Learn skills to take you beyond the basics in AutoCAD 2025 and continue your learning journey with this powerful designing and drafting software.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- AutoCAD essentials
- The advantages of using AutoCAD
- What you should know before watching this course
- Using the exercise files
- Further AutoCAD courses in the library
- The AutoCAD 2025 introduction
- Using the AutoCAD application menu
- Using the AutoCAD infobar
- Utilizing the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) in AutoCAD
- Using the AutoCAD ribbon and panels
- Customizing the AutoCAD interface using workspaces
- Utilizing the palettes and dialog boxes in AutoCAD
- Working with the AutoCAD command line
- Using Dynamic Input (DYNMODE) for quicker input in AutoCAD
- Using the AutoCAD status bar to your advantage
- Using your Autodesk account
- Navigating model space and paper space using the tab tools in AutoCAD
- Setting units in your AutoCAD drawings
- Setting AutoCAD options
- Working with drawings using metric units
- Working with drawings using imperial units
- Working with templates using AutoCAD DWT files
- Navigating drawings with Zoom and Pan
- Working in model space and paper space in AutoCAD
- Navigating easily by saving and restoring views in AutoCAD
- Working with the mouse and mouse settings
- Utilizing the ViewCube and the Navigation Bar for easy AutoCAD navigation
- Using Grid and Snap for accurate drafting in AutoCAD
- Using coordinates in AutoCAD for precise drafting
- Utilizing Dynamic Input (DYNMODE) in AutoCAD
- Using Direct Distance Entry (DDE) for quicker data entry
- Using OSNAP and AUTOSNAP for precise geometry
- Using POLAR and ORTHO for precise geometry
- Creating lines, arcs, and circles quickly and effectively
- Creating polylines and splines quickly and effectively
- Creating rectangles and polygons quickly and effectively
- Creating points and donuts as reference points in AutoCAD
- Creating ellipses quickly and easily in AutoCAD
- Using isometric drafting (ISODRAFT) effectively in AutoCAD
- Working with the AutoCAD file tabs
- Utilizing the AutoCAD shortcut menu
- Selecting objects in your AutoCAD drawings
- Using Move and Copy in your AutoCAD drawings
- Using Rotate and Scale in your AutoCAD drawings
- Using Mirror and Offset in your AutoCAD drawings
- Using Break and Join in your AutoCAD drawings
- Using Grips and Grip Editing in your AutoCAD drawings
- Using Boundaries with your AutoCAD drawings
- Using Fillet and Chamfer on AutoCAD geometry
- Using Divide and Measure for accurate drafting in AutoCAD
- Editing polylines and splines quickly and accurately in AutoCAD
- Using Trim and Extend for accurate and precise drafting in AutoCAD
- Creating and using arrays in your AutoCAD drawings
- Using Stretch and Lengthen to edit AutoCAD geometry
- Using the Hatch command to highlight areas in AutoCAD drawings
- Using the Gradient command for enhanced colors in AutoCAD drawings
- Using Draw Order to display hatches and gradients effectively in AutoCAD
- Editing hatches and gradients quickly and effectively in AutoCAD
- Creating and using AutoCAD text styles
- Working with single line text (TEXT) and multiline text (MTEXT) in AutoCAD
- Creating and using AutoCAD dimension styles effectively
- Adding dimensions to your AutoCAD drawings quickly and easily
- Using Quick Leader (QLEADER) in your AutoCAD drawings
- Creating and using table styles in AutoCAD
- Adding a table to your AutoCAD drawing
- Creating and using multileader styles in your AutoCAD drawings
- Working with a multileader in your AutoCAD drawings
- Aligning text precisely and accurately in AutoCAD
- Editing dimensions and dimension overrides in AutoCAD drawings
- Breaking and spacing AutoCAD dimensions quickly and easily
- Using Continue and Baseline to enhance your AutoCAD dimension annotation
- Using automatic dimensioning in your AutoCAD drawings
- Working with AutoCAD object properties
- Changing the linetype scale in your AutoCAD drawings
- Using Hide and Isolate in AutoCAD drawings
- Creating new layers and working with the layer dropdown menu in AutoCAD
- Using the layer tools in AutoCAD drawings
- Working with layer states in AutoCAD drawings
- Using groups with geometry in AutoCAD
- Creating and inserting an AutoCAD block into a drawing
- Redefining block definitions in an AutoCAD drawing
- Using the EXPLODE command with blocks in your AutoCAD drawings
- Creating a simple dynamic block in an AutoCAD drawing
- Using the WBLOCK command to write blocks to AutoCAD drawings
- Creating a simple block with attributes in AutoCAD
- Working with the Enhanced Attribute Editor in AutoCAD
- Working with table styles in your AutoCAD drawings
- Designing a table in your AutoCAD drawing
- Adding fields to an AutoCAD table in your drawing
- Attaching XREFs to an AutoCAD drawing
- Altering and clipping XREFs attached to an AutoCAD drawing
- Editing XREFs in AutoCAD
- Editing XREFs in place in AutoCAD
- Locking viewports in your AutoCAD drawings
- Freezing viewport layers in AutoCAD drawings
- Using annotative text styles in your AutoCAD drawings
- Using annotative dimensions in your AutoCAD drawings
- Using revision clouds in your AutoCAD drawings
- Creating a simple title block for your AutoCAD drawing
- Defining your page setup in your AutoCAD drawings
- Adding new scaled viewports in AutoCAD drawings
- Using annotative scaling in your AutoCAD drawings
- Printing and plotting your AutoCAD drawings
- Plotting AutoCAD drawings from the Model tab
- Packaging drawings with eTransmit in AutoCAD
- Batch Plotting (PUBLISH) drawings in AutoCAD
- Comparing AutoCAD drawings with DWG Compare
- Using the Count functionality to check the number of objects in an AutoCAD drawing
- Working with cloud-based storage for AutoCAD drawings
- Saving and opening to and from the AutoCAD Web and Mobile folders
- Using AutoCAD drawings through AutoCAD Web
- Using Traces to collaborate on drawings with AutoCAD Web
- Using the Traces palette on the AutoCAD desktop to collaborate on drawings
- Sharing AutoCAD drawings with other stakeholders
- You know AutoCAD: Now what?
Taught by
Shaun Bryant