Awarding Institution: 

Awarded by Autodesk

Part Time Duration: 
57 hours (2 ½ months)
Intake Dates: 
Please refer directly to the respective SEGi campus

Description

AutoCAD is a CAD (Computer Aided Design or Computer Aided Drafting) software application for 2D and 3D design and drafting.

Through this course students will learn powerful tools and techniques for customising AutoCAD, file maintenance, collaboration, connecting to external databases, and implementing CAD Standards and file referencing. Discover ways of printing and plotting drawings, and understanding views and view ports. Learn about layouts, transpatial dimensioning and plotter configuration files. Use style tables to control how information is plotted.

Career Opportunities

One-on-one tuition is provided during the class to help students achieve their best results.

The potential of computer-aided drafting to continually advance architectural professions offers many exciting career opportunities.

Entry Requirements

It is recommended that applicants have a working knowledge of:

  • Drafting, design, or engineering
  • Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows 2000

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be awarded a formal certificate from the AutoDesk Training Centre.

Programme Modules

Course Outline Level 1Course Outline Level 2 Course Outline Level 3
  • AutoCAD Overview
  • Menus, Toolbars and Command Line
  • General Terminology
  • Drawing Editor
  • 2D Drawing Commands
  • Drawing Setup
  • Basic Operating System
  • Basic Selection Sets
  • Editing Commands
  • Display Commands
  • Object Snap and Drawing Tools
  • Setting Commands
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Inquiry Commands
  • Basic Plotting/Printing
  • Basic Blocks/Symbols
  • Layer, Color and Linetypes
  • Layer Previous
  • Basic Dimensioning
  • Crosshatching
  • Text Commands/Multitext
  • Text Scalling
  • Enhanced Check Spelling
  • Multilines & MultilineStyle
  • Utility Commands
  • Enhanced User Interface
  • Customization/Initial Setup
  • Isometric Drawing
  • Basic 3D Drawing
  • XYZ Point Filters
  • 3DFACE and 3D Surfaces
  • Basic Shading and Rendering
  • Associative Dimensioning
  • Advanced Dimensioning and Dimensioning Styles
  • Working with Attributes
  • Enhanced Attribute Editor
  • Working with Grips
  • ACAD.PGP
  • System Variables
  • Paper Space/Model Space
  • Intermediate Use of Blocks and Symbols
  • External Reference
  • Working with Viewpoints and Viewports
  • Multiple Viewport Plotting
  • Geometric Calculator
  • Object Filtering
  • Layer Filtering
  • Parametric Constraints
  • Enhanced Dynamic Blocks
  • Drawing Output
  • PDF Underlays
  • Sheet Set Enhancements
  • Basic 3D Concept
  • Isometric Vs 3D
  • 3D Viewing Commands
  • 3D Orbit
  • Coordinates System Icon (UCSICON)
  • User Coordinate System (UCS)
  • 3D Objects
  • 3D Wire Frame
  • 3D by Extrusion
  • 3D by Revolving
  • BOOLEAN Operation
  • UNION, SUBTRACT, INTERSECT
  • 3D Operation
  • ROTATE3D, MIRROR3D, 3DARRAY ALIGN
  • Filtering and Chamfering in 3D
  • Dynamic Viewing Commands
  • Solid Editings
  • Slicing and Sectioning
  • Regions and the ACIS Modeler
  • Shading Concepts
  • AutoCAD Advanced Rendering
  • Lights, Camera and Finishes
  • Free-Form Design
  • 3D Printing
  • New Mesh Solids
Professional Studies