AutoCAD 2013 for Win Essentials
Online Training

AutoCAD 2013 for Win Essentials Online Training is a one-year license to a training package equivalent to five full days of classroom training providing the design professional in-depth information regarding the operation of AutoCAD 2013, the world's leading 2D and 3D CAD design tool. Upon completion of AutoCAD 2013 for Win Essentials Online Training the user will understand the new features of AutoCAD 2013, the method of using Retrieve tools for technical drawing and drafting tasks which includes creating and manipulating basic 2D geometry, organizing information and extracting it from drawings; annotating drawings with text and dimensions, plotting drawings and developing and working with reusable content using blocks, Tool Palettes and DesignCenter.

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User Interface

• Welcome Screen
• Application Menu
• Customize User Interface
• Help System
• Ribbon Menu
• Drawing Window
• Status Bar
• Recap

Drawing A Handicapped Parking Sign

• Getting Started And Drawing Properties
• Drawing Units
• Saving A New Project
• Creating A New Layer
• Starting A Drawing
• Starting The Body With The Line Command
• Offset Command
• Drawing The Wheelchair Seat
• Temporary Entity
• Specifying Relative Units
• Rotate Command
• More Temporary Entities
• More Use Of The Offset Command
• Fillet Command
• Adding An Arm To The Sign
• Extend Command
• Using The Perpendicular Command
• Trim Command
• Finishing Up The Drawing

Drawing A Handicapped Parking Detail

• Setting Up Drawing Properties And Units
• The Design Center
• Creating A New Entity With Polyline
• Drawing With The Line Command And Using Offset
• Drawing A Ramp And Using Match Properties
• Using The "From" Snap
• Mirror Command
• Polar Command
• Trim And Extend Commands
• Lengthen Command
• Inserting A Symbol
• Using The Move command

Drawing A Handicapped Parking Detail Continued

• Drawing A Sign Symbol
• Block Definition
• Changing The Symbol's Layer Using Block Editor
• Creating A Closed Area
• Hatch Command
• Creating A New Dimension Style
• Adding Dimensions
• Adding Leaders
• Adding Notes
• Setting A Basepoint For Details
• Page Setup For Plotting
• Recap

Isometric Drawing

• Setting Up A Metric Drawing
• Drawing Overview
• This section shows the user how to save as another drawing.
• Dimensions Overview
• Drawing A Vertical Piece In Isometric View
• Stretch Command
• List Command
• Changing The Isometric Plane
• Using The Copy Command
• Rotate Command
• Recap

Cleaning up on Isometric Drawing

• Deleting Duplicate And Unnecessary Lines
• Drawing Holes
• Mounting To Rails
• Adding Holes To The Side Rail
• Adjusting An Array
• Adding More Holes To The Design
• Recap

Dimensioning in Isometric Drafting

• Placing Linear Dimensions
• Oblique Command And Defining Text Styles
• Vertical Dimensions
• Width Dimension
• Recap

Setting Up Multisheet

• Page Setup
• Creating A New Layer And Adding A Border
• Adding A Title Block
• Viewport Scale
• Table Style
• Importing From Microsoft Excel
• Importing A Note From A Text File
• Creating A New Tab
• Creating A New Sheet For A Separate View
• Recap

Setting Up Restroom Floorplan

• Drawing Properties And Drawing Units
• Design Center
• Importing An External Reference File
• Overwriting An Existing Drawing File
• Importing An External Reference File Continued
• Updating The Bathroom Using Imported Drawings
• Creating And Clipping Boundary
• Recap

Computing Cabinet Dimensions

• The Kind of Areas Being Dimensioned
• Drawing And Offsetting An Arc
• Break Command
• Divide Command
• Creating A 3 Point Angular Dimension
• Recap

Adding Reusable Content

• Adding A Conference Table
• Design Center
• AutoDesk Seek
• AutoDesk 360
• Replace Block Command
• Recap

Fun With Viewpoints

• Inserting A Drawing
• Dimension Style Manager
• Page Setu Manager
• Inserting The Bathroom Onto The Blank Layout
• Recap

Dimensioning The Plotting Sheet

• Linear Dimensions
• Angular Dimensions
• Recap
• Fixing Viewpoint Plotting Error

Odds And Ends

• Hatch Command
• Gradiant Hatch
• Object Snap Tracking
• Fillets
• Isolate Objects
• Wrap Up