Course Description

This 32-40 hour hands-on course covers the basic AutoCAD? commands necessary to create, edit and plot a drawing. Fundamental concepts of creating, editing, dimensioning, viewing, managing and plotting two-dimensional drawings will be covered.

Who Should Attend

This course is designed to bring the drafter, designer, engineer or new user to a productive level of experience. It is an appropriate course of all design disciplines and for individuals who edit, view or work with others that create design content.

Prerequisite

No previous CAD experience necessary. However, drafting, design or engineering experience is a plus. A working knowledge of Windows-based operating systems is preferred.

Course Content

Launching AutoCAD 2002, AutoCAD menus, user interface, screen layout, drawing setup procedures, function keys, basic 2D drawing creation commands, file management commands, setting drawing precision, coordinate input systems, editing commands and features, setting and using layers, inquiring about drawing information, introduction to block creation, hatching, introduction to dimensioning techniques, drawing template creation, object snaps, display manipulation commands for object viewing, basic editing techniques, text annotation creation and usage, basic plotting techniques in model space and with paperspace layouts, page setups and plot style tables.

Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to confidently create, edit, manipulate, analyze, manage, dimension, and plot production 2D drawings.

Develop a basic understanding of AutoCAD system usage.

Become familiar with the AutoCAD User Interface.

Become familiar with AutoCAD menus, toolbars and command line input.

Accurately utilize AutoCAD drawing setup techniques.

Create 2D drawings using drawing creations tools and techniques.

Understand and use the current practices of geometry editing techniques.

Manipulate the display commands properly.

Properly dimension and annotate drawings.

Gather drawing information by using inquiry techniques.

Develop an understanding of proper plotting techniques.

Develop a level of comfort and confidence with AutoCAD through hands-on experiences.

Course Outline

This is a detailed outline for the 32-40 hour AutoCAD Professional Level I course. It incorporates the fundamentals commands and features of creating and editing 2D drawings in AutoCAD 2002 and the techniques for using those into one hands-on course.

Introductions
Personal Introductions

Course Outline and Objectives

AutoCAD Overview and Getting Started
Launching AutoCAD 2002

User Interface

Screen layout

AutoCAD Today

New and Open a drawing

AutoCAD Menu System

Floating Toolbars

Understanding the Options Dialog Box

Setup Wizards

Template drawing concepts

· Creating a template drawing
· Use of template drawings
Basic 2D Drawing Creation
Cartesian Drawing Workspace

Drawing Lines

Drawing Circles

Drawing Arcs

Drawing Rectangles

Drawing Polygons

Drawing Polylines

Drawing Points

SAVE and SAVEAS commands

Precision Drawing Tools
The Drafting Settings Dialogue Box

GRID settings

SNAP settings

Using ORTHO

· Setup and use of Object Snaps
· Setup and use of Polar Tracking
· Setup and use of Object Tracking
Use of the Absolute coordinate entry system

Use of the Relative coordinate entry system

· Use of the Polar coordinate entry system
One time only Object Snaps and running Object Snaps

Editing AutoCAD Objects
The concepts or creating selection sets of objects

Using the Properties Window

Double click editing techniques

Introduction in the use of GRIPS for editing purposes

Using the MOVE command

Using the COPY command

Using the ROTATE command

Using the OFFSET command

Using the SCALE command to change the size of an object

Using the object property painter

Using the ERASE command

Editing polylines

Changing part of an object's shape using the STRETCH command

Changing the length of a line or arc using the LENGTHEN command

Creating new objects in a mirror image using the MIRROR command

Coping an object to multiple occurrences using the ARRAY command

Using the TRIM and EXTEND commands to defined boundaries

Creating two objects from one object by using the BREAK command

Creating CHAMFERS

Creating FILLETS

How to undo commands using the U command

How to undo objects using the UNDO command

Displaying and Viewing AutoCAD Objects
Using REDRAW

Using REGEN

Intellimouse wheel features

Real-time PAN and ZOOM

Using Zoom extents

Using Zoom scale

Using Zoom window

Saving and restoring views

Drawing organization and Query
Organizing AutoCAD objects using the LAYER command

Layer standards

Layer states

Layer previous

Layer Translator concepts

How to use the on-line HELP command

Multi-drawing environment

Drag and drop objects from drawing to drawing

Finding out information about an object using the LIST command

Getting angles and distances by using the DISTANCE command

Finding the AREA of an object

Setting drawing UNITS

Settings spatial LIMITS

Creating a template drawing

Using the PURGE command to remove unreferenced objects

Creating POINTS and the DIVIDE and MEASURE command to place points or blocks on an object

Annotating AutoCAD Objects
Creating TEXT styles

Fonts used by AutoCAD

Using the TEXT command to add text to your drawing

Cut and Paste text from another document

Multiline text creation

MTEXT formatting

MTEXT editing

Creating text layers

Scaled text

Justify text

Using SPACETRANS for model space and paper space scaling of text

Spell checking

Dimensioning
Dimensioning concepts

Creating and controlling dimension styles

· Using dimension variables to control dimensions
Single dimensions

Creating dimensions using Quick Dimension

Creating leaders using Quick Leader

Editing dimensions

Grips editing for dimensions

Associative dimensions

Using the DIMREASSOCIATE command

Using the DIMDISASSOCIATE command

Transspatial dimensions

Dimension regeneration

Hatch Objects
Boundary hatching

Hatch pattern editing

Creating AutoCAD Objects
AutoCAD DesignCenter usage
Creating a complex object using the BLOCK command
· Using the WBLOCK command to save a block to disk
· Creating block occurrences using the INSERT command
Using the REFEDIT command to modify a block or external reference
Plotting
Plotting concepts

· Plotting from Model space
· Layout creation
· Floating viewports
· Layers for plotting
· Establishing scale factors
· Viewports toolbar
· Locking viewports
· Plot Settings
· Plot Style tables
· Plot preview
· Page setups
· Plotting a drawing
Closing Remarks
Evaluations
Certifications