AutoCAD Essentials (3 days)

Duration: 3 days.

Scheduled 2011/2012 course dates: 31 Oct-2 Nov, 21-23 Nov, 12-14 Dec, 9-11 Jan, 30 Jan-1 Feb, 20-22 Feb, 12-14 Mar, 2-4 Apr, 23-25 Apr, 14-16 May.

Course objective: To provide a thorough grounding in AutoCAD, enabling you to produce accurate 2D drawings. The course teaches AutoCAD drawing techniques that can be applied to a wide range of industries and applications.

Who should attend? Newcomers to AutoCAD and CAD drawing, users with a small amount of AutoCAD experience, and those migrating from a different CAD tool. No prior CAD knowledge is necessary.

Courseware and completion certificate: You receive Autodesk Official Training Courseware, the most comprehensive AutoCAD training materials available. At the end of the course, Autodesk provide you with an industry recognised e-certificate to confirm you have successfully completed an accredited AutoCAD training course.

Autodesk Professional Certification: Autodesk (the developers of AutoCAD) offer a program of professional certification. Armada is an Autodesk Certification Centre (ACC), authorised to hold AutoCAD examinations that lead to industry-recognised ‘Autodesk certified’ status in AutoCAD.

After course support: Following AutoCAD training, you are entitled to 30 days email support from Armada to help with any post-training issues.

Venue: Scheduled AutoCAD courses are hosted in Bromsgrove, in the Midlands. On-demand courses (for your group) can be run on a date and at a location to suit you, which may be Bromsgrove or your venue anywhere in the UK.

Course outline:

Taking the AutoCAD Tour
• Navigating the Working Environment
• Working with Files
• Displaying Objects

Creating Basic Drawings
• Inputting Data
• Creating Basic Objects
• Using Object Snaps
• Using Polar Tracking and PolarSnap™
• Using Object Snap Tracking
• Working with Units

Manipulating Objects
• Selecting Objects in the Drawing
• Changing an Object’s Position
• Creating New Objects from Existing Objects
• Changing the Angle of an Object’s Position
• Creating a Mirror Image of Existing Objects
• Creating Object Patterns
• Changing an Object’s Size

Drawing Organization and Inquiry Commands
• Using Layers
• Changing Object Properties
• Matching Object Properties
• Using the Properties Palette
• Using Linetypes
• Using Inquiry Commands

Altering Objects
• Trimming and Extending Objects to Defined Boundaries
• Creating Parallel and Offset Geometry
• Joining Objects
• Breaking an Object into Two Objects
• Applying a Radius Corner to Two Objects
• Creating an Angled Corner Between Two Objects
• Changing Part of an Object’s Shape

Working with Layouts
• Using Layouts
• Using Viewports

Annotating the Drawing
• Creating Multiline Text
• Creating Single Line Text
• Using Text Styles
• Editing Text

Dimensioning
• Creating Dimensions
• Using Dimension Styles
• Editing Dimensions
• Using Multileaders

Hatching Objects
• Hatching Objects
• Editing Hatch Objects

Working with Reusable Content
• Using Blocks
• Working with DesignCenter™
• Using Tool Palettes

Creating Additional Drawing Objects
• Working with Polylines
• Creating Splines
• Creating Ellipses
• Using Tables

Plotting Your Drawings
• Using Page Setups
• Plotting Drawings

Creating Drawing Templates
• Using Drawing Templates