AutoCAD 2014 - 2D Fundamentals
Learn the necessary commands to get you working on projects.
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Learning a complex program like Autodesk AutoCAD can seem like a daunting task at first. I’m here to try and break down the the various functions and tools of this drafting software into its essential and fundamental parts. Luckily for us, a majority of the skills required to use AutoCAD only require you to use a small percentage of the available commands and just a bit of imagination. I’ll first be showing you how to use these fundamental commands to try and get you working in the shortest amount of time possible while trying to distill useful tricks of the trade. This course will help guide your learning through exercises, supplemental documents, and video instruction.
Why learn AutoCAD?
AutoCAD is a software used by many engineering and scientific businesses. There is always a need for someone who can turn a concept into an actual design to later be manufactured or built. By taking this course you could open yourself up to new opportunities. Some of the benefits for taking this course include:
- Flexibility Learning
- Learning by Watching and Doing
- Becoming More Competitive in the Workforce
- Understand What It Takes to Create a Design
What this course offers
- Multiple Quiz Questions
- Learning At Your Own Pace
- Hours of Video Lessons
- Exercise Files to Work With
- Review Documents for Studying
- Project Examples
- Myself for Help
Topics Included
- Setting up A work Environment
- Templates
- Customizations
- Object Creation
- Object Modification
- Blocks
- Attributes
- Layers and Their Properties
- Dimensioning
- Annotating
- Output formats
Getting Started
Handling Documents
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A look at the interfaceThis lecture gives an overview of the interface. It discusses the ribbon, command line, status bar, workspaces, UCS icon, sticky panels, application menu, and more.
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Recap of the Interface
A Recap of what was covered in this section
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TerminologyA few key terms to know about AutoCAD. You should know and feel comfortable with these basic terms when dealing with AutoCAD
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quiz
2D Object Creation
Drawing Accurately
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Mouse Clicks and Mouse Wheel
Learning to use an essential tool in autocad....the mouse
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Drawing Lines
Learn how to create lines in AutoCAD
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Drawing Circles
Creating Circles in your drawing
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Drawing Polygons
Learn to create polygons
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Drawing Rectangles
Learn to create rectangles
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Drawing Arcs
Learn to create arcs
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Drawing Ellipses
Learn to draw elipses
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Creating PolyLines
Learn to create polylines
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Drawing Splines
Lean to create splines
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Simple Drawing Project
A fun project where you practice all the object creation techniques that you have learned so far. Have fun and create your dream house.
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Summary / Key Concepts 1
Additional Material for you to review
Modifying Objects
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Ortho and Polar Modes
Understand what ortho and polar mods can do
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Manual Input
Learn to input commands manually into the command line
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Manual Input with Angles
Learn to specify points manually with angles
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Relative and Absolute Coordinates
Specify points with relative and absolute coordinates
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Object Snap
Learn how to use object snaps with your drawings
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Dynamic Input
Use dynamic input in creating objects
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Right Click Menu
Understanding and using the right click menu in your workflow
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quiz
Layers
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Selecting Objects
Learn different selection techniques
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Selection Settings
Change the settings for how you select objects
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Distance
Learn how to find the distance ob your objects
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Move Copy Rotate
Learn to move copy and rotate objects that you have created.
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Undo and Redo
Learning to undo and redo your actions
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Fillet Chamfer
Create fillets and chamfers in your objects
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Trim Extend
Edit your objects with the trim and extend commands
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Quick Calculator
how to use the quick calculator in your work
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Using the Quick Calculator
Putting the quick calculator to work for you
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Miror and Scale
Using the mirror and scale commands to manipulate your design
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Creating Arrays
A look at creating arrays
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Object Snap Tracking
Using object snap tracking to create your objects
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Using UCS
Using the UCS icon to make drawing easier
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Erase and OOPS
Using the erase and oops command
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Offset
offsetting objects that you created to speed up your work
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Stretch
Using the stretch command to maniupliate your objects
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Explode and Join
Leraning how to use explode and join on objects
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Grips
Taking a look at grips and what you can do with them
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Grip Modifying
Using the grips to modify your objects
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Summary / Key Concepts 2
A second summary of what we have covered so far
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Quiz
Test your understanding of the skills you have already developed so far
Annotation
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Creating Layers
Learn how to create layers
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Naming Layers
Learn how to name various layers in your design
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Layer Properties
Learn about layer properties
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Deleting Layers
Learn how to delete layers
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Layer Descriptions
Give your layers descriptions to make them work better
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Moving Objects to Different Layers
Change the location of objects among various layers to work more effectively
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Object Isolation
Isolate objects so you can work without making changes to the rest of your design
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Object Properties
Understanding the properties of objects
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Property Inheritance
Look at how objects inherit properties without setting the properties
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quiz
Dimensioning
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Single Line Text
Learning to work with single line text
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Single Line Text Justification
Learn how to use various justifications and apply them to single line text
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Single Line Text Style
Learn how to change the style of your single line text
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Multi Line Text
Learn how to add multi line text to your design
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Multileaders
Learn now to add multileaders to your design
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Multileader Options
Learn how to edit the options that are available for multileaders
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Adding and Removing Leaders
Learn how to add and remove leaders from your design
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Multileader Style Manager
Make changes to the style of multileaders with the style manager
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Multileader Editing
Learn to edit the multileader
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Importing Text
An example of how to import text into your design from an external source
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Creating Tables
Learn how to create tables for your design
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Table Styles
Edit the styles of your tables
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Modifying Tables
Modify the tables you create
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Exercise
Practice making text by creating text that is similiar to what is shown
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quiz
How long do I have access to the course materials?
You can view and review the lecture materials indefinitely, like an on-demand channel.
Can I take my courses with me wherever I go?
Definitely! If you have an internet connection, courses on Udemy are available on any device at any time. If you don't have an internet connection, some instructors also let their students download course lectures. That's up to the instructor though, so make sure you get on their good side!
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Course details
Video
6 hours
Lectures
5
Certificate of Completion
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