OBJECTIVE

The software of the professional choice in 2D drafting & detailing and in 3D modeling. AutoCAD delivers the speed, power, and flexibility needed to take their documentation and design further.

COURSE DURATION:

2 Month / 72 Hours

COURSE OUTLINE

2D DESIGNING

• Computer Basics– About hardware and software. Application software and System software. Windows Basics, Files & Folders
• Getting Started with AutoCAD– Interface (Application Menu, Drawing Area, Quick Access, Toolbar, Crosshairs, Info Center, Command Window, Title Bar, Status bar and Ribbon)
• AutoCAD’s Cartesian Workspace. Opening an Existing Drawing File. Viewing Your Work. Saving Your Work.
• Basic Geometric Shapes– Point, Point style, Line (draw using ORTHO Mode), Circle (center radius and center diameter), Erase, Undo, and Redo. Function Keys
• View Command– Regen, Pan, Zoom
• Selection Methods- Single, Window, Crossing, All
• Data Entry Methods– Cartition & Polar (Absolute, Relative)
• Use of OSNAP– End, Mid, Center, Intersection and near. OSNAP override (using Shift + Right click)
• Setting Up of Drafting Settings
• Direct Entry Method- Polar Tracking, Object Snap Tracking
• Temporary Tracking
• Concepts of Text, dimension, hatch
• Circle (All options)
• Fillet, Trim, Offset, Break, Join
• Dynamic Input – Pointer Input
• Copy, Move
• Units- Imperial (English)/Metric Opening. Setting Limits
• Extend, Rotate, Scale, Chamfer
• Concept of Layers and properties – Color, Off, Freeze, Lock
• Assigning Object Properties through Layer, Linetype, Lineweight, LTScale
• Properties Dialog Box, Grip Editing, Qselect, Match Prop
• Draw Commands- Polyline, Arc, Polygon, Ellipse, Donut
• Mirror, Array, Fill, Mirror text
• Polyline (other options), Rectangle, Spline
• Pedit (Join only), Explode, and Stretch
• Isometric drawing (Drafting Settings for isometric drawing) (Practice minimum 3 Days)
• Creation of Blocks, Inserting Blocks
• Using Divide, Measure
• Building designing concepts, Creating top, front, side and sectional views of residential and commercial buildings.
• AutoCAD Design Center, Creating Block Library
• Advanced Text Objects- Annotation Scale Overview, Working with Annotative Styles, Viewing
• Annotative Objects at Different Scales, Annotation Scale and Model Space, Modifying
• Annotative Objects at Different Scales, Using Fields
• Creating Text Using Dtext and MText Command, Text Styles
• Attributes
• Inquiry Commands-ID, DIST, Listand Area,
• Hatch, Gap, Gradient Hatch
• Creating Table (essentials), Adding Dimensions, Editing Dimensions, Use of Dimension Style, Fixed Length Extension, QDim, Dimension Updating & Overriding
• Working with External reference- Attaching DWG files, Attach and Overlay methods
• External References– Attaching External References, Modifying External References, XRef Specific Information
• Parametric Drawing- Working with Constraints, Geometric Constraints, Dimensional Constraints

3D MODELING

• What is 3D?
• Types of 3D Models, Introduction to the 3D Modeling Workspace, 3D Ribbon Panels
• Introduction to 3D– Types of 3D Models, Navigating and Displaying 3D Models, Orbiting Your 3D Model, Changing the Model Display, Setting Viewport Display
• View and Visual style– About Visual Styles, Using the Visual Styles Manager, Using the Visual Styles Control Panel, Exporting Visual Styles
• Shaded and Hidden Views, Creating Views from Flat shots and Section planes
• Creating Solid Primitives– About solid primitive, creating a solid box, creating a solid sphere, creating a solid cylinder, creating a solid cone, creating a solid wedge, creating a solid torus, creating a solid pyramid
• Creating Models from 2D Profiles– Create Models from 2D Profiles, creating a modelUsing the planar surface, polysolid
• Creating a Model Using the Extrude Command, Presspull, Revolve, Sweep, Loft
• Creating Composite Solids– About Composite Solids, Union, Subtract, Intersect, Interference Working in 3D– About the Cartesian coordinate system, changing the UCS Icon Display, Changing the Coordinate System Dynamically

EDITING MODELS

• Adding Detail to Your Solid Models– Filleting Solid Models, Chamfering Solid Models, Slicing a Solid Model, Shell
• Converting Objects– About Converting 2D Objects to Solids or Surfaces, Converting to Surfaces, Converting to Solids, Thickening Surfaces into Solids, Thickening Surfaces to Solids
• Editing Solid Models– Extruding Faces, Moving Faces, Offsetting Faces, Deleting Faces, Rotating Faces, Tapering Faces, Creating a Shell, Imprinting Edges, Separating Solids
• Extracting Geometry from Solid Models- Copying Faces, Copying Edges, Extracting All Model Edges, Exploding 3D Models
• Changing the Model Position– Moving in 3D, Aligning in 3D, Rotating in 3D
• Duplicating the Model– Mirroring in 3D, Arraying in 3D
• Concepts of Lights
• Concepts of Materials
• Rendering concepts
• Quick Properties
• CAD Standards- CAD Standards Concepts, Creating a Standards File, Configuring Standards, Plug-ins, CAD Standards Status Bar Icon, Notes, Checking Standards, CAD Standards Settings Printing & Plotting, Introduction to Layout

1 CERTIFICATE

1. ★ AUTOCAD CIVIL (G-TEC Certificate)