# AutoCAD Level I (Self-Paced)

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## Overview

This introductory course provides a solid foundation in AutoCAD, focusing on essential tools and techniques for creating professional drawings. Students will learn how to print and plot layouts, work between model space and paper space, and scale drawings using viewports. The course also covers inserting blocks, adding text, creating dimensional drawings, and managing layers and templates. No prior AutoCAD experience is required.

**Note** : this course is designed for PC users. In-person sessions are conducted on PC only. Mac users may attend online but should be aware that the Mac AutoCAD interface differs from the PC version, which is the focus of instruction.

## What you'll learn

- Learn core drawing and editing commands to create and modify lines, circles, rectangles, and more
- Master object snap, tracking, and coordinate input to ensure precision and accuracy in every drawing
- Organize and manage your work with layers, templates, and advanced object types like polylines and ellipses
- Apply real-world workflows to draw complex layouts, floor plans, and design elements for mechanical and architectural projects
- Insert, manage, and reuse blocks with tools like Tool Palettes and Design Center
- Prepare your drawings for print with layouts, viewports, annotations, and dimensioning tools

## Curriculum

#### 1: Getting Started with AutoCAD

- Opening and Creating Drawings
- Exploring the AutoCAD interface
- Zooming and Panning

#### 2: Basic Drawing & Editing Commands

- Using the Mouse, Keyboard, and Enter Key to work quickly and efficiently in AutoCAD
- Lines
- Circles
- Rectangles

#### 3: Projects - Creating a Simple Drawing

- Creating Simple Drawings
- Using Object Snap Tracking to extrapolate a projected top view
- Using Modify tools to arrange an office layout

#### 4: Drawing Precision in AutoCAD

- Polar and Ortho Tracking
- Entering Coordinates and Angles
- Object Snaps and Tracking

#### 5: Making Changes in Your Drawing

- Move
- Copy
- Rotate
- Mirror
- Scale
- Using the reference option with the Scale Tool

#### 6: Drawing Templates

- Using Template Files (.dwt) to Make New Drawing
- Exploring what Settings and Elements are saved with Templates

#### 7: Organizing Your Drawing with Layers

- Layer States
- Properties by Layer
- Layer Tools

#### 8: Advanced Object Types

- Polylines
- Arcs
- Polygons
- Ellipses

#### 9: Analyzing Model and Object Properties

- The Properties Palette
- Quick Select
- Select Similar
- Measure Geometry Tools

#### 10: Projects - Drawing Organization & Information

- Drill Plate
- Furniture Showroom

#### 11: Advanced Editing Commands

- Trim and Extend
- Fillet and Chamfer
- Polyline Edit and Spline
- Offset and Explode
- Join

#### 12: Inserting Blocks

- The Insert Block Command
- Inserting Blocks with Tool Palettes
- Dynamic Blocs
- Migrating Blocks and other Elements between Drawings with Design Center

#### 13: Projects - Creating More Complex Objects

- Starting a Floor Plan

#### 14: Setting Up a Layout

- Using Layouts and Viewports
- Scaling Viewports
- Model Space vs. Paper Space in Layouts

#### 15: Printing Your Drawing

- Printing from Layout Tabs
- Printing from the Model Tab

#### 16: Projects - Preparing to Print

- Making Layouts for a Banquette Hall

#### 17: Text

- The Multiline Text Tool
- The Single Line Text Tool
- Editing Text
- Text in Model Space vs. Paper Space
- The Multileader Tool

#### 18: Hatching

- The Hatch Command
- The Hatch Editor Ribbon Tab
- Saving and Applying Hatches with Tool Palettes

#### 19: Adding Dimensions

- Using Dimensioning Tools
- Dimensioning in a Layout Tab vs. the Model Tab
- Using Dimension Styles
- Editing Dimensions

#### 20: Projects - Annotating Your Drawing

- Dimensioning a Mechanical Drawing

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $599