NEWCASTLE COMPUTER TRAINING

18 Wood St, Newcastle, NSW, 2302                     Ph 0249 62 4040

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AUTOCAD COMPREHENSIVE INTRODUCTION - CAD-A4

This course combines CAD-A1 (Introduction) and CAD-A2 (Basic).

  • Creating a 2D Drawing

                        Starting a New Drawing

                        The User Interface

                        Creating Objects
                        Online Documentation

                        Creating a Part Drawing                       

  • Creating Drawing Template Files

                        Starting Drawings with a Wizard

                        Defining Layers

                        Choosing Drafting Settings
                        Setting Options

                        Template Files
 

  • Display Commands

                        Controlling the Display

                        Defining and Using Named Views

                        Using the Redraw and Regen Commands
                        Other Display System Controls

  • Drawing Objects

                        Drawing Lines

                        Specifying Absolute Coordinates

                        Specifying Relative Coordinates
                        Displaying the Cursor Location

                        Specifying Units and Angles
                        Entering Polar Coordinates

                        Drawing with Polylines
                        Drawing Rectangles

                        Drawing Polygons

                        Direct Distance Entry

                        Polar Tracking
                        Drawing Construction Lines

                        Drawing Cirles and Arcs
                        Drawing Polylines with Arc Segments

                        Drawing Donuts, Ellipses and Splines
                        Drawing Points
                        Placing Points Along Objects

                        Snapping Objects to Locate Points

                        Running Objects Snaps

                        Object Snap Tracking
                        User Coordinate Systems

                        Changing the UCS Icon Display
 

  • Extracting Drawing Information

                        Displaying Information on Drawing Objects

                        Measuring Areas

                        Displaying Information About the Drawing
                        Displaying the Drawing Time

  • Editing

                        Selection Sets

                        Editing Objects by Displacement

                        Copy Using the Clipboard
                        Offset and Array

                        Mirroring Objects
                        Rotating Objects

                        Editing Objects by Resizing
                        Stretching and Lengthening Objects

                        Extending and Trimming Objects

                        Editing Objects by Modifying

                        The Break Command
                        Editing with Grips

                        Object Grouping
                        Editing Polyline Objects

                        Matching Properties
                        Quick Select
                        Properties Window
 

  • Annotating Drawings

                        Using Text Styles

                        Creating Single Line Text

                        Creating Multiline Text
                        Editing Text

                        Spellchecker
                        Hatch Patterns and Solid Fill

                        Editing Hatch Patterns
 

  • Dimensioning a Drawing

                        Adding Dimensions using Quick Dimension

                        Adding Linear, Radial and Diameter Dimensions
                        and
Leaders

                        Creating Industry Standard Dimension Styles
                        Geometric Tolerancing

  • Managing Content

                        Creating Blocks

                        Inserting Blocks

                        Exporting Blocks and Objects
                        Multiple Design Environment

                        Using the Windows Clipboard
 

  • Plotting

                        Gathering Information

                        Configuring a Plotter Driver

                        Setting up a Plot
                        Creating Layouts

                        Page Setup