About AutoCAD MAP 3D
History
Usage
Features

Presentation of CAD
Presentation of work logic in AutoCAD
Collaborative work logic
The native file format of AutoCAD: .DWG
The template file format: .DWT
The format of exchange file: .DXF
The standard file format: .DWS
Commonly used formats for logos PNG, JPEG, etc.
Export format: PDF and its peculiarities

The workspace
The menu bar
The ribbon
The graphics area
The importance of hardware acceleration
The command window
Presentation of the drawing assistance tools
Configuration of units and standards
General options and user preferences
Customization of the interface
Recording of the user interface

Creation of a new document
Definition of the workspace limits
Navigation in the work plane
Selection modes (green, blue, select similar, quick selection)
Grid adjustment and display
Resolve mode: grid magnetism
Tracking: orthogonal / polar / object
Object snaps: endpoint, midpoint, intersection, extension, etc.
Selection cycle

Workshop: understand, configure and save the user interface

The origin
The abscissa and the ordinate
Absolute Cartesian coordinates
Relative Cartesian coordinates
Relative / polar Cartesian coordinates
Dynamic input
Line and polyline
Rectangle
Arc
Circle
Ellipse
Polygon
Xline and ray
Ring
Properties panel and objects characteristics
Measuring tools: length, angle, radius, etc.

Workshops: each drawing tool is subject to manipulations and observations of the options offered

Move
Copy
Offset
Symmetry
Rotation
Align
Stretch
Scale
Fit / Extend
Decompose / Join

The modification workshops above correspond to the production of small architectural elements or mechanical parts

Presentation of the layer panel
Layer attributes: color, type and line thickness
Activate, freeze, draw the layers
Definition of the current layer
Activate / deactivate the line weights and transparency of the layers in model space
Change a layer object
Property copy tool

General information on the text and annotation tool
Formatting of characters
Formatting of current paragraphs, bulleted and numbered lists, column options
Text styles
Creation and modification of text styles
Insertion of symbols and fields
General information on the associative sizing tools
Quick sizing tool 
Continuous sizing
Basic line sizing
Adjusting spaces
Formatting dimensions
Creation and modification of sizing styles for different scales

General information on the hatching tool
Outlines and hatching
Different types of fill: pattern, gradient and solid
Modifying the scale and orientation of the hatching
Adding / removing areas
Recovering the hatch surface

Workshop: each drawing tool is subject to manipulations and observations of the options offered

General information on the .dwt template file
Creation of a .dwt template file and best practices
Creation of a new drawing from the template
Example of updates to a template

Workshop: create a drawing template and realize several drawings with dimensions, hatching and annotations

Creation of a title block with attribute definitions (static block)
Model space / paper space
Layout configuration
Choice of plotter type and configuration
Creation of a rectangular or polygonal presentation window
Scale of the presentation window
Creation of custom scales
Insertion of the title block

Workshop: layout and export presentations in PDF

Principle of the use of networks
Presentation of the different types of networks
Copy with networking
Network tools prior to 2013: classical, rectangular and polar networks
Associative networks: polar, rectangular, along of a path
Modification of columns and rows
Modification of the source element
Decomposition of an associative network

Workshop: produce 4 drawings using these different networks / putting into perspective with concrete cases with sprinklers, lights, etc.

General information on blocks
Dynamic blocks / parametric blocks
Creation of blocks: choice of objects, insertion point, description, etc.
Modification of blocks
Insertion of blocks
Dynamic blocks with options for rotation, stretching, scale, etc.
Dynamic blocks with visibility / consultation options
The different types of attributes
Definition of attributes
Insertion of fields
Modification and properties of attributes
Presentation of the Design Center
Navigation in: folders, open drawings, history
Tree structure of a DWG
Use of blocks, styles, presentations, etc. from one drawing to another
Understanding custom palettes
Creation and use of a custom palette

Workshop: create the recurring elements of a house: doors, double doors, windows, etc.

Principle of external references
Xref management panel
File information
Attach work / status files
Path requirements
Modification of one of the files / status and update
Adjust the visible area of ​​files / delete it
Good and bad practices with respect to Xrefs
General coordinate system and user coordinate system
Position a user coordinate system according to the Xref
Creation of views in a large project and use of UCS

Workshop: create views using GCS or UCS in a large project

Object space and presentation space
Presentation ribbon
Document configuration
Presentation configuration
Use of views in presentations
Creation of a title block with variable and constant attribute definitions
Reminders on plotting options
Exports in files
Plotter prints

Workshop: layout of the plans made in the previous steps with title blocks