Autodesk AutoCAD 2D and 3D

Target Audience

This course is designed for architects, engineers, designers, and professionals in various industries who want to gain comprehensive knowledge of Autodesk AutoCAD, covering both 2D drafting and 3D modeling techniques for creating detailed designs and visualizations.

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to equip participants with the skills to create, edit, and annotate precise 2D drawings and develop 3D models, enabling them to visualize and present designs effectively while adhering to industry standards. Course Outcome

• Learn to navigate the AutoCAD interface and create accurate 2D drawings using essential drafting tools.

• Develop skills in layer management, annotations, and dimensioning to produce organized and communicative 2D designs.

• Gain proficiency in creating and editing 3D models using tools such as extrude, revolve, and sweep.

• Understand how to render and visualize 3D models, as well as generate 2D views from 3D designs for technical documentation.

** The course comprises 40 hours of theory and labs and is divided into 16 different chapters. Each chapter will be followed by hands-on lab exercises to reinforce learning and gauge understanding of the topics covered.

Chapter 1.

Getting Started with AutoCAD Starting the Software

Creating a Drawing File

Opening an Existing Drawing File

Viewing your Drawing

User Interface (2D and 3D Display)

Setting up the Workspace (2D or 3D) and setting up the Limits

Setting up the Units

Mouse Controls

Selection Methods

Working with Commands

Understanding Coordinate System

Saving Your Work

Chapter 2.

Basic Drawing and Editing Commands

Drawing Lines (Vertical, Horizontal and Inclined Line)

Drawing Rectangles

Drawing Circles

Erasing Objects

Undo and Redo Actions

Chapter 3.

Drawing Precision in AutoCAD

Using Running Object Snaps

Using Object Snap Overrides

Object Snap Tracking

Chapter 4.

Advanced Object Types

Drawing Arcs

Drawing and Editing Polylines

Drawing Polygons

Drawing Ellipses

Drawing Splines

Drawing Construction lines, Rays, Points, and Multiple Points

Applying Hatches, Gradient Hatches and Editing Hatches

Chapter 5.

Making Changes in Your Drawing

Selecting Objects for Editing

Moving Objects

Copying Objects

Rotating Objects

Scaling Objects

Mirroring Objects

Editing with Grips

Chapter 6.

Advance Editing Commands

Trimming and Extending Objects

Stretching Objects

Creating Fillets and Chamfers

Offsetting Objects

Creating Arrays of Objects

Using Explode Command

Using Join Command

Using Align Command

Using Break and Break at point Command

Using Overkill Command

Using Divide, Measure, and Wipe-out Command

Using Region and Boundary Command

Chapter 7.

Analyzing Model and Object Properties

Working with Object Properties

Measuring Objects

Chapter 8.

Organizing Your Drawing with Layers

What are Layers?

Layer States

Creating New Layers

Changing an object ‘s Layer

Using Match Layer and Layer

Walk tools Using Layer Isolate, UnIsolate, and Merge tools

Using Layer Translator

Chapter 9.

Working with Blocks

What are Blocks

Creating Blocks

Inserting Blocks

Editing Blocks

Adding Blocks to Tool Palettes

Inserting Blocks using the Tool Palettes

Working with Dynamic Blocks

Inserting Blocks using the Design Center

Chapter 10.

Working with Text Annotations

Adding Single line text

Adding Multiline text

Formatting Multiline text

Adding Notes with leaders to your drawing

Creating Tables

Chapter 11.

Adding Dimensions

Dimensioning concepts

Adding Linear Dimensions

Adding Radial and Angular Dimensions

Editing Dimensions

Using Measure tool to find dimension of an object

Using Dimjogline and Break line tool

Chapter 12.

Working with Templates and Layout

Why use Templates

Creating some new drawings with Template Working in Layout

Creating Layouts

Creating Layout Viewports

Advance Viewport options

Creating and using named views

Layer overrides in viewports

Chapter 13.

Parametric Drawing

Working with Constraints

Geometric Constraints

Dimensional Constraints

Chapter 14.

External References

Attaching External references

Modifying External references 

Xref specific Information

Chapter 15.

Printing Your Drawing

Printing Concepts

Printing Layouts

Print and Plot Settings

Chapter 16.

AutoCAD 3D

How to setup AutoCAD for 3D

3D AutoCAD drawing

AutoCAD Extrude

AutoCAD Revolve

AutoCAD Loft

AutoCAD Sweep

AutoCAD Presspull

Offset & Blend

Taper Face & Slice

Subtraction of objects in AutoCAD

3D Intersection in AutoCAD

How to unite 3D objects in AutoCAD

Shell in AutoCAD