Description:
This course contains a detailed explanation of AutoCAD commands and their applications
to solve drafting and design problems. Every command is thoroughly explained with
the help of examples and illustrations. This makes it easy for users to understand
the functions and applications in the drawing. After going through this course,
you will be able to use AutoCAD commands to make a drawing, dimension a drawing,
applying constraints, insert texts and blocks, create 3D objects, generate drafting
views of the model, 3d print a model, use CAD Standards, and advanced applications
in AutoCAD software. This course covers basic drafting and designing concepts that
equip the users with the essential drafting skills to solve problems in AutoCAD.
While going through this course, the user will learn some advanced tools introduced
in the recent versions of AutoCAD such as DWG Compare, Save to Web and Mobile, Shared
View, CAD Standards, 3D Print, and more. In this course, special emphasis has been
laid on industrial applications and usage of AutoCAD tools so that it serves beginners
as well as professionals to understand the functions.
Salient Features of this Course:
- A comprehensive course consisting of 202 video lectures that are organized in a
pedagogical sequence.
- Detailed explanation of all AutoCAD commands and tools.
- Step-by-step instructions to guide the users through the learning process.
- Tools explained in a manner that you can easily take on the Autodesk Certified Professional
exam.
Course Curriculam
1. GETTING STARTED
- 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
- UNITS LIMITS AND ZOOM TOOL-EXAMPLE
- SAVING DRAWING FILE AS AN AUTOCAD TEMPLATE
2. DRAW TOOLS
- LINE TOOL AND UNDERSTANDING COORDINATE SYSTEMS
- LINE TOOL-EXAMPLE
- ABSOLUTE COORDINATE SYSTEM-EXAMPLE
- RELATIVE RECTANGULAR COORDINATES-EXAMPLE
- RELATIVE POLAR COORDINATES-EXAMPLE
- DRAWING POLYLINES AND SPLINES
- DRAWING CIRCLES
- CIRCLE TOOL-EXAMPLE
- DRAWING ARCS
- ARC TOOL-EXAMPLE
- DRAWING RECTANGLES
- RECTANGLE TOOL-EXAMPLE
- DRAWING POLYGONS
- POLYGON TOOL-EXAMPLE
- DRAWING ELLIPSES
- ELLIPSE TOOL-EXAMPLE
- DRAWING CONSTRUCTION LINES,RAYS, POINTS and MULTIPLE POINTS
- HATCHES AND GRADIENTS
- CREATING REVISION CLOUDS
3. MODIFY TOOLS
- MAKING SELECTION SETS
- COPYING AND MOVING OBJECTS
- COPY TOOL-EXAMPLE
- MOVE TOOL-EXAMPLE
- STRETCHING, SCALING AND OFFSETTING ENTITIES
- STRETCH TOOL-EXAMPLE
- SCALE TOOL-EXAMPLE
- OFFSET TOOL-EXAMPLE
- ROTATING AND MIRRORING ENTITIES
- ROTATE TOOL-EXAMPLE
- MIRROR TOOL-EXAMPLE
- TRIMMING AND EXTENDING ENTITIES
- TRIM TOOL-EXAMPLE
- EXTEND TOOL-EXAMPLE
- CREATING FILLETS
- CREATING CHAMFERS
- CREATING BLEND CURVES
- ERASE TOOL
- EXPLODE TOOL
- ALIGN TOOL
- ALIGN TOOL-EXAMPLE
- BREAK AND BREAK AT POINT TOOLS
- BREAK TOOL-EXAMPLE
- BREAK AT POINT TOOL-EXAMPLE
- JOIN TOOL
- DRAW AND MODIFY TOOLS-EXAMPLE
- OVERKILL COMMAND
- ARRAY TOOL
- POLAR ARRAY-EXAMPLE
- RECTANGULAR ARRAY TOOL-EXAMPLE
- PATH ARRAY TOOL-EXAMPLE
- DIVIDE, MEASURE AND WIPEOUT TOOLS
- DIVIDE TOOL-EXAMPLE
- MEASURE TOOL-EXAMPLE
- REGION AND BOUNDARY TOOLS
- REGION TOOL-EXAMPLE
4. STATUS BAR TOGGLES
- STATUS BAR TOGGLES
- OBJECT SNAPS AND OBJECT SNAP TRACKING
- FROM SNAP AND OTHER SNAPS
- SELECTION CYCLING
- SWITCHING WORKSPACES
5. WORKING WITH LAYERS
- WORKING WITH LAYERS
- LAYER STATES
- LAYER FILTERS
- MATCH LAYER AND LAYER WALK TOOLS
- LAYER ISOLATE, UNISOLATE AND LAYERMERGE TOOLS
- LAYER TRANSLATOR
6. WRITING STANDARD AND ANNOTATIVE TEXTS
- SINGLE LINE AND MULTILINE TEXT
- SINGLE LINE TEXT TOOL-EXAMPLE
- MULTILINE TEXT TOOL-EXAMPLE
- TEXT STYLES
7. ADDING STANDARD AND ANNOTATIVE DIMENSIONS
- DIMENSION DROP DOWN
- DIMENSION STYLE MANAGER
- CREATING NEW DIMENSION STYLE
- IMPORTING DIMENSION STYLE FROM ONE DRAWING INTO THE OTHER DRAWING
- QUICK TOOL
- CONTINUE AND BASELINE TOOLS
- BREAK AND INSPECT TOOLS
- ADJUST SPACE AND UPDATE TOOLS
- BREAKLINE AND DIMJOGLINE TOOLS
- ASSOCIATE AND DISASSOCIATE DIMENSIONS
- CENTERMARK AND CENTERLINE TOOLS
8. ADDING LEADERS AND TABLES
- LEADER TOOL
- MULTILEADER TOOL
- MULTILEADER STYLE MANAGER
- HOW TO CREATE A NEW MULTILEADER STYLE
- MULTILEADERALIGN TOOL
- MULTILEADER COLLECT TOOL
- ADD LEADER AND REMOVE LEADER TOOLS
- CREATING AND INSERTING TABLES
9. ADDING CONSTRAINTS AND MANAGING THEM
- CONCEPT OF CONSTRAINTS
- CONSTRAINTS SETTINGS DIALOG BOX
- AUTOCONSTRAIN TOOL
- COINCIDENT PARALLEL AND TANGENT CONSTRAINT TOOLS
- COLLINEAR PERPENDICULAR AND SMOOTH CONSTRAINTS
- CONCENTRIC HORIZONTAL AND SYMMETRIC CONSTRAINTS
- FIX VERTICAL AND EQUAL CONSTRAINTS
- SHOWHIDE SHOW ALL AND HIDE ALL TOOLS
- LINEAR HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL DIMENSIONAL CONSTRAINTS
- ALIGNED DIMENSIONAL CONSTRAINT TOOL
- RADIUS ANGULAR DIAMETER AND CONVERT DIMENSIONAL CONSTRAINT TOOLS
- ADDING EQUATIONS TO THE DIMENSIONAL CONSTRAINTS
- DELETE CONSTRAINTS TOOL
- PARAMETERS MANAGER
10. WORKING WITH VIEWS AND VIEWPORTS
- UCS ICON VIEWCUBE AND NAVIGATION BAR DISPLAY
- CREATING CUSTOM VIEWS(NEW VIEW TOOL)
- VIEW MANAGER
- CONCEPT OF MODEL SPACE AND PAPER SPACE
- CREATING MODEL SPACE VIEWPORTS
- NAMED VIEWPORTS(VPORTS COMMAND)
- COMBINING VIEWPORTS(JOIN TOOL)
- MVIEW TOOL
11. WORKING WITH BLOCKS
- CONCEPT OF BLOCKS
- CREATING BLOCKS
- CREATING BLOCK-EXAMPLE
- INSERTING BLOCKS INTO THE DRAWING
- CREATING ANNOTATIVE BLOCKS
- CREATING ANNOTATIVE BLOCKS-EXAMPLE
- WRITE BLOCK TOOL
- WRITE BLOCK TOOL-EXAMPLE
- DYNAMIC BLOCKS
- DYNAMIC BLOCKS-EXAMPLE
- ACCESSING RECENT BLOCKS
- IMPORTING BLOCKS FROM OTHER DRAWING INTO THE CURRENT DRAWING
- BLOCK EDITOR TOOL
- BLOCK EDITOR-EXAMPLE
- INSERTING BLOCKS USING THE DESIGN CENTER
- RENAMING BLOCKS
- DELETING UNUSED NAMED OBJECTS(PURGE COMMAND)
12. ADDING ATTRIBUTES AND MANAGING THEM
- CONCEPT OF ATTRIBUTES
- DEFINING ATTRIBUTES
- DEFINE ATTRIBUTES-EXAMPLE
- EDIT ATTRIBUTES
- MANAGE ATTRIBUTES
13. DRAWING UTILITIES
- DRAWING UTILITY TOOLS
- ASSIGNING DRAWING PROPERTIES TO AN OBJECT
- LIST TOOL
- ID POINT
- QUICK SELECT TOOL
- SELECT ALL TOOL
- COPYCLIP, CUTCLIP AND PASTECLIP TOOLS
- PDFIMPORT AND PDFATTACH TOOLS
- ATTACH TOOL
- USING TOOL PALETTES IN AUTOCAD
- CREATING CUSTOM TOOL PALETTES
14. CREATING AND MANAGING GROUPS
- CREATING GROUPS
- EDITING GROUPS
- UNGROUPING ENTITIES
- MANAGING GROUPS
15. CREATING ISOMETRIC DRAWINGS
- CREATING ISOMETRIC DRAWINGS
- ISOMETRIC DRAWINGS-EXAMPLE
16. CREATING 3D MODELS
- PRIMITIVE TOOLS
- EXTRUDE TOOL
- LOFT TOOL
- REVOLVE TOOL
- SWEEP TOOL
- PRESSPULL TOOL
- SOLID UNION AND SOLID SUBTRACT TOOLS
- SOLID INTERSECT AND INTERFERE TOOLS
- SLICE AND THICKEN TOOLS
- 3D MOVE AND 3D ROTATE TOOLS
- 3D SCALE TOOL
- 3D MIRROR TOOL
- 3D ALIGN TOOL
- GENERATING ORHOGRAPHIC VIEWS
- EXAMPLE ON 3D MODELING-01
- EXAMPLE ON 3D MODELING-02
17. WORKING WITH PAGESETUPS
- WORKING WITH PAGESETUPS
- CREATING A NEW PAGESETUP
- IMPORTING PAGESETUPS
18. LAYOUTS, PLOTTING AND PLOT STYLES
- PLOTTING DRAWINGS
- ADDING PLOTTERS
- USING PLOT STYLES
- COLOR DEPENDENT PLOT STYLES
- NAMED PLOT STYLES
- NAMED PLOT STYLE-EXAMPLE
19. REFERENCING EXTERNAL FILES
- CONCEPT OF EXTERNAL REFERENCES
- BIND TOOL
20. COLLABORATION TOOLS
- SAVE TO WEB AND MOBILE
- COMPARING DRAWINGS(DWGCOMPARE TOOL)
- SHARING DRAWING VIEWS
21. CUSTOMIZING AUTOCAD
- CUSTOMIZE USER INTERFACE
- CREATING CUSTOM ALIASES
- WRITING SCRIPT FILES AND RUNNING THEM
- VISUAL LISP EDITOR
22. ADDING TITLE BLOCKS
- CREATING A TITLE BLOCK
- ADDING FIELDS TO TITLE BLOCK AND USING THEM IN DIFFERENT DRAWINGS
23. WORKING WITH SHEET SETS
- SHEET SET MANAGER
- PUBLISHING SHEETS USING THE SHEET SET MANAGER
- E TRANSMIT TOOL(SHEET SETS)
- INSERTING DRAWING VIEWS INTO A SHEET
24. ADVANCED TOOLS
- CAD STANDARDS
- 3D PRINTING
- WORKING WITH ACTION MACROS
- DATA EXTRACTION TOOL