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Syllabus - AutoCAD with 2D and 3D

Getting Started with AutoCAD
3 hours

Introduction, Starting a New File and Opening an Existing One, User Interface In AutoCAD, Setting Up Drawing Units, Setting Up Drawing Limits, Using Various Zoom Options, Example - Units, Limits, and Zoom tools, Saving Drawing Files as an AutoCAD Template

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Using Drawing Tools
3 hours

Understanding Coordinate Systems and Line tool, Example - Using Line tool, Example - Using Absolute Coordinate System, Example - Using Relative Rectangular Coordinate System, Example - Using Relative Polar Coordinate System, Drawing Polylines and Splines, Drawing Using Circle tool, Drawing Using Arc tool, Drawing Using Rectangle tool, Drawing Using Polygon tool, Drawing Using Ellipse tool, Drawing Construction Lines, Rays, Points, and Multiple Points, Applying Hatches and Gradient Hatches, Creating Revision Clouds

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Using Modify Tools
3 hours

Making Selection Sets, Copying and Moving Objects, Using Copy and move tool, Stretching, Scaling, and Offsetting Entities, Example - Using Stretch, Scale tool, Example - Using Offset tool, Rotating and Mirroring Entities, Example- Using Rotate and Mirror tool, Trimming and Extending Entities, Example - Using Trim and Extend tool, Creating Fillets, Creating Chamfers, Creating Blend Curves, Using Erase tool, Using Explode tool, Using Align tool, Using Break and Break at Point tools, Using Join tool, Example - Using Draw and Modify tools, Using Overkill command, Using Array tool, Example - Using Rectangular Array tool, Example - Using Path Array tool, Example - Using Polar Array tool, Using Divide, Measure, and Wipeout tools, Example - Using Divide tool, Example - Using Measure tool, Using Region and Boundary tools, Example - Using Region tool,

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Using Status Bar
3 hours

Using Various Status Bar Toggles, Using Object Snaps and Object Snap Tracking, Using From Snap and Other Snaps, Using Selection Cycling option, Switching Workspaces

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Working with Layers
3 hours

Working with Layers, Using Layer States, Using Layer Filters, Using Match Layer and Layer Walk tools, Using Layer Isolate, Unisolate, and Layer Merge tools, Using Layer Translator

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Writing Standard and Annotative Texts
3 hours

Writing Single Line and Multiline Texts, Example - Writing Single Line Text, Example - Writing Multiline Text, Creating Text Styles

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Adding Standard and Annotative Dimensions
3 hours

Using Dimensioning tools - Dimensions Drop-Down, Managing Dimension Styles using Dimension Style Manager, Creating a New Dimension Style, Importing Dimension Styles from a drawing into the other drawing, Using Quick tool, Using Continue and Baseline tools, Using Break and Inspect tools, Using Adjust Space and Update tools, Using Breakline and Dimjogline tools, Associating and Disassociating Dimensions, Using Centermark and Centerline tools

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Adding Leaders and Tables
3 hours

Using Leader tool, Using Multileader tool, Using Multileader Style Manager, Creating a New Multileader Style, Using Multileader Align tool, Using Multileader Collect tool, Adding and Removing Leaders to an Existing Leader, Creating and Inserting Tables

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Adding and Managing Constraints
3 hours

Concept of Constraints, Using Constraint Settings Dialog Box, Using Autoconstrain tool, Using Coincident, Parallel, and Tangent constraint tools, Using Collinear, Perpendicular, and Smooth constraint tools, Using Concentric, Horizontal, and Symmetric constraint tools, Using Fix, Vertical , and Equal constraint tools, Using Show Hide, Show All, and Hide All tools, Using Linear, Horizontal, and Vertical Dimensional constraint tools, Using Aligned Dimensional constraint tool, Using Radius, Angular, Diameter, and Convert Dimensional constraint tools, Adding Equations to Dimensional constraints, Deleting constraints, Using Parameters Manager

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Working with Views and Viewports
3 hours

Controlling UCS Icon, Viewcube, and Navigation Bar Display, Creating Custom Views (New View tool), Using View Manager, Understanding the concept of Model Space and Paper Space, Creating Model Space Viewports, Creating Named Viewports (VPORTS command), Combining Viewports (Join tool), Creating Custom Viewports (MVIEW command)

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Working with Blocks
3 hours

Concept of Blocks, Creating Blocks, Example - Creating Blocks, Inserting Blocks into the Drawing, Creating Annotative Blocks, Example - Creating Annotative Blocks, Using Write Block tool, Example - Using Write Block tool, Creating Dynamic Blocks, Example - Creating Dynamic Blocks, Accessing Recent Blocks, Importing Blocks from other Drawing into the current Drawing, Using Block Editor tool, Example - Using Block Editor tool, Inserting Blocks using the Design Center, Renaming Blocks, Using PURGE command to delete unused Named Objects

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Adding and Managing Attributes
3 hours

Concept of Attributes, Defining Attributes, Example - Defining Attributes, Editing Attributes, Managing Attributes

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Drawing Utilities
3 hours

Using Drawing Utility tools, Assigning Drawing Properties to an Object, Using List tool, Using ID Point tool, Using Quick Select tool, Using Select All tool, Using Copyclip, Cutclip, and Pasteclip tools, Using PDFIMPORT and PDFATTACH tools, Using Attach tool, Using Tool Palettes in AutoCAD, Creating Custom Tool Palettes

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Creating and Managing Groups
3 hours

Creating Groups, Editing Groups, Ungrouping Entities, Managing Groups

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Creating Isometric Drawings
3 hours

Creating an Isometric Drawing, Example - Creating an Isometric Drawing

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3D Modeling
3 hours

Using Primitive tools, Using Extrude tool, Using Loft tool, Using Revolve tool, Using Sweep tool, Using Presspull tool, Using SOLIDUNION and SOLIDSUBTRACT tools, Using SOLIDINTERSECT and INTERFERE tools, Using Slice and Thicken tools, Using 3D Move and 3D Rotate tools, Using 3D Scale tool, Using 3D Mirror tool, Using 3D Align tool, Generating Orthographic Views, Example 1 - 3D Modeling, Example 2 - 3D Modeling

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Understanding Page setups
3 hours

Working with Pagesetups, Creating a New Pagesetup, Importing Pagesetups

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Layouts, Plotting, and Plot Styles
3 hours

Plotting Drawings, Adding Plotters, Creating Plot Styles, Creating Color Dependent Plot Styles, Creating Named Plot Styles, Example - Creating Named Plot Style

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Customizing AutoCAD
3 hours

Customizing AutoCAD Environment User Interface

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Adding Title Blocks
3 hours

Creating a Title Block, Adding Fields to the Title Block and using it in a Drawing

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