AUTOCAD BASIC COURSE OUTLINE:
1. HISTORY OF AUTOCAD
2. USES AND PREFRENCE OF AUTOCAD
3. AUTOCAD JOBS
4. GETTING STARTED WITH AUTOCAD
Opening and Creating Drawings
Exploring the AutoCAD User Interface
Zooming and Panning
Viewing / Saving Drawing
5. METHODS OF USING COMMANDS
6. STARTING A DRAWING LIMITS + UNITS
Start a Line and How many methods to draw a line
Co-ordinates and Types in AutoCAD
7. KEYBOARD
Toggle Drawing Modes
Manage Screen
Manage Drawing
Manage Workflow
8. BASIC DRAWINGS AND EDITING COMMAND
Line circle Polygon Polyline
Rectangle Ellipse Arc Ray construction line
9. ADVANCE EDITING COMMANDS
Trim and Extend
Fillet and Chamfer
Polyline Edit and Spline
Offset
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Relation b/w Offset and Layers
Join
Break + Break at point + Divide
Point and Revision Cloud
Lengthen and Reverse Tool
Erase
Explode + Overkill
Stretch and Multi Object Stretch
10. MAKING CHANGES IN YOUR DRAWING
Move
Copy
Rotate
Mirror + Mirror Text
Scale
Using the reference option with the Scale Tool
Align Tool
11.CREATING SIMPLE DRAWINGS
Small Houses
Simple Objects
Geometric Shapes
12.SAVE DRAWING WITH DIFFERENT VERSION + MAKE .BAK FILE
Open and Save settings in Option Command
File save
File open
Application menu
File safety Precaution
13. OPTION DISPLAY SETTING
Window Elements
Display Resolution
Crosshair Size
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14.SELECTION OPTION IN AUTOCAD
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Window Selection
Cross Selection
Settings of Selection
15. GRIP TOOL IN AUTOCAD
Setting
Types with Names
16.ORGANIZING YOUR DRAWING WITH LAYERS
Layer States
Properties by Layer
Layer Tools
Advance Layer Tools
Import Export Layers
17. DIMENSIONING IN DRAWING
Dimension Settings
Using Dimensioning Tools
Dimensioning in a Layout Tab vs. the Model Tab
Using Dimension Styles
Editing Dimensions
18. TEXT
The Multiline Text Tool
The Single Line Text Tool
Editing Text
Text in Model Space vs. Paper Space
The Multileader Tool
19.ANALYZING MODEL AND OBJECT PROPERTIES
The Properties Palette
Quick Select
Select Similar
Measure Geometry Tools
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20.ADVANCE DIMENSIONING
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Advance Options of Dimensioning
21. IMPORT EXPORT DIMENSION STYLE
22. ARRAY TOOL IN AUTOCAD
Rectangular Array
Path Array
Polar Array
Edit Options
23. CHPROP
Use in Change Line weight colour Type
24. MAKING HOUSE PLANS IN AUTOCAD
Creating Simple Floor Plans
Using Door Windows Layers Hatches
25. BOUNDRY COMMAND
Regen
Polyline
26.PROPERTIES AND TOOL PALET
Insert
Make own Tool Pallet
27. SECTION ELEVATION
Simple House Section
Simple House Elevation
Complex House Section
Complex House Elevation
28. HATCHES + GRADIANTS IN DRAWING OBJECT
Make and Edit Hatch
Set Origin
Super Hatch
Gradients and Types of Gradients
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29. MARKUP PANEL
Wipout
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Revision Cloud
Fram
30. MAKING LINE TYPE IN AUTOCAD
Manual
By Method
31. MODEL VIEWPORTS
Named
Join
Restore
32. PAPER SPACE / LAYOUT VIEWPORTS
Rectangular
Polygonal
Object
Lock + Unlock
33.SUBMISION DRAWING
34. ALIASES COMMAND IN AUTOCAD
35.GROUPS IN AUTOCAD
Creating Groups
Edit Groups
Group Settings
36. UTILITIES IN AUTOCAD
Dimension
Area
Volume
Area calculation with Hatches
Area calculation with polyline
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37. LEADERS IN AUTOCAD
Multi Leader Style
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Making And Editing Leader
38.TABLES IN AUTOCAD
Make Tables
Insert Table
Formulas In Tables
39. FIELD COMMAND
In Title Block Creation
In Tables as Formulas
40. TCOUNT COMMAND IN AUTOCAD
Tcount
Bcount
41. TROUBLE SHOOTING IN AUTOCAD
Audit
Overkill
Purge
42. REGEN AND REGION COMMAND
Uses
Difference
43.HIDE AND ISOLATE OBJECTS IN AUTOCAD
44.INSERTING BLOCKS AND IMAGES IN DRAWINGS
The Insert Block Command
Inserting Blocks with Tool Palettes
Dynamic Blocs
Migrating Blocks and other Elements between Drawings with
Design Centre
Insert Images
Raster Images
Wright Block
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45. DESIGN CENTER TOOL IN AUTOCAD
How to Insert
Insert Blocks
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Add Blocks in Design Centre
46.MAKING DRAWING TEMPLATE
Using Layers
Dimension Style
47.X-REF IN AUTOCAD
Uses + Definition
Attach Drawings
Attach Images
Edit Drawings
Transmitting In Autocad
48. EXPRESS TOOL AUTOCAD
Centre line Uses
Text around Arch or Circle
Modify Text
Enclose In Object
Auto Numbers
Convert to Mtext
Break line Symbol
Mocoro Command
49.SETTING UP LAYOUT
Pages Sizes
Change Current Paper Space
Creating Layout
50.HOW TO MAKE PDF IN AUTOCAD
51.HOW TO MAKE JPG FILE IN AUTOCAD
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52.HOW TO MAKE PDF WITH LAYER INAUTOCAD
53. MAKING PDF ON SCALE
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54.PUBLISH COMMAND IN AUTOCAD
55. PRINTING AND PLOTING
Model Space
Paper Space
56. DATA EXTRACTION IN AUTOCAD
Make New File
Type Setting
Export Into Excel File
BIG THANKS TO
ZAIN UL ABIDIN
JAMSHAID
LUKMAN ANSARI
AHSAAN ABDUL QAYUM
ALWAYS BE HAPPY
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