AutoCAD Essentials

Price: $1225 (USD)

Duration: 3 Days (CEU 21)

[Current Class Schedule]

The objective of AutoCAD Essentials is to enable students to create a basic 2D drawing in AutoCAD. Even at this fundamental level, AutoCAD is one of the most sophisticated computer applications that you are likely to encounter. Therefore, learning to use it is not a trivial undertaking. To make the process easier and provide flexibility for instructors and students, the course is divided into two parts that can be taken independently.

Essentials covers the indispensable core topics for working with AutoCAD. The teaching strategy is to start with a few basic tools that let the student create and edit a simple drawing. You then continue to develop those tools, as well as being introduced to more advanced tools throughout the course.

• Detailed Course Outline

Fundamental Topics:

• Understanding the AutoCAD workspace and user interface
• Using basic drawing, editing, and viewing tools
• Organizing drawing objects on layers
• Inserting reusable symbols (blocks)
• Preparing a layout to be plotted
• Adding text, hatching, and dimensions

Prerequisites:

• A working knowledge of basic design/drafting procedures and terminology
• A working knowledge of Windows 9x, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, or XP

Note: Course may satisfy your local continuing education engineering and surveying requirements. Check with your state board or provincial organization to verify your requirements.

Course description shown for AutoCAD 2010.
Topics, curriculum, and/or prerequisites may change depending on software version.