AutoCAD Architecture Advanced

Price: $1225 (USD)

Duration: 3 Days (CEU 21)

[Current Class Schedule]

AutoCAD Architecture is “AutoCAD optimized for architecture”. In addition to all of the standard AutoCAD tools, it offers a host of features to greatly increase the speed and efficiency of architectural drawings. The software is designed to work from first concept (conceptual design or mass model) all the way through to design development, working drawings, and facilities maintenance.

To meet the needs of different students, we have divided the training materials for this complex application into two courses. AutoCAD Architecture Fundamentals focuses on the design development and construction documentation features of AutoCAD Architecture—the basic tools that the majority of students will need in their work. AutoCAD Architecture Advanced focuses on conceptual design in the sense of massing studies and space planning, as well as several more advanced features for greater control over the program.

The AutoCAD Architecture Advanced class is intended primarily for architects and other advanced students who need the ability to design massing studies or space studies, or to customize settings in the AutoCAD Architecture environment.

• Detailed Course Outline

Fundamental Topics:

• Understanding the Style Manager.
• Using advanced wall and section/elevation tools.
• Managing drawings with projects and applying project standards.
• Creating massing studies with mass elements and mass groups.
• Using spaces and areas to develop a building design.
• Defining multi-view blocks and creating custom content.
• Creating styles for AEC objects including walls, doors, windows, and curtain walls as well as annotation object styles.
• Customizing layer properties and the display system

Prerequisites: Students should complete the Fundamentals course, or have equivalent experience with the software, before taking this class. They also need a solid background in AutoCAD, since AutoCAD tools and concepts will be essential for working with AutoCAD Architecture. In particular, students should be familiar with basic 3D viewing tools (preset viewpoints, 3D Orbit, and shading options), layouts, and xrefs (used in AutoCAD Architecture projects).

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