AutoCad

Understanding the AutoCAD window,starting a drawing,panning and zooming to adjust your view,understanding the layout view, and 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, and 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, and using objects to lay out your drawing.

Editing AutoCAD Objects

Selecting objects, editing the windows way, changing objects with grips and dynamic input, and 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, and 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 the design center, and 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, and 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, and setting up the dimension’s appearance.

Gathering Information

Measuring areas,finding the coordinate of a point, measuring distances, measuring angles, getting the genera! Status of the drawing, finding the time spent on a drawing, finding text in a drawing

Sing 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, and converting a drawing from color plot styles to named plot styles