AutoCAD is a general purpose Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CAD) program which can be used to create all kinds of line drawings. This AutoCAD Intermediate course is designed for experienced AutoCAD users who require additional training. It incorporates the features, commands and techniques for becoming more productive when creating, annotating, and printing 2d drawings.
What will you learn?
At the end of this AutoCAD Intermediate course, delegates will be able to:
- Work with Layouts and Plotting
- Use Template Drawing creation
- Create Tables and dynamic blocks
- Plot and sheet sets
- Manipulate objects and data
- Draw Objects
- Understand Layer Management and best practices
Audience?
Engineers, architects, draftsmen, designers, advertisers and users looking to gain further valuable experience with AutoCAD.
Course Contents
Drawing Objects
- Create and Edit Multilines
- Create and Edit Revision Clouds
- Wipeouts
- Boundaries
- Regions
Manipulating Objects & Data
- Using Quick Select
- Purging Objects
- Point Objects
- Dividing and Measuring Objects
- Geometry Calculator - Quickcalc
Template Drawing Creation
- Creating Drawing Templates
Dimensioning and Annotation
- Introduction to Annotation Scaling
- Controlling Annotation Scale
- Working with Text
- Using Multileaders
- Dimensioning
- Center Marks
- Ordinate Dimensions
- Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerances
- Dimension subtyles & Overrides
Reuseable Content
- Using DesignCenter
- Creating Custom Tool Palettes
- Managing and Sharing Tool Palette
- Using External References
- Managing External References
- Referencing Non-Native File Types
Dynamic Blocks
- Using dynamic Blocks
- Adding parameters to dynamic blocks
- Adding actions to dynamic blocks
- Using parameter sets
- Creating dynamic blocks
Layer Management and Best Practices
- Working with Layer Filters
- Using the Layer States Manager
- Using Layer Standards
Introduction to Sheet Sets
- Creating sheet sets
- Working with sheet sets
- Setting sheet set properties
- Using fields in sheet sets
- Using attributes in sheet sets
- Publishing
- Transmitting and archiving sheet sets
Working with Tables
- Working with Table Styles
- Creating and Editing Tables
- Advanced Tables
- Extracting Attributes to Tables
- Exporting and Importing Tables
- Creating Tables Linked to External Data
Course Materials
Enliten IT will provide each delegate with a workbook and other useful reference materials where applicable. These may be either paper based or in Adobe pdf format or a combination thereof.
“Iman was a great tutor and we all enjoyed the course.”
Guy, Brentwood School, Autocad Intro
Prerequisites
Attendance of the Introduction course (or equivalent knowledge) is required.
Additional Information
Enliten IT reserves the right to modify course content and materials as required in the interests of continuous course improvement, at any time, without notification.
The suggested course duration is a guideline. Course topics and duration on this AutoCAD Intermediate course may be modified by the instructor based upon the knowledge and skill level of the course participants.