AutoCAD for Civil Engineers
(Duration: 60 Hrs)
Course Curriculum
Chapter 1: Getting started
Introduction of AutoCAD
Getting Started User Interface
Creating New drawings
Opening Existing Drawings
AutoCAD User Interface
Option Command – Automatic save file location, Display tab for background User interface
color changing, crosshair size, Selection Tab for Pick box size change & Grip size change,
Open & Save tab
Units Command
UCS Icon
Chapter 2: Key Settings
Drafting Settings – Snap & Grid, Object snap, polar tracking, Quick properties, selection
cycling, dynamic input
Function keys & Ctrl keys
Selection – Cross selection, Window selection, Pick selection
Chapter 3: Drawing Geometry
Zoom, Pan
Line, Polyline, Explode, Join, Offset, Trim, Extend, Ortho
Fillet, Chamfer, Move, Copy, Stretch, Scale, Mirror, Rotate
Distance Command
Chapter 4: Tools for Creating Key Geometry
Circle, Arc, Rectangle, Polygon, Ellipse
Radius Command, Angle command, Area command
Array
Hatching – Solid, Pattern, Gradient
Chapter 5: Tools for Manipulating Geometry
Spline fit, Spline CV, Blend Curve, Construction line, Ray, Points, Point style, Multiple points
Divide, Measure, Region, Wipeout, Donut, Revision cloud
Boundary
Regenerate
Align, Change space, Lengthen, Break, Break at point, Draw order, Set to ByLayer
Properties – color, line weight, line type
Match properties
Delete Duplicate Objects (Overkill)
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Chapter 6: Working with Layers
Layer properties – Create layer, delete layer, set current, layer on/off, freeze, lock
Turn all layers on/off, Isolate/unisolate layer, freeze all layers, thaw all layers, lock/unlock
layers, make current, match layer
Layer states
Chapter 7: Working with Blocks, Block Editor & Attributes
Tool Palette
Design center
Dynamic blocks
Create Block
Insert Block
Write block
Practice on Designs or plans
Block Editor – Scale, stretch, flip, visibility
Attributes, Attribute Editor
Chapter 8: Annotation
Multiline text, Single line text, Text style
Dimension – Linear, Aligned, etc.
Dimension style
Baseline, Continue
Leader, Multileader style
Add leader, Remove leader, Align leader, Collect leader
Table style, Table
Chapter 9: Useful Tools
Creating Group, Ungroup, Group Edit, Group Selection On/Off
Copy clip, Paste, Cut, Paste as Block, Paste Special
Quick Select, Select all
Quick Calculator
External Reference
PDF Import
Hyperlink
OLE Object
Express Tools – Text Panel, Modify Panel, Draw Panel
Properties, List
Purge
Chapter 10: Views Drafting
Isometric Drafting
Perspective Drafting – One point, two point
Chapter 11: Setting Up a Layout & Plotting/Printing
Output Tab – Plot panel, Export to DWF/PDF
Layout
Templates
Chapter 12: Switching to 3D Modeling
Workspace Switching into 3D, Visual styles, side views, orbit
Modeling tools – Box, Cylinder, Cone, Sphere, Pyramid, Wedge, Torus, Extrude, Loft,
revolve, sweep, polysolid, presspull
Move gizmo, rotate gizmo, scale, gizmo
Changing Axis
Smooth object, smooth more, smooth less, refine mesh
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Chapter 13: 3D Modeling Tools
Union, subtract, Intersect, interference checking, slice, thicken
Convert to surface
Shell, Clean, Fillet edge, chamfer edge, Extract edges, color edges, copy edges
Extrude faces, taper faces, move faces, copy faces, offset faces, color faces, rotate faces
Section plane, live section, Add Jog section
3D move, 3D rotate, 3D scale, Helix, 3D polyline
Material browser
Viewports
Hands-on on plans, making walls, door & window cutting, creating & placing doors &
windows, creating floor & slab, creating staircase
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