CADsoft Consulting Course Outline

AutoCAD 101 (An Introduction to AutoCAD) 2-Day Course

Course Description
This course is designed for new AutoCAD / AutoCAD LT software users who require comprehensive training. It incorporates the Beginner level of introduction to the basic of AutoCAD. This training will take you from the beginning of a project to the very end at a very basic level. This course is designed to be a prep course for the beginner users of AutoCAD and should attend the AutoCAD Essentials Training Course in Conjunction with this course afterwards.

Course Prerequisite
No previous CAD experience is necessary. However, drafting, design or engineering experience is a plus. It is recommended that you have a working knowledge of: Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows 2007 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows 2000

Course Information
The Intro to AutoCAD/AutoCAD LT 101 course is a two (2) day course. Training hours for the course are from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. This course does not include a training manual.

Course Outline
Environments Model Space Layouts (Paper Space) Mouse Functions Pick (Left Button) Middle Wheel Right Click (Shortcut Menus) Menus

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Application Menu Workspaces Quick Access Toolbar Pull downs Toolbars InfoCenter Ribbon Panel Pallets (Tools, Properties, Design Center) Command Line and Aliases Status Bar

Working with Drawings Drawing Setup Scale Factors New Existing Saving Inputting Coordinates Absolute Relative Polar Direct Distance Dynamic Input Creating Basic Graphic Objects Lines Circles Rectangles Arcs Polylines Polygons Ellipse Creating Text Objects Mtext Text Style Selecting Objects Pick / Auto / Box / Window / Crossing / WPolygon / Cpolygon /Fence Select Similar Grips Displays (Hover, Selected, Hot, Cold) Basic Editing

Editing Basic Objects Erase Move Copy Rotate Scale Add Selected

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Layers and Layer Settings / Displays New Current Display Color Lineweight Hide / Isolate Objects Basic Dimensioning Linear, Aligned, Radius, Diameter, Angular Blocks and Attributes Create a Basic Block and Explain Dynamic Blocks Explain Attributes Xrefs

Explain Purpose only

Basic Page Setup and Plotting Basic Layouts Viewports (Create, Scale Setting/Locking)

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