• Starting & Closing AutoCAD
  
• AutoCAD Interface Overview
  
• Communicating With AutoCAD
  
• Getting Out Of Trouble
  
• Managing Your Drawing files
  
• Quick Tour Exercise
  

2. Display Commands

• Drawing Scale & View Magnification
  
• ZOOM Window
  
• ZOOM Previous
  
• ZOOM Extents
  
• ZOOM Scale
  
• ZOOM & PAN In Real Time
  
• Saving & Restoring Views
  
• Other Useful Display Tools
  
• More Practice
  

3. Drawing Setup

• Drawing Setup Overview
  
• Starting Drawings From Scratch
  
• Making New Drawings From Templates
  
• Using A Wizard To Start New Drawings
  
• More Practice
  

4. Coordinates & Basic Drafting Tools

• Absolute Coordinates
  
• Relative Cartesian Coordinates
  
• Relative Polar Coordinates
  
• Object Snap Overrides
  
• Running Object Snaps
  
• Using POLAR With Direct Distance Entry
  
• Using Snap & Grid
  
• Inquiry Tools For Points
  
• User & World Coordinate Systems
  
• More Practice
  

5. Creating 2D Geometry

• Creating LINE Objects
  
• Creating CIRCLEs & ARCs
  
• Introduction To LWPOLYLINEs
  
• Creating & Using POINTs
  
• Introduction To ELLIPSEs & SPLINEs
  

6. Editing 2D Geometry

• Using ERASE To Delete Objects
  
• Basic Selection Tools
  
• MOVE & COPY
  
• SCALE
  
• ROTATE
  
• Introduction To Grips
  
• More Practice
  

7. Managing Object Properties

• Introduction To Layers
  
• Managing Object Properties BYLAYER
  
• Overriding Object Properties Set
  
• BYLAYER
  
• Linetypes & Drawing Scale
  
• Introduction To Lineweights
  
• Introduction To The Object Properties
• Manager .Introduction To Plot Styles
  
• CAD Standards & Template Files
  
• More Practice
  

8. CAD Construction Techniques

• OFFSET Makes Parallel Objects
  
• TRIM Is Like A Cookie Cutter
  
• EXTEND Makes Objects Longer
  
• FILLET Is An Easier Way To Make ARCs
  
• CHAMFER Breaks Sharp Corners
  
• ARRAY Generates Repeating Patterns
  
• MIRROR Generates Symmetrical Features
  
• STRETCH Combines MOVE & EXTEND Or TRIM
  
• Orthographic Views & Construction Lines
  
• More Practice

9. Introduction To Tracking

• Automatic Object Snap Tracking
  
• Temporary Tracking Points
  
• Tracking With Parallel & Extension Osnaps
  
• More Practice
  

10. Creating Text & Defining Styles

• Single Line TEXT Objects
  
• Creating & Modifying Text Styles
  
• Introduction To Multiline MTEXT Objects
  
• Editing Existing Text
  
• Using Find & Replace
  
• Spell Checking
  
• More Practice
  

11. Introduction To Blocks

• Overview
  
• Making Block Definitions
  
• Inserting Blocks & Drawing Files
  
• Drag & Drop / Cut & Paste
  
• Introduction To AutoCAD DesignCenter
  
• Introduction To External Reference Files
  
• Using Attributes In Title Blocks
  
• More Practice
  

12. Introduction To Dimensions

• Dimensions For Distance
  
• Ordinate Dimensions
  
• Angular Dimensions
  
• Dimensions For ARCs & CIRCLEs.
  
• Quick Dimensions
  
• Quick Leaders
  
• Dimension Styles & Drawing Scale
  
• Using Styles In Other Drawings
  
• Editing Dimensions
  
• More Practice
  

13. Introduction To Crosshatching

• Crosshatching Overview
  
• Defining The Boundary
  
• Hatch Properties
  
• Copying Hatch Properties
  
• Modifying HATCH Objects
  
• More Practice
  

14. Page Setup & Layouts

• Overview
  
• Creating New Layouts From Scratch
  
• Creating & Using Layouts In Templates
  
• Creating Rectangular Viewports
  
• Setting & Locking Viewport Scale
  
• Managing Layout Tabs
  
• Freezing Layers In Specific Viewports
  
• Using DesignCenter To Import Layouts
  
• Creating Non-Rectangular Viewports
  
• More Practice
  

15. Introduction To Plotting

• HDI & ADI Plotter Drivers
  
• Adding New Plot Devices
  
• Page Setup For The Model
  
• Page Setup For Layouts
  
• Saving & Restoring Settings
  
• Overriding Page Setups In Plots
  
• Working With Plot Styles
  
• More Practice