dimensions
    • Radius and Diameter Dimensions
    • Angular Dimensions
  • Practice 19c: Add Radial and Angular Dimensions (Architectural)
  • Practice 19d: Add Center Marks and Dimensions (Mechanical)
  • 19.4 Editing Dimensions
    • Dimension Shortcut Menu
    • Editing Dimensions Using Grips
    • Dimension Grips Shortcut Options
    • Editing the Dimension Text
    • Adjusting Dimension Spacing
    • Dimension Breaks
  • Practice 19e: Edit Dimensions (Architectural)
  • Practice 19f: Edit Dimensions (Mechanical)
Chapter 20: Projects: Annotating Your Drawing
  • 20.1 Mechanical Project
  • 20.2 Architectural Project 1
  • 20.3 Architectural Project 2
  • 20.4 Civil Project
Appendix A: Skills Assessment
  • Index

 


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