GENERAL AUTOCAD COURSE

This course trains on General Autocad features and Concepts.

Beginner 5(1 Ratings) 4 Students enrolled English
Created by David Wachira
Last updated Mon, 22-Jan-2024
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Course overview

This course trains on General Autocad features and Concepts. It has 10 sections with each section covering an AutoCAD topic. Sections have lessons and resource files to aid in the learning. Every lesson has an explanation video and a summary note which details the concepts covered.

This course is suitable for beginners who want to understand AutoCAD. It may also be suitable for those who already have a basic understanding of AutoCAD but would wish to learn more. 

What will i learn?

  • Understand General Autocad concepts such as Navigation, Object snaps, Dynamic Input etc
  • Master how Layers in AutoCAD works
  • Understand how blocks are created
  • Understand AutoCAD 2D linework and modifying thereafter
  • Understand publishing drawings in AutoCAD
  • Learn how to work with Annotation objects such as Text, dimensions and leaders
Requirements
  • Laptop
  • General Autocad software
  • A mouse
Curriculum for this course
122 Lessons 11:53:00 Hours
GETTING YOURSELF STARTED
1 Lessons 00:05:00 Hours
  • Course playing page; handling lessons, assignments and resources
    00:05:00
GETTING STARTED
19 Lessons 01:42:00 Hours
  • Getting Started And Creating A New Drawing
    Preview 00:05:00
  • More Templates
    Preview 00:02:00
  • The Application Menu
    Preview 00:08:00
  • Application Menu Options
    Preview 00:02:00
  • The Workspace
    Preview 00:05:00
  • The Drawing Space And Command Line
    00:07:00
  • Ribbon And Other Workspace Settings
    00:07:00
  • DRAWING 08: SECTION 1
    .
  • Main Navigations
    00:04:00
  • The View Cube
    00:08:00
  • The Steering Wheel
    00:07:00
  • Pan, Zoom And Orbit In Navigation Bar
    00:07:00
  • Customizing The Workspace
    00:10:00
  • The Trackers
    00:06:00
  • Object Snap 1
    00:08:00
  • Object Snap 2
    00:05:00
  • Object Snap 3
    00:05:00
  • Snap Reference Lines
    00:04:00
  • The Dynamic Input (DYN)
    00:02:00
2D OBJECTS
27 Lessons 02:48:00 Hours
  • Line Tool 1
    00:03:00
  • Line Poperties
    00:10:00
  • Modifying Line
    00:08:00
  • Polyline 1
    00:04:00
  • Polyline 2
    00:07:00
  • Polyline Width
    00:06:00
  • Rectangle
    00:10:00
  • DRAWING 26
    .
  • Circle
    00:06:00
  • Polygons
    00:06:00
  • DRAWING 28
    .
  • The Arc
    00:10:00
  • Ellipse
    00:03:00
  • DRAWING 30
    .
  • Regions
    00:11:00
  • DRAWING 31
    .
  • Creating Sub-Regions
    00:05:00
  • Creating A Donut
    00:05:00
  • DRAWING 33
    .
  • Hatch Types
    00:12:00
  • DRAWING 34
    .
  • Hatch Pattern Settings
    00:19:00
  • Points Divisions
    00:10:00
  • Spline
    00:09:00
  • *Construction Line, Ray Line, 3D Polyline
    00:10:00
  • Creating A Helix
    00:08:00
  • Line And Polyline Comparison
    00:06:00
MODIFYING TOOLS
22 Lessons 01:22:00 Hours
  • DRAWING40
    .
  • The Move
    00:03:00
  • DRAWING41
    .
  • The Copy Tool
    00:06:00
  • DRAWING 42
    .
  • Rotate
    00:05:00
  • DRAWING 43
    .
  • The Mirror Tool
    00:05:00
  • Offsetting Objects
    00:04:00
  • DRAWING 45
    .
  • PDF 01
    .
  • The Scale Tool
    00:14:00
  • DRAWING 46
    .
  • Fillet And Chamfer
    00:05:00
  • *The Trim And Extend Tools
    00:10:00
  • DRAWING 48
    .
  • Break And Join
    00:05:00
  • Rectangular Array
    00:10:00
  • DRAWING 50
    .
  • Blend Curve Tool
    00:04:00
  • DRAWING 51
    .
  • Polar And Path Arrays
    00:11:00
EXERCISES
9 Lessons 01:17:00 Hours
  • Exercise 01
    00:15:00
  • OBJECT 011: Excerise 01 Completed Drawing
    .
  • Exercise 2A
    00:14:00
  • Exercise 2B
    00:07:00
  • OBJECT 012: Excercise 2A and 2B solved drawing
    .
  • Exercise 3
    00:29:00
  • SIMPLE PLAN: Exercise 03 completed drawing file
    .
  • Exercise 4
    00:12:00
  • OBJECT 013: Exercise 04 completed dwg file
    .
LAYERS
7 Lessons 00:39:00 Hours
  • Layer 1: Layer Properties
    00:05:00
  • Layer 2; Palette Object Properties Controlled by Layer
    00:06:00
  • Layer 3; Layer Controls
    00:06:00
  • Layer 4; Layer Panel
    00:08:00
  • Layer 5; More on Layers
    00:05:00
  • OBJECT 012
    .
  • Layer 6; Layer Exercise
    00:09:00
ANNOTATION TOOLS
11 Lessons 00:48:00 Hours
  • DIMENSION DWG 01
    .
  • Dimension 01; Dimensions are annotative
    00:08:00
  • Dimension 02; Modifying Dimension Style
    00:07:00
  • Dimension 03;
    00:02:00
  • DIMENSION DWG 02
    .
  • Dimension 04; Dimension Types
    00:08:00
  • Dimension 05; More on Dimensions
    00:06:00
  • Dimension 06; Layer dimensions
    00:01:00
  • SIMPLE PLAN
    .
  • Text
    00:06:00
  • Leaders
    00:10:00
PARAMETRIC CONSTRAINTS
12 Lessons 01:00:00 Hours
  • Parametric 01: Constraints
    00:04:00
  • Parametric 02; Geometric Constraints Types 01
    00:06:00
  • DRAWING 73
    .
  • Parametric 03; Geometric Constraints Types 02
    00:05:00
  • Parametric 04; Fix Constraint Type
    00:05:00
  • Parametric 05; Dimensional Constraints 01
    00:06:00
  • OBJECT 012C
    .
  • Parametric 06; Dimensional Constraints 02
    00:09:00
  • OBJECT 011D
    .
  • Parametric 07; Exercise 01- Constraining an object
    00:04:00
  • Parametric 08; Exercise 02: Constraining an object
    00:12:00
  • Parametric 09; Constraints Controls
    00:09:00
BLOCKS
7 Lessons 00:56:00 Hours
  • Block 1; Introduction to Blocks
    00:04:00
  • Block 2; Block Definition 01: Door in a plan view
    00:11:00
  • Block 3; Editing a block
    00:02:00
  • Block 4; Window Block Definition
    00:16:00
  • Block 5; Adding Attributes
    00:04:00
  • Block 6; Visibility States
    00:07:00
  • Block 7; AutoCAD Pre-Defined Blocks
    00:12:00
PLOTING DRAWINGS
6 Lessons 00:57:00 Hours
  • Layout 1; The Layout Space
    00:04:00
  • Layout 2; How the Layout Space works
    00:06:00
  • Layout 3; Placing Views On Sheets
    00:11:00
  • Layout 4; Batch Plotting
    00:06:00
  • Layout 5; Title Block 1
    00:04:00
  • Layout 6; Title Block Creation From Scratch
    00:26:00
EXTERNAL REFERENCING
1 Lessons 00:19:00 Hours
  • External Referencing
    00:19:00
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