Course Description

This 32-hour course covers additional commands, concepts and techniques not covered in the Level I course. The logical progression puts emphasis towards increasing productivity using newly introduced tools and refining current techniques. It is designed for the drafter, designer, engineer, or user who has six months experience using AutoCAD? since taking the Level I course. This hands-on training concentrates on intermediate to advanced AutoCAD concepts and commands designed to increase productivity.

Who Should Attend

This course is designed to bring the drafter, designer, engineer or experienced user to an advanced productive level of experience. It is an appropriate course of all design disciplines and for individuals who edit, view or work with others that create design content.

Prerequisite

AutoCAD Level I, or six months experience using CAD since completing AutoCAD Level I.

Course Content

Creating and editing Blocks, Attribute Creation, Dimensioning concepts, Multilines, Paper Space, Model Space, Layouts, Block, Wblock, Nested Blocks, Symbol Library, Point Filters, Object tracking, Polar tracking, Plotting/Layout Techniques, External References, Layering, AutoCAD DesignCenter, Geometric calculator, Properties Windows, wildcard characters, Object filtering, Object Linking and Embedding, Internet Tools, Options Dialog Box, Grips, Raster support, Region Modeling,

Objectives

Upon completion, you will be able to improve on editing techniques, dimensioning skills, CAD Standards, symbol library creation, block creation and extraction of attributes, paperspace and model space layout concepts, Object linking and embedding, Internet usage and organization, external referencing of files, raster imaging and plotting techniques.

You should be able to create complex intelligent drawings and increase your productivity using the newly introduced tools. These subjects include:

· Use of point filters, Object tracking and Polar tracking

· The calculator for creating and editing geometry

· Object filters for selecting objects

· Editing techniques

· Dimensioning

· CAD Standards

· Layer Tools
· Symbol library creation

· Creating blocks

· Creating and editing block attributes

· Internet Support

· Extracting attributes from blocks

· Using advanced techniques for manipulating model space, paperspace and layouts

· Raster Support

· Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)

· DesignCenter usage

Course Outline

This is a detailed outline for the 32-hour AutoCAD Professional Level II course. It incorporates additional intermediate and advanced techniques for creating and manipulating geometry and introduces the user to new commands and tools for increasing productivity.

Introductions

· Personal Introductions

· Course Outline and Objectives

CAD Standards, drawing Organization and Setup

· Template drawing creation and organization

· Project Naming conventions

· Partial Open and Load

· The OPTIONS dialog box

· CAD standards

· Batch standards checking

Precision Tools for AutoCAD

· Point Filters

· Running Object Snaps

· Object and Polar Tracking

· Using the geometric calculator for creating geometry

Dimensioning

· Creating and using dimension styles Associative dimensions

· Dimension Regens

· Dimension reassociation and disassociation

· Trans-spatial dimensions

· Sub dimension style relationships

Geometric Construction

· Creating objects using 2D Region modeling

· Creating Multilines

· Creating and editing polylines

Editing AutoCAD Objects

· Using object filters and Quick select to create selection sets

· Advanced use of Grips for editing

Layer Usage

· Using layers to organize the drawing

· Using wildcards to organize the layers

· Layer Previous

· Layer States

· Layer Translator

Images and Slides

· Replay and Save Image

· Creating a slide image

· Displaying a slide image

· Raster Support and editing

External Reference Concepts and Usage

· Controlling an externally referenced drawing's display
· Using the VISRETAIN system variable to control visibility

· Using the XREF command

· REFEDIT command usage

· The XREF by Overlay or Attach

Creating AutoCAD Block Objects

· The AutoCAD search hierarchy for blocks

· How a block is stored in an AutoCAD drawing

· Using the BLOCK/BMAKE commands

· Inserting blocks

· Creating symbol libraries

· Creating WBLOCKs

· Purging a drawing using the WBLOCK command

· Nested block drawings for symbol library creation

· Creating blocks Bylayer or Byblock

· Creating attribute definitions

· Attribute Manager

· Adding attributes to a block

· Editing attributes in a block

· Displaying attributes

· Reference editing using the REFEDIT command

· AutoCAD DesignCenter usage for symbol insertion

Extracting Information from AutoCAD Block Objects

· Using the Block Attribute Manager

· Enhance attribute extraction

· Extracting to various file formats

· Editing attribute definitions

Internet Usage and Support

· OPEN, INSERT, XREF from the Internet

· Viewing and creating various file formats

· Electronic plotting

· Publish to the Web

· Collaboration concepts

Annotation Techniques

· Object Linking and Embedding

· Paper space and model space text concepts

· Scaling and text size changes

· Text justification

· Spacetrans

· Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)

Plotting Techniques

· Paperspace and model space setup and model space

· Advanced uses of paperspace

· Dimensioning concepts for Layouts

· Using the VPLAYER command to control visibility in individual viewports

· Plotting Layouts in Paperspace and Model space

Closing Remarks

· Evaluations

· Certificates