Product Description

AutoCAD/AutoCAD LT 2017 Essentials

Courseware Description
Students learn the features, tools, and techniques of AutoCAD® 2017. The hands-on exercises teach students to
create general designs and engineering production drawings efficiently.

Suggested Course Duration: 3 days

Onscreen Exercises Included? Yes

Objective
The primary objective of this course is to teach students the basic commands necessary for professional 2D
drawing, design, and drafting using AutoCAD.
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:

• Navigate the AutoCAD user interface.

• Use the fundamental features of AutoCAD.
• Use the precision drafting tools in AutoCAD to develop accurate technical drawings.
• Present drawings in a detailed and visually impressive manner.

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for the new user of AutoCAD.

Prerequisites
Before using this courseware, students should have:
 A working knowledge of basic design/drafting procedures and terminology
 A working knowledge of your operating system.
 Course Outline

DAY1
Getting Started
 Sign In to Autodesk 360 on the Start Tab
 Explore the AutoCAD for Windows User Interface
 Setting Drawing Units

Basic Drawing Skills

 Navigating 2D Drawings
 Drawing Lines and Rectangles
 Canceling, Erasing, and Undoing
 Using Coordinate Systems
 Drawing Circles, Arcs, and Polygons
 Filleting and Chamfering Lines

Using Drawing Aids

 Grid and Snaps
 Ortho and Polar Tracking
 PolarSnap
 Running Object Snaps
 Harness the From Snap
 Object Snap Tracking

Editing Entities
 Creating Selection Sets
 Move and Copy
 Rotate and Scale
 Working with Arrays
 Trim and Extend
 Lengthen and Stretch
 Offset and Mirror
 Grip Editing

DAY2
Shaping Curves
 Drawing and Editing Curved Polylines
 Drawing Ellipses
 Drawing and Editing Splines
 Blending between Objects and Splines

Controlling Object Visibility and Appearance

 Changing Object Properties
 Setting the Current Layer
  Altering Object’s Layer Visibility
 Control Layer Visibility
 Applying Linetype
 Assigning Properties by Object or by Layer
 Managing Layer Properties
 Isolate Objects

Organizing Objects
 Defining Blocks
 Inserting Blocks
 Editing Blocks
 Redefining Blocks
 Working with Groups

Hatching and Gradients

 Specifying Hatch Areas
 Associating Hatches with Boundaries
 Hatching with Patterns
 Hatching with Gradients

Working with Blocks and Xrefs

 Working with Global Blocks
 Searching for Content Across Multiple Drawings
 Storing Content on Tool Palettes
 Referencing External Drawing and Images

DAY3
Creating and Editing Text
 Creating Text Styles
 Writing Lines of Text
 Writing and Formatting Paragraphs of Text using MTEXT
 Editing Text

Dimensioning
 Styling Dimensions
 Adding Dimensions
 Editing Dimensions

Keeping in Control with Constraints

 Working with Geometric Constraints
 Applying Dimensional Constraints and Creating User Parameters
 Constraining Objects Simultaneously with Geometric and Dimensions
 Making Parametric Changes to Constrained Objects

Working with Layouts and Annotative Objects

 Creating Annotative Styles and Objects
 Creating Layouts
  Adjusting Floating Viewports
 Overriding Layer Properties in a Layout Viewports
 Draw on Layouts

Printing and Plotting

 Configuring Output Devices
 Creating Plot Style Tables
 Using Plot Style Tables
 Plotting in Model Space
 Plotting in Layouts in Paper Space
 Exporting to an Electronic Format

Working with Data

 Defining Attributes and Blocks
 Inserting Attributes Blocks
 Editing Tables Styles and Creating Tables
 Using Fields in Table Cells
 Editing Table Data

Note: The suggested course duration is a guideline. Course topics and duration may
be modified by the instructor based upon the knowledge and skill level of the course participants.

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