Certificate in AutoCAD

Course Objective - AutoCAD is the most powerful & the most popular Automatic Computer Aided

Drafting Program. You can use AutoCAD to do your designing & drafting work, quickly & easily.

Course Contents:

• Starting & Closing AutoCAD

• AutoCAD Interface Overview

• Communicating With AutoCAD

• Managing Your Drawing Files

• Display Commands:

• View Magnification

• ZOOM Window, ZOOM Previous, Scale

• ZOOM Extents & Zoom Object, PAN in real time

• Coordinates & Basic Drafting Tools:

• Orthographic & Polar Coordinates

• Object Snap Overrides

• Running Object Snaps

• POLAR & Direct Distance Entry

• SNAP & GRID

• Intro to OTRACK

• Creating 2D Geometry

• Creating LINE Objects

• Creating CIRCLEs & ARC

• Introduction to LWPOLYLINE

• Creating & Using POINT

• Introduction to ELLIPSE

• Splines

• Managing Object Properties

• Introduction to Layers

• Managing Properties BYLAYER

• Linetypes & Drawing Scale

• Introduction to Lineweights

• Object Properties

• Overriding BYLAYER Properties

• Properties

• CAD Standards

• CAD Construction Techniques:

• TRIM, EXTEND, FILLET

• Chamfer, Mirror, Stretch, Array

• Text & Defining Styles

• Creating & Modifying Text Styles

• To MTEXT Objects

• Introduction to Blocks

• Making Block Definitions

• Blocks & Drawing Files

• Dimensions & Crosshatching

• Dimensions For Distance

• Angular Dimensions

• Radial & Diameter Dimensions

• To Dimension Styles

• Styles Defined In Other Drawings

• Editing Dimensions

• Creating New HATCH Objects

• Editing Existing HATCH Objects

• Page Setup & Plotting

• Creating New Layouts From Scratch

• Freezing Layers in Viewports

• Plot Styles

• Introduction to Drawing Setup

• Drawing Setup Overview

• Understanding Units in AutoCAD

• 2D to 3D.

AutoCAD is used by

• Design professionals who create conceptual designs, 3D models

• Design professionals who create technical drawings

• Drafters who put the finishing touches on a design with detailing

• Contractors, suppliers, or operational professionals who need to review drawings