AutoCAD Fundamentals

Course Objective: AutoCAD students will learn the basic AutoCAD commands necessary to create, edit and plot a drawing. Fundamental concepts of creating, editing, dimensioning, viewing, managing and plotting two-dimensional drawings will be covered. Upon completion of this course, you should be able to confidently create, edit, manipulate, analyze, manage, dimension, and plot production 2D drawings.

Who Should Attend: This AutoCAD course is designed to bring the drafter, designer, engineer or new user to a productive level of experience. It is an appropriate course of all design disciplines and for individuals who edit, view or work with others that create design content.

Course Prerequisites: No previous CAD experience necessary. However, drafting, design or engineering experience is a plus. A working knowledge of Windows-based operating systems is preferred.

Course Description: This intensive AutoCAD course covers many key concepts, including launching AutoCAD, AutoCAD menus, user interface, screen layout, drawing setup procedures, function keys, basic 2D drawing creation commands, file management commands, setting drawing precision, coordinate input systems, editing commands and features, setting and using layers, inquiring about drawing information, introduction to block creation, hatching, introduction to dimensioning techniques, drawing template creation, object snaps, display manipulation commands for object viewing, basic editing techniques, text annotation creation and usage, basic plotting techniques in model space and with paperspace layouts, page setups and plot style tables.

Topics Include:
    • AutoCAD Overview and Getting Started
    • Basic 2D Drawing Creation
    • Precision Drawing Tools
    • Editing AutoCAD Objects
    • Layer Usage
    • Displaying and Viewing AutoCAD Objects
    • Drawing organization and Query
    • Annotating AutoCAD Objects
    • Dimensioning
    • Hatch Objects
    • Creating AutoCAD Objects
    • Plotting

Course Schedule:
Call Advantage Career Institute at (732) 222-6550 for the current course schedule.

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To register call Advantage Career Institute at (732) 222-6550.