Online course "AutoCAD Basics"
This course is designed to provide practical development of basic skills in working with the AutoCAD 2025 computer-aided design system.
- Duration
- 20 academic hours
Upcoming groups
- 1–14 December
- 12–25 January 2027
- 1–14 June 2027
- 2–13 August 2027
And 1 more group later. The schedule is managed by the training center; a manager will confirm your place in the group.
Training format and price
This course is designed to provide practical development of basic skills in working with the AutoCAD 2025 computer-aided design system.
Includes practical techniques for creating drawings from scratch to printing. Working with layers and blocks is explored. Annotative objects, such as hatching, text, and dimensions, are also covered. Printing, paper space, and publishing to PDF are also covered.
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Prerequisites: basic computer skills, knowledge of the basics of Microsoft Office (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel).
Course program
1. AutoCAD Basics
- Basic principles and principles of working in AutoCAD;
- Switching and customizing workspaces;
- Program interface.
2. Coordinate systems. Command input methods
- Two-dimensional coordinate system: absolute and relative coordinates;
- Methods of entering commands;
- Image control. Panning and zooming commands.
3. Objects. Properties of objects
- Simple primitives of the system: segments, circles, arcs, splines;
- Composite primitives of the system: rectangles, polygons, polylines
4. Construction methods
- Selecting objects;
- Properties. The Properties palette.
5. Editing objects
- Basic editing tools: move, copy, rotate, scale, etc.
6. Working with Layers. Organizing a Drawing in AutoCAD
- Object properties: color, weight, line type;
- Layers palette;
- Layer management and properties.
7. Blocks
- Creating a block definition;
- Insert block entry;
- Control Center palette;
- Updating block entry;
- Tool palettes.
8. Drawing Design. Annotative Objects
- Hatching. Creating and editing hatching
9. Text editor in AutoCAD
- Multiline text. Editing multiline text;
- Text Styles: Create a new text style.
10. Applying and adjusting sizes
- Types of dimensions. Components of dimensions;
- Creating and customizing dimension styles.
11. Printing
- Scaling, layout and printing of the drawing;
- Layout of the drawing on the sheet. Setting up the paper space;
- Drawing scaling. Working with viewports;
- Drawing design. Print settings.
- Duration
- 20 academic hours
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