AutoCAD - Beyond the Basics
Length: 3 Days, Fee per person: $695
Training Calendar • Registration Form (pdf, 38kb)
Participants are introduced to complex objects and editing methods as well as styles to manage text, dimensions and leaders. Additional text and dimension commands are presented. Techniques for using layouts and viewports to create multi‑scale, multi‑page designs are explored. Participants will create libraries of reusable shapes (blocks) and add changeable text (attributes) to the blocks. Experience with the topics covered in the AutoCAD ‑ The Basics course is necessary as this workshop builds on these concepts.
Exercises for the workshop are drawn from a variety of disciplines, including part design, facility layout, architectural drafting and schematics. Participants for each workshop are surveyed to determine their areas of interest and when possible, exercises are tailored to match the needs of the workshop attendees.
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Creating Complex Shapes
- Creating and Editing Polylines
- Working with Regions
- Drawing Elipses
Leveraging Modify Command Options
- Using Quick Select
- Trim and Extend Command Options
- Offset Command Options
- Fillet and Chamfer Command Options
Creating Styles
- Creating Text Styles
- Creating Dimensions Styles
- Creating Multileader Styles
Advanced Layer Tools
- Creating Layer Filters
- Understanding Layer States
- Layer Walk
Formatting Designs using Layouts and Viewports
- Creating Layouts
- Setting up Viewports
- Controlling Layers in Viewports
- Working with Multiple Layouts
- Working with Page Setups
- Resolving Scale Issues
Working with Blocks
- Understanding Blocks
- Making a Block
- Editing a Block
- Organizing a Design Center Library
- Creating Dynamic Blocks
- Making a Block with Attributes
- Making an Annotative block
- Adding Blocks to a Tool Pallette
- Using the Block Attribute Manager
- Exporting a Block
Topics and duration may be modified by the instructor based on the skill level and knowledge of the participants.