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Getting Started 

• Starting & Closing AutoCAD
• AutoCAD Interface Overview
• Managing Drawing files

Display Commands

• Drawing Scale and View magnification
• Zoom & Pan Tools
• Other Useful Display Tools

Drawing Set up

• Drawing Setup Overview
• New drawings From Templates
• Using the Wizard

Coordinates & Basic Drafting Tools

• Precision Drawing
• Using Snap and Grid
• User and World Co-ordinate Systems

Creating/Editing 2D Geometry

• Standard drawing & formatting tools
• Introduction to LWPOLYLINEs/POINTs and SPLINEs
• Deleting and Selecting tools
• Modifying Geometry – OFFSET/TRIM/EXTEND
• Orthographic views and construction lines
• Crosshatching overview

Managing Object Properties

• Introduction to Layers and properties manager
• Managing/Overriding object properties by layer
• Scaling and line types/weights

Creating Text & Defining Styles

• Introduction To single line text and multiline MTEXT objects
• Creating and modifying text styles
• Creating, editing and inserting blocks
• Defining and extracting attributes

Introduction to Dimensions

• Distance/Ordinate and Angular Dimensioning
• Editing and formatting dimensions
• Inserting Leaders
• Dimension styles and drawing scales
• Using styles in other drawings

Page Setup and Layouts

• Creating new layouts and drawing templates
• Using layouts and viewports
• Setting and locking viewport scale
• Using design centre to import layouts

This AutoCAD Fundamentals training course may be of interest to personnel who wish to gain a comprehensive overview of 2D Draughting & Design using  the latest release of AutoCAD.

No prior experience in using AutoCAD is necessary although basic computer skills are required.