AutoCAD 2012 for Win Essentials
Online Training

At the completion of AutoCAD 2012 for Win Essentials Online Training, you'll understand how to use AutoCAD's various tools for common technical drawing and drafting tasks, including: creating and manipulating basic 2D geometry; organizing and extracting information from your drawings; annotating your drawings with text and dimensions; plotting your drawings; and developing and working with reusable content using blocks, Tool Palettes, and DesignCenter.

Introduction

Interface

• Overview
• The Ribbons
• Customizing Your Quick Access Toolbar
• Help Tools
• Customizing the Ribbon
• The Command Line
• The Status Bar
• Dynamic Input
• Moving In and Out of Objects

Drawing

• Overview
• Choosing a Template
• Starting to Draw
• Drawing a Line
• The Different Ways to Draw a Line
• Cleaning a File Up
• Drawing Geometry
• Object Snap
• Poly Line
• Circle and Arc
• Rectangle and Polygon
• Ellipse
• Creating a Building

Manipulating Objects

• Overview
• Selection
• Deleting
• Move
• Rotate
• Copy
• Mirror
• Stretch
• Scale
• Trim
• Extend
• Practical Application of the Tools while Drafting
• Fillet and Chamfer
• Array
• Offset Command

Layers

• Overview
• Creating Layers
• Changing the Color
• Changing the Line Weight
• Changing the Line Type
• Putting Objects on Layers
• Transparency
• Freezing and Thawing
• Isolate and Unisolate
• The Properties Palette

Annotation

• Overview
• Switching to the Annotate Ribbon
• Creating a New Text Style
• Multi-Line Text
• Single Line Text
• Annotative Scaling
• Additional Text Options
• Fields
• Dimensions and Dimension Styles
• Most Commonly Used Dimensions
• Tools for Cleaning Up Dimensions
• Using Leaders

Hatch and Blocks

• Overview
• Hatch
• Islands
• Blocks
• Creating a Block
• Bringing in a Block
• Editing a Block
• Adding a Block to a Palette

Parametrics

• Overview
• Making Lines Parallel
• Adding a Dimensional Constraint
• Perpendicular Constraints
• Coincident Constraint
• Tangent Constraint
• Smooth, Symmetric, and Equal
• Auto Constraints
• Infer Constraints

Layouts

• Overview
• Layout Tab
• Model Space
• Going Back to Paper Space
• Creating a New Layout
• Setting Up a New Page
• Creating a Viewport
• Viewport Scale Bar
• Controlling Layer by Viewport
• Multiple Layouts in a Drawing

Inquiry Tools

• Overview
• The Utilities Panel
• Subtracting Information
• ID Point
• Quick Select
• Controlling AutoCAD Settings
• AutoCAD Options Dialogue Box
• Files Tab
• Display Tab
• Open and Save Tab
• Plot and Publish Tab
• System Tab
• User Preferences Tab
• Drafting Tab
• 3D Modeling Tab
• Selection Tab
• Profiles Tab
• Saving Your Settings
• Adding a Toolbar

Conclusion

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