AutoCAD

[Mohammad Tayseer]

CAD LEVEL 1- Getting Started with AutoCAD
LESSON 1-1	X-Y CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM, INPUTTING POINTS, THE AUTOCAD SCREEN, BASIC AUTOCAD TERMINOLOGY
LESSON 1-2	ASSIGNMENT 1 INTRO TO DRAWING / MODIFYING COMMANDS
LESSON 1-3	ASSIGNMENT 2 MORE MODIFYING COMMANDS
LESSON 1-4	ASSIGNMENT 3 ACCURATE INPUT
LESSON 1-5	SELECTION SETS
LESSON 1-6	ASSIGNMENT 4 MODIFYING COMMANDS
LESSON 1-7	ASSIGNMENT 5 MODIFYING COMMANDS
LESSON 1-8	ASSIGNMENT 6 LAYERS / DIMENSIONING / TEXT
LESSON 1-9	DIRECT DISTANCE ENTRY AND OBJECT TRACKING
LESSON 1-10	CHANGING THE PROPERTIES OF OBJECTS
QUIZ FOR LEVEL 1
CAD LEVEL 2 - Intermediate AutoCAD
LESSON 2-1	PLANNING A PROJECT - OFFICE FLOOR PLAN
LESSON 2-2	MOVING AROUND YOUR DRAWING - ZOOM AND PAN
LESSON 2-3	FORMATTING TEXT
LESSON 2-4	PLOTTING FROM "PAPER SPACE" - VIEWPORTS AND SCALING - LAYOUT TABS
LESSON 2-5	INTRODUCTION TO BLOCKS - CREATING AND INSERTING
LESSON 2-6	ATTRIBUTES - NON-GRAPHICAL INFORMATION
LESSON 2-7	POLYLINES
LESSON 2-8	HATCHING - FILLING AREAS
QUIZ FOR LEVEL 2

CAD LEVEL 3 - Introduction to 3-D
LESSON 3-1	INTRODUCTION TO 3-D
LESSON 3-2	ISOMETRIC DRAWING
LESSON 3-3	WORKING IN 3 DIMENSIONS
LESSON 3-4	VIEWING 3-D OBJECTS
LESSON 3-5	BASIC WIREFRAME MODELS
LESSON 3-6	LINE THICKNESS
LESSON 3-7	REGIONS AND 3-D FACES
LESSON 3-7a	MORE ABOUT EXTRUDING & LOFTING
LESSON 3-8	REVOLVED OBJECTS
LESSON 3-9	ADDING MATERIALS
LESSON 3-10	PRIMITIVE SOLIDS
LESSON 3-11	BOOLEAN OPERATIONS
LESSON 3-12	CHANGING FROM THE WCS TO THE UCS
LESSON 3-13	MAPPING MATERIALS
LESSON 3-14	CREATING NEW MATERIALS
LESSON 3-15	EXTRA PROJECTS AND A TUTORIAL
LESSON 3-16	PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER - MODEL A BUILDING
LESSON 3-17	INTRODUCTION TO RENDERING AND LIGHTING
QUIZ FOR LEVEL 3
CAD LEVEL 4 - Advanced Topics
LESSON 4-1	AUTOCAD TEMPLATE FILES
LESSON 4-2	USING OSNAPS IN AUTOCAD
LESSON 4-3	LINETYPES AND LINETYPE SCALE
LESSON 4-4	AUTOCAD FILE FORMATS
LESSON 4-5	GRIP EDITING
LESSON 4-6	AUTOCAD'S INQUIRY TOOLS
LESSON 4-7	XREF'S (EXTERNAL REFERENCES)
LESSON 4-8	SYSTEM VARIABLES
LESSON 4-9	TABLES
LESSON 4-10	INTRODUCTION TO SET SHEETS
LESSON 4-11	MODIFYING AND CREATING DIMENSIONS
QUIZ FOR LEVEL 4

Lesson 01 - An Introduction to AutoCAD
A brief introduction to AutoCAD.

Lesson 02 - Basic Commands
Getting familiar with AutoCAD. Create and open drawings, toolbars, the command line and basic draw commands.

Lesson 03 - Zoom & Pan
Learn how to move around and change the view in your drawings.

Lesson 04 - Drawing Limits
Learn about AutoCAD's drawing limit setting and how to change the values to suit your needs

Lesson 05 - Polylines
A whole tutorial dedicated to the mighty polyline - probably the most useful command in AutoCAD.

Lesson 06 - Modify Commands
A series of mini-tutorials on each of the modify commands found in the modify toolbar.

Lesson 07 - Layers
Use layers to easily organise your drawings

Lesson 08 - Text
A quick lesson on adding text and notes to your AutoCAD drawings.

Lesson 09 - Hatching
Use hatching to pattern fill areas of your drawing.

Lesson 10 - Model Space & Layout (Paper) Space
Learn the differences between model space and paper space, setting up viewports, scaling viewports and scale printing within AutoCAD.

Lesson 11- Object Snap
Improve your drafting productivity and accuracy with object snap.

Lesson 12- Blocks
Find out how to create and redefine blocks to easily manage revised details within your drawings.

 

Other sites:

http://www.cadtutor.net/
The AutoCAD On-line Tutor is a free resource. It is designed for students but will be of use to anyone who needs to know how to use AutoCAD Release 14, 2000 and associated software such as 3D Studio VIZ and Adobe Photoshop. A new version of the On-line Tutor covering AutoCAD 2000 is planned for the future. New topics in preparation include, solid modelling and rendering.

http://www.referentia.com/products/cd/download/sample_volumes/index.htm
Free training sample volumes are available for you to download and install for AutoCAD 2000 and AutoCAD Release 14

http://www3.autodesk.com/adsk/support/item/0,,140512-123112-276198,00.html
Introduction to AutoCAD LT 2000: Learning Tutorial

http://www3.autodesk.com/adsk/support/item/0,,155441-123112,00.html
AutoCAD LT 2000 On-Line Tutorial

http://www3.autodesk.com/adsk/autoindex/0,,124002-123112,00.html
Online Courses and Tutorials from Autodesk.com

http://www.cadonline.com/exclusive/t2k/1099t2k/1099t2k.htm
AutoCAD 2000 printing and plotting tutorial

http://www.cadenceweb.com/1999/0999/tutorial0999.html
Advanced Plotting with Autocad 2000

http://www.digitalcad.com/Htm/tutorials/fulton1.htm
3 Part Autocad 2000 Tutorial

http://www.wannalearn.com/Computers_and_the_Internet/Applications/AutoCAD/
3 AutoCAD Tutorials

http://www.cadenceweb.com/1999/0999/issuefocus0999.html
1999's Best of Tips and Tricks for Autocad 2000

http://acad-atc.ic.polyu.edu.hk/AutoCAD2000/enhance/enhance1.htm
Autocad 2000 Update Tutorial

http://acad-atc.ic.polyu.edu.hk/
Computer Aided Design Training on Autocad 2000

http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tutacad.asp
3D Café's Free AutoCAD Tutorials  - several good tutorials.

http://www.alambina.ws/1dacad/1dacad.htm
Introduction to Computer Aided Design with AutoCAD - These tutorial sessions introduces the fundamentals of AutoCAD Release 14 in the 2D drafting, 3D Design, and Rendering and Visualization environment.

http://www.myCADsite.com

The-CAD-Guy - A Site for Free CAD Lessons, Forum & Help. Pages include

AutoCAD Basics, Command Descriptions and AutoCAD's Co-ordinate System. Plus self-quizzes.

http://www2.ncsu.edu:8010/unity/lockers/project/graphicscourse/gc/acadtut/acadtut2000/acadtut-home.html
AutoCAD Tutorial Home Page at North Carolina State University - This tutorial contains helpful information for getting started with AutoCAD software. They are designed to be part of an introductory course in technical graphics.

http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/Learning/AutoCAD/
FBE Online Learning AutoCAD - 2D Tutorials - Learning AutoCAD, a set of tutorials created by staff of the Faculty of the Built Environment, the University of New South Wales.

http://members.tripod.com/seva-aug/Resources.html
AutoCAD Resources - a very good linked list of AutoCAD learning and tutorial sites.

http://www.cadinstitute.net/ebook.htm
Free AutoCAD eBooks are available for download. These eBooks cover the creation of electronic DWF files and how to post them on our websites. Included with each eBook are explanations and exercises along with several CAD files to practice on.

http://acad.complete-support.com/free.htm
Free 7-day Lessong in AutoCad 14 and 2000

Here are more Autocad training and learning resources:

Tailoring AutoCAD < http://www.upfrontezine.com/Tailor/tailor01.htm> - a 20-chapter tome covering menus, AutoLISP, hatch patterns and more. Ralph Grabowski.

The 1 Day AutoCAD Page < http://www.alambina.ws/1dacad/> - provides tutorials and training notes in the fundamentals of AutoCAD Release 14, including 2D drafting, 3D design and rendering and visualization

CADD Primer < http://www.caddprimer.com/> - this Website for CAD beginners takes its name from a book of the same name by Vijay Duggal. You can download a free text-only version of the book or download a full PDF version for a modest fee.

AutoCAD tutorials <http://homepage.dtn.ntl.com/terry.rawkins/> - an AutoCAD teacher offers some tutorials and an online test

AutoCAD 2000 Series Tips & Tricks < http://www.cad-.com/tips&tricks_autocad.htm> - streaming videos

Graphics Communication Program < http://www2.ncsu.edu:8010/unity/lockers/project/graphicscourse/gc/acadtut/acadtut2000/acadtut-home.html> - very detailed, well illustrated tutorials introduces the basic functionality of AutoCAD, by Dr. Alice Y. Scales, North Carolina State University

CADTutor <http://www.cadtutor.net/> - offers a broad range of free tutorials for AutoCAD R14 and AutoCAD 2000, plus Autodesk VIZ and Adobe Photoshop, by David Watson

2D AutoCAD Tutorials <http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/Learning/AutoCAD/> - getting started, editing, modifying, and plotting for Release 2000. Also has tutorials for R14, R13, R12. By University of New South Wales, Australia

AutoCAD User Group International (AUGI) <http://www.augi.com/> - sponsors instructor-led online training in AutoCAD. You must sign up for a for an account on the site before you can sign up for training.

Online CAD & Documentation Services <http://www.onlinecad.net/helpful_tools.htm> - missed AutoCAD University 2002? You can find 10 of the most popular tutorials here.