Course Contents (12 sessions of 3hrs each)
AutoCAD and CAD tools • digitiser, Palettes, Toolbars. • Buttons in the status bar. AutoCAD coordinate system. • Drawing templates. • Method of showing entries in the command palette. • Tools and tool icons.
Drawing: • Drawing with the Line tool. • Drawing with the Circle tool. • The Erase tool. • Undo and Redo tools. • Drawing with the Polyline tool.
Osnap, AutoSnap and Draw tools: • Arc, Ellipse tool, Saving drawings, Osnap, AutoSnap and Dynamic Input. • Object Snaps (Osnaps), AutoSnap, Dynamic Input, Draw tools, Polyline Edit tool, Transparent commands, set variable PELLIPSE.
Zoom, Pan and templates: • The Aerial View window. • The Pan tool. • Drawing templates.
The Modify tools: • Copy, Mirror, Offset, Array, Move, Rotate, Scale, Trim, Stretch, Break, Join, Extend, Chamfer and Fillet tool.
Dimensions and Text: • Adding dimensions using the tools. • Adding dimensions from the command line. • Dimension tolerances. • Symbols used in text. • Checking spelling.
Orthographic and isometric: • Orthographic projection, First angle and third angle. • Isometric drawing.
Blocks and Inserts: • Inserting blocks into a drawing. • Explode and Purge tools
Other types of file format: • Object linking and embedding. • DXF (Data Exchange Format) files. • Raster images, External References (Xrefs). • Multiple Document Environment (MDE.
Building drawing: • Building drawings, Floor layouts.
3D modelling: • Solid and Render tools, 3D Face tool. • 2D outlines suitable for 3D models. • Extrude, Revolve tool, 3D objects, Fillet. • Union, Subtract and Intersect, Modify tools on 3D models, Note on rendering.
3D models in viewports: • Setting up viewport systems.
Modification of 3D models: • Creating 3D model libraries. • 3D Array, Mirror 3D, Slice, Section, Massprop tool.
Rendering: • Render, 3D Orbit tools. • Saving and opening 3D model drawings.
Three-dimensional space: • 3D space, User Coordinate System (UCS), The variable UCSFOLLOW. • Using the UCS, UCS views, Constructing 2D objects in 3D space.
3D Surface models: • 3D surface meshes. • Comparisons between Solids and Surfaces tools. • Surface tools. • The action of Pedit on a 3D surface. • Rendering of 3D Surface models.
Editing 3D solid models: More 3D models: • The Solids Editing tools.