Sample Lesson Notes (PDF 1.3 MB) 
Sample Lesson Lecture Video (Flash 27MB) 
Sample Lesson Practice Video (Flash 18MB)
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Training videos (23 hours) plus 220 page PDF manual.
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AutoCAD 1 Online Training Course – Introductory 2D
In this 64 hour, introductory, online CAD training course, students will learn how to set up, create, and edit 2D drawings. Concepts covered in this course include: drawing setup, all 2D drawing and editing tools, navigation techniques, layers and properties, text and dimensions, layouts and viewports, as well as basic plotting procedures. Students will master these concepts through the creation of a variety of 2D technical drawings.
Detailed Online Course Description
The course content begins with a series of simple mechanical style drawings designed to familiarize the student with the most common construction and editing commands. After becoming proficient with the basic techniques for creating and navigating a technical drawing, students will move on to the creation of a series of architectural style drawings including cornice brackets, an ornate iron roof cresting, and a classic pediment portico.
Time saving techniques for reusing content will be explored as the student learns how to convert the portico entrance to a matching pediment double hung window in less than 10 minutes. While creating these part files an emphasis will be placed on proper organizational layering techniques and the application of line weights to ensure readability in the final plotted set of drawings. Furniture design will be explored while learning dimensioning and annotation techniques which will be applied to all existing drawings.
Students will learn how to follow industry standards for annotation and layering and will become familiar with both Mechanical and Architectural styles of dimensioning. Finally, students will learn how to reuse content between drawings and will bring the architectural parts that they have created earlier in the course into their final project, a detailed front elevation of a classic, Second Empire style house.
The video demonstrations for this course were recorded with AutoCAD 2010 as shown in the demonstration video samples at right. All drawing methods shown will work in versions 2008 to 2011.