AUTOCAD TRAINING AT CADCAM CENTRE

1. Creating a Simple Drawing
Getting Started with AutoCAD
o Starting AutoCAD
o AutoCAD's Screen Layout
o Working with Commands
o Opening an Existing Drawing File
o Saving Your Work
o AutoCAD's Cartesian Workspace
Basic Drawing & Editing Commands
o Drawing Lines
o Erasing Objects
o Drawing Lines with Polar Tracking
o Drawing Rectangles
o Drawing Circles
o Viewing Your Drawing
o Undoing and Redoing Actions
2. Making Your Drawings More Precise

Drawing Precision in AutoCAD
o Using Object Snap
o Object Snap Overrides
o Polar Tracking Settings
o Object Snap Tracking
o Drawing with SNAP and GRID
aking Changes in Your Drawing
o Selecting Objects for Editing
o Moving Objects
o Copying Objects
o Rotating Objects
o Scaling Objects
o Mirroring Objects
o Editing Objects with Grips
ng Organization and Information
ganizing Your Drawing with Layers
o Creating New Drawings With Templates
o What are Layers?
o Layer State
o Changing an Object's Layer
dvanced Object Types
o Drawing Arcs
o Drawing Polylines
o Editing Polylines
o Drawing Polygons
o Drawing Ellipses
Getting Information From Your Dra
o Measuring Objects
o Working with Properties
Creating More Complex Objects
Advanced Editing Commands
o Trimming and Extending
o Stretching Objects
o Creating Fillets and Chamfers
o Offsetting Objects
o Creating Arrays of Objects
Inserting Blocks
o What are Blocks?
o Inserting Blocks from Tool Palet
o Inserting Blocks using Insert
o Inserting Blocks with DesignCen
Preparing to Print
Setting Up a Layout
o Printing Concepts
o Creating Viewports
o Setting up Layouts
o Guidelines for Layouts
Printing Your Drawing
o Printing Layouts
o Printing a Check Plot
Annotating Your Drawing
Text
o Working with Annotations
o Adding Text in a Drawing
o Modifying Multiline Text
o Formatting Multiline Text
Hatching
o Hatching
Adding Dimensions
o Dimensioning Concepts
o Adding Linear Dimensions
o Adding Radial and Angular Dimensi
o Editing Dimensions
o Adding Notes to Your Drawing
7. Beyond the Basics
Working Effectively with AutoCAD
o Setting up the Interface
o Using the Keyboard Effectively
o Working in Multiple Drawings
o Using Grips Effectively
o Additional Layer Tools
Accurate Positioning
o Coordinate Entry
o Locating Points with Tracking
o Construction Lines
o Placing Reference Points
8. Creating and Organizing Blocks
Creating Blocks
o Creating Blocks
o Editing Blocks
o Removing Unused Elements
Blocks in Tool Palettes
o Adding Blocks to Tool Palettes
o Modifying Tool Properties in Tool Palettes
9. Drawing Setup and Utilities
Creating Templates
o Why Use Templates?
o Controlling Units Display
o Creating New Layers
o Adding Standard Layouts to Templates
o Saving Templates
Annotation Styles
o Creating Text Styles
o Creating Dimension Styles
o Creating Multileader Styles
10. Advanced Layouts and Printing


Advanced Layouts
o Creating and Using Named Views
o Creating Additional Viewports
o Layer Overrides in Viewports
o Additional Annotative Scale Features
DWF Printing and Publishing
o DWF Plotting and Viewing
o Publishing Drawing Sets
11. Other Topics
o How to Use Quick Calc
o Additional Zoom Commands
o Creating Model Space Viewports
o Advanced Object Selection
o Single-Line Text
o Other Text Tools
o Additional Dimensioning Tools
o Creating Boundaries
o Working with Regions
o Temporary Overrides
12. AutoCAD 2009 3D Drawing and Modelling
3D Foundations
Why use 3D?
Introduction to the 3D Modeling Workspace
Basic 3D Viewing Tools
3D Navigation Tools
Introduction to the User Coordinate System
mple Solids
Working with Solid Primitives
Solid Primitive Types
Working with Composite Solids
Working with Mesh Models
eating Solids & Surfaces from 2D
Complex 3D Geometry
Extruded Solids and Surfaces
Swept Solids and Surfaces
Revolved Solids and Surfaces
Lofted Solids and Surfaces
dvanced Solid Editing
Editing Components of Solids
Editing Faces of Solids
Fillets and Chamfers on Solids
orking Drawings from 3D Models
Creating Multiple Viewports
2D Views from 3D Solids