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AutoCAD LT Essential Training

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Overview

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Get started with AutoCAD LT. Learn how to create your own CAD designs and communicate design intent on the world's most well-known 2D CAD platform.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • What you should know before watching this course
  • Using the exercise files
  • The new AutoCAD LT 2019 interface
1. Getting Started: The AutoCAD Interface
  • The application menu
  • The ribbon and panels
  • Dialog boxes and palettes
  • The status bar
  • Logging into A360 Drive and saving to web and mobile (AutoCAD LT 2019 only)
2. Getting Started: Drawing Simple Geometry
  • OSNAP and OTRACK
  • POLAR and ORTHO
  • Lines, arcs, and circles
  • Polylines, polygons, and splines
  • Using Zoom and Pan
3. Getting Started: Annotating Simple Designs
  • Text styles
  • Single line text (TEXT) and multiline text (MTEXT)
  • Dimension styles
  • Dimensioning simple designs
  • Adding a simple table
4. Getting Started: Communicating Your Design Intent
  • Creating a simple titleblock
  • Defining your page setup
  • Adding new layouts and scaled viewports
  • Using annotative scaling
  • Printing and plotting
5. Working with AutoCAD LT File Types
  • Understanding full AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT
  • Opening up an AutoCAD drawing (DWG) file
  • Starting a new drawing with an AutoCAD template file (DWT)
  • Setting up and using the appropriate AutoCAD template file
  • Saving drawings in various file formats
6. Working in an AutoCAD Drawing
  • Specifying distance and angle with Dynamic Input
  • Line command options on the shortcut menu
  • Erasing objects
  • Drawing rectangles
  • Drawing polygons
  • Undo and redo actions
7. Further Drafting Tools in AutoCAD LT
  • Drawing with Snap and Grid
  • Using workspaces
  • Adding settings and information to the status bar
8. Making Changes in Your Drawings
  • Editing tools in AutoCAD LT
  • Selecting objects
  • Using and editing with grips
  • Advanced editing tools in AutoCAD LT
9. Organizing Your Drawing with Layers
  • What are layers?
  • Layers in new drawings
  • Working with different types of layers
  • Setting the current layer
  • Layer tools
10. Object Properties
  • Quick properties
  • The Properties palette
  • Matching properties
  • Quick Select
11. Using AutoCAD Blocks
  • What are blocks?
  • Working with blocks
  • Inserting blocks
  • Inserting blocks using the tool palettes
  • Inserting blocks using DesignCenter
12. Using the Model and Layout Tabs Effectively
  • The Page Setup Manager in detail
  • Printing from model and layout tabs
  • Creating layouts
  • Creating multiple layout viewports
13. Using Text and Annotation in Depth
  • Using text styles
  • Multiline text and single line text
  • Editing text
  • Spell checking
  • Using multileaders
  • Creating tables
14. Using Hatching
  • The hatch creation tab
  • Working with hatch patterns and hatch scales
  • Editing hatch patterns
  • Grip editing hatch boundaries
15. Dimensioning a Drawing Effectively
  • Adding dimensions
  • Editing dimensions using grips
  • Editing the dimension text
  • Dimension editing tools
16. Printing Your Drawing
  • Previewing the plot
  • Print and plot settings
  • Batch plotting using the PUBLISH command
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Shaun Bryant

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