AutoCAD - Level 1

Course Overview

This course assumes the student does not know Autodesk AutoCAD, and so the course begins with the basics. This AutoCAD course is designed to allow students who have minimal or no experience to learn about the essential topics for working with the AutoCAD software.

Students are introduced to the drafting capabilities of the program, followed by the modifying/editing functions. Various exercises and architectural drawings are offered.

Using AutoCAD 2023 software, the functions covered include:

• Understanding workspace and user interface

• Drawing commands

• Modifying commands

• Layers and working effectively by layers

• Dimensions in AutoCAD

• Blocks in AutoCAD

• Attributes in Blocks

• Title Blocks and layouts

• Page setup

• Multi leaders in AutoCAD

• OSNAPs and Polar tracking 

• View management

• Hatch in AutoCAD

• Annotative Text

• Microsoft interaction with AutoCAD

• Introduction to 3D modelling