Training course

Autodesk AutoCAD Intermediate

This course is designed for the experienced AutoCAD user who requires additional training. It incorporates the features, commands, and techniques for becoming more productive when creating, annotating, and printing drawings with AutoCAD.

This courseware is designed for the new AutoCAD*reg* user who requires comprehensive training in AutoCAD. It incorporates the features, commands, and techniques for creating, editing, and printing drawings with AutoCAD LT. Hands-on exercises throughout the courseware explore how to create 2D production drawings.

  • 3 Days
  • Online or in person
  • Private courses available
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Course Objectives

  • Use the powerful tools and techniques for drawing, dimensioning, and printing 2D drawings.
  • Reuse content that has been previously created, and extract information from their drawings.
  • Understand the high-level concepts of designing in 3D.
  • With an understanding of these tools, students can begin to streamline the design process and become more productive with AutoCAD.

Prerequisites

  • Delegates should be confident creating and editing basic AutoCAD objects
  • Delegates should have consolidated their basic AutoCAD skills with approximately 3-6 months regular use
  • Delegates should have attended AutoCAD Essentials or have equivalent knowledge

Who it's for

  • This course is designed for the experienced AutoCAD user who wants to learn more about AutoCAD.

Included

  • Lunch and refreshments when training is delivered at our training venues

Course content Back to top

  1. Day 1
    Working Effectively with AutoCAD
    Creating a Customer Workspace
    Using the Keyboard Effectively
    Object Creation, Selection, and Visibility
    Working in Multiple Drawings
    Copying and Pasting Between Drawings
    Using Grips Effectively
    Adding Layer Tools
    Accurate Positioning
    Drawing Lines
    Coordinate Entry
    Locating Points with Tracking
    Construction Lines
    Placing Reference Points
    Project Productivity Tools
    Schematic Project - Purifier Unit
    Mechanical Project - Views
    Architectural/Civil Project - Formal Garden
    Mechanical Project - Cover Plate
    Architectural Project - Addition
    Mechanical Project - Block
    Mechanical Project - Plate
    Parametric Drawings
    Working with Constraints
    Geometric Constraints
    Dimensional Constraints
    Working with Blocks
    Creating Blocks
    Editing Blocks
    Removing Unused Elements
    Adding Blocks to Tool Palettes
    Modifying Tool Properties in Tool Palettes
    Modifying Tool Properties
    Project Creating and Organizing Blocks
    Mechanical Projects – Control Panel
    Architectural Project - Furniture Layout
    Civil Project - Utility Layout
  2. Day 2
    Creating Templates
    Why Use Templates
    Controlling Units Display
    Creating New Layers
    Adding Standard Layouts to Templates
    Saving Templates
    Advanced Layouts
    Creating and Using Named Views
    Advanced Viewport Options
    Layer Overrides in Viewports
    Additional Annotative Scale Features
    Annotation Styles
    Creating Text Styles
    Creating Dimension Styles
    Creating Multileader Styles
    Project – Drawing Setup and Utilities
    Interiors Projects
    Mechanical/Schematic Project
    Civil/Map Project
    Mechanical Project – Dimension Styles
    External References
    Attaching External References
    Modifying External References
    Xref Specific Information
    Projects – Drawing
    ISO A1 Title Block
    Mechanical Project - Drill Press Base
    Architectural Project - Office Tower
    P&ID Project - Oil Lubrication System
    Civil Project - Warehouse Site

Training a team?

Run this course privately, on your dates

  • Private Flexible course content, flexible training date(s), flexible location(s), variable course length, private to your organisation - Courses can be held at one of our training venues or at another location convenient to you. Training can be set over a number of days or weeks to allow for practice time between training sessions.
  • Bespoke Bespoke private training can be based on an existing course or a number of lessons taken from several courses, we can also write bespoke courses for you based on your in-house systems or development program.
  • Virtual These courses can be attended from anywhere.

What delegates say Back to top

Which part of the course did you find particularly valuable

“Everything was excellent.Transitions, morphing, shortcuts and video use”
H.H., PowerPoint Essentials
“Great facilities and trainer”
C., The Auckland Castle Trust, Photoshop Level 1

Following this training what are you going to do differently

“We will use this to create internal KPIs dashboards”
R.D., Egger Uk Ltd, Excel Analysing and Presenting Data with Dashboards and Pivot Tables
“Very well presented”
A.C., Engie Fabricom, Excel Level 3

Following this training what are you going to do differently

“Use Excel more often for valuable shortcuts to tasks that would otherwise take me a long time.”
J., Excel Level 2
“I recently attended the Level 1 course, so this was a perfect and relevant next step in my Excel training. Picked up some tips which will assist me everyday back in the office. Great course, much appreciated.”
H.M., Nissan, Excel Level 2

Following this training what are you going to do differently

“More confident in Excel”
H.A., Relate, Excel Level 1
“Very well presented”
E.S., Kaefer, Excel Level 1

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Please contact us to discuss your Autodesk AutoCAD Intermediate course, we have many solutions available to ensure you receive the best training possible.

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