AUTOCAD

COURSE CONTENT:

GETTING FAMILIAR WITH AUTOCAD

Understanding the AutoCAD Window,Starting a Drawing,Panning and Zooming to Adjust Your View,Understanding the Layout View,Understanding How Command Options Work.

UNDERSTANDING THE DRAFTING TOOLS

Understanding the AutoCAD Coordinate System, Setting Up a Drawing, Using a Digital T Square and Triangle,Getting a Visual Reference with the Grid Mode, Snapping to the Grid or Other Regular Intervals , Changing the Grid and Snap Settings, Selecting Exact Locations on Objects,Aligning Objects Using Object Snap Tracking and Tracking Points, Using the Temporary Tracking Point Feature.

DRAWING 2D OBJECTS

Working with the Draw Panel, Drawing Straight Lines,Drawing Circles and Arcs,Drawing Curves,Drawing Parallel Lines, Drawing Revision Clouds,Working with Hatch Patterns and Solid Fills, Drawing Regular Polygons, Using Objects to Lay Out Your Drawing.

EDITING AUTOCAD OBJECTS

Selecting Objects, Editing the Windows Way, Changing Objects with Grips and Dynamic Input, Controlling Objects Using the Properties Palette.

GETTING ORGANIZED WITH LAYERS

Creating and Assigning Layers, Setting the Current Layer, Controlling Layer Visibility, Locking Layers from Printing and Editing, Finding the Layers You Want, Taming an Unwieldy List of Layers, Saving and Recalling Layer Settings, Using the Layers Panel to Manage Layers, Organizing Visual Content by, Using Properties .

USING BLOCKS, GROUPS, XREFS, AND DESIGN CENTER

Organizing Objects by Using Groups, Getting Multiple Uses from Drawings using External References, Keeping Track of Drawing Components with Design Center, Keeping Tools on Hand with the Tool Palettes Window.

CREATING TEXT

Adding and Formatting Text, Understanding Text and Scale, Using Styles to Organize Your Fonts, Adding Single Words with the Single-Line Text Object, Adding Tables to Your Drawing.

USING DIMENSION

Understanding the Parts of an AutoCAD Dimension,Dimensioning in the Model or Layout View,Drawing Linear Dimensions,Dimensioning Nonorthogonal Objects,Adding a Note with an Arrow Using the Leader Tool,Using Ordinate Dimensions,Adding Tolerance Notation,Editing Dimensions, Setting Up the Dimension’s Appearance.

GATHERING INFORMATION

Measuring Areas,Finding the Coordinate of a Point, Measuring Distaices, Measuring Angles, Getting the Genera! Status of the Drawing, Finding the Time Spent on a Drawing, Finding Text in a Drawing

USING DIMENSION

Setting Up a Drawing for Printing, Printing Your Drawing, Storing Your Printer Settings, Controlling Color, Lines, and Fills Through Plot Styles,Assigning Named Plot Styles, Directly to Layers and Objects, Converting a Drawing from Color Plot Styles to Named Plot Styles .

AUTOCAD 3D SOLID MODELING

COURSE CONTENT:

Introduction to 3D

Types of 3D Models

Setting Viewport Display

Creating Solid Primitives

About Solid Primitive

Creating a Solid Box

Creating a Solid Sphere

Creating a Solid Cylinder

Creating a Solid Cone

Creating a Solid Wedge

Creating a Solid Torus

Creating a Solid Pyramid

Creating Models from 2D Profiles

About Models from 2D Profiles

About the Right-Hand Rule of Rotation

Choosing a Model Creation Method

Creating a Model Using the Planar Surface Command

Creating a Model Using the Polysolid Command

Creating a Model Using the Extrude Command

Creating a Model Using the Presspull Command

Creating a Model Using the Revolve Command

Creating a Helical Path

Creating a Model Using the Sweep Command

Creating a Model Using the Loft Command

Creating Composite Solids

About Composite Solids

Creating Solids Using Union

Creating Solids Using Subtract

Creating Solids Using Intersect

Checking Interference

Working in 3D

About the Cartesian Coordinate System

Changing the Coordinate System

Changing the UCS Icon Display

Acquiring Points in 3D Space

Editing Models

Adding Detail to Your Solid Models

Filleting Solid Models

Chamfering Solid Models

Slicing a Solid Model

Editing Solid Models

Extruding Faces

Moving Faces

Offsetting Faces

Deleting Faces

Rotating Faces

Tapering Faces

Extracting Geometry from Solid Models

Overview

Copying Faces

Copying Edges

Exploding 3D Models

Changing the Model Position

Overview

Moving in 3D

Aligning in 3D

Rotating in 3D

Duplicating the Model

Overview

Mirroring in 3D

Arraying in 3D

Getting Information from 3D Objects

Overview

Checking Solid Model Integrity

Viewing Mass Properties

Changing Face Color

Changing Edge Color

Sectioning a Model and Creating Drawings

Section a Solid Model and Generate 2D Geometry

Displaying 2D Geometry from a Model View

Manipulating Section Planes

Generating 2D/3D Sections

Creating Drawings from 3D Models

Overview

Types of Views from 3D Models

Types of Views from 3D Models

Shaded and Hidden Views

Creating Views from Flatshots

Visualization

Using Visual Styles

About Visual Styles

Using the Visual Styles Manager

Rendering

About the Rendering Environment and Render Presets

Navigating the Model

Walking and Flying Through a Model

Using Cameras and Views

About Cameras

Creating Cameras and Views