AutoCAD 201 Hotshot

Description

This intermediate AutoCAD Training course is designed for the experienced AutoCAD user who requires additional training. It incorporates the features, commands and techniques for becoming more productive when creating, annotating, and printing drawings with AutoCAD. This intermediate-level course continues to build on the basic concepts of the AutoCAD Introduction course.

Hands-on exercises throughout the AutoCAD Training course explore how to create 2D production drawings. The exercises are provided in both a printed format as well as an onscreen format that can be viewed next to AutoCAD.

Prerequisites

This AutoCAD Training course is designed for the experienced AutoCAD user who wants to learn more about AutoCAD.

Assumed Knowledge

You’ll have attended the AutoCAD 101 : Essentials Training course or has the same relevant experience, creating and editing basic AutoCAD objects.

Skills

You’ll learn how to use the powerful tools and techniques for drawing, dimensioning, and printing 2D drawings.

• Course content

  Drawing Objects

  creating and editing multilines
  creating revision clouds
  wipeout Objects
  boundaries
  regions

  Manipulating Objects and Data

  selecting objects with quick select
  purging objects
  working with point objects
  dividing and Measuring Objects
  using QuickCalc for Performing Calculations

  Template Drawing Creation

  creating drawing templates

  Dimensioning and Annotation

  introduction to annotation

  Scaling

  controlling annotation scale
  working with text
  using multileaders
  dimensioning
  creating center marks
  creating ordinate imensions
  creating geometric dimensions & tolerances
  working with dimension substyles & overrides

  Reusable Content

  using design center
  creating custom tool palettes
  organising tool palettes
  sharing tool palettes
  using external references
  managing external references
  referencing non-native file types

  Blocks & Attributes

  working with blocks
  creating attributes
  editing attributes

  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

  Layouts & Views

  creating Layouts
  modifying layouts & using page setups
  creating Layout viewports
  working with layout viewports
  controlling object visibility in layout viewports

  Plotting

  working with plotter configuration files

  Creating & Applying

  plot style tables
  publishing drawings

  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 & archiving

  Sheet Sets

  Working with Tables

  working with table styles
  creating & editing tables
  creating advanced tables
  extracting attributes to tables
  exporting & importing tables
  creating tables linked to external data