AutoCAD Essentials
Online Training with Shaun Bryant

Do you need to be proficient with AutoCAD?

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AutoCAD Essentials Online Training with Shaun Bryant teaches you the Essential skills for AutoCAD, as well as the Tips and Tricks used by experienced AutoCAD users. Written by Shaun Bryant, an Autodesk Certified Instructor (ACI); Shaun’s been teaching AutoCAD for over 12 years. This course gets you comfortable with basic commands and navigation quickly, and takes your skills to the next level by providing in-depth instruction on topics such as Modelspace, Paperspace, Viewports, Title Blocks, Text and Attributes, Dimensions, Annotations, Content reuse such as blocks, Layouts, Page Setups, and even Plotting and Publishing your drawings. AutoCAD Essentials Online Training with Shaun Bryant was designed to get working smartly and efficiently with the Essential skills in AutoCAD in a short amount of time. No experience required.

Introduction to AutoCAD

• Introduction
• What is AutoCAD?
• Terminology
• Interface 101
• Model & Layouts
• Viewports
• Viewport Scaling
• Layers

The User Interface

• Application Menu
• Ribbon
• Workspaces
• Icon Toolbars
• Command Line
• Dynamic Input
• Dialog Boxes
• Shortcut Menu
• Status Bar
• View Cube

Zooming and Panning

• The Mouse Wheel
• The Navigate Panel
• Zoom Window
• Zoom Object
• Zoom In
• Zoom Out
• Zoom All
• Zoom Extents
• Real Time Zoom
• Real Time Pan
• The Navigation Bar

Drafting Settings

• Using Icons
• GRID
• SNAP
• ORTHO
• POLAR
• OSNAP
• OTRACK
• DYN
• LWT
• Quick Properties (QP)
• Transparency
• Selection Cycling

Modelspace and Paperspace

• Model Tab
• Layout Tabs
• Quick View Layouts
• Quick View Drawings

Drawing in Modelspace

• Line Command
• Arc Command
• Circle Command
• Polygon Comand
• Polyline Command
• Rectangle Command
• Copy and OTRACK
• Copy and Paste
• Text in Modelspace
• Hatch Command

Using Viewports in Layouts

• Layer Management Tools
• Creating Viewports
• Viewport Scales
• Locking Viewports
• Rotating Viewports

Creating a Title Block

• Modelspace Limits
• Setting your Layers
• Rectangle Command
• Offset Command
• Explode and Erase
• Trim and Extend
• Point Styles

Text and Attributes

• Single Line Text (DTEXT)
• Multi Line Text (MTEXT)
• Defining Attributes

Converting the Title Block

• Making a Block
• Tidying Up
• Viewports
• Save As a DWG

Content Reuse

• Utilizing Layer 0
• Dynamic Blocks
• Inserting a Block
• Grip Editing
• Tool Palettes
• Design Center
• Managing Tool Palettes
• Exporting Tool Palettes
• Making a DWG from a Block
• Redefining a Block

Converting to a Drawing Template

• Options Dialog
• Creating A Template (DWT)
• DWG from a DWT File
• DWG File Management

Dimensions and Annotations

• Measuring Tools
• Using the Dimension Panel
• Using Annotative Scaling
• Viewport Scales
• More Annotation Scaling
• Using Multileaders

Setting up Viewports

• Visible Viewport Layers
• Locking Viewport Scales

Layouts and Page Setups

• Setting Layout Properties
• Page Setups

Plotting your Drawing

• Plotting from the Model Tab
• Plotting - Layouts and Colors

Publishing your Drawing

• Using the Publish Command
• Using eTransmit
• Plotting to PDF
• Plotting to DWF
• DWF Design Review
• DWG TrueView