AUTOCAD

Goals


- Perform 3D work from 2D work and renderings

Program

History
Different uses and functionalities

Use the main Autocad formats: .DWG / .DWT, DXF, DWS, PNG and PDF

Use the menu bar
Use the ribbon
Work in the graphics area
Use the command line

Create a new document
Use the workspace
Define the limits of the work plane
Configure the units
Know the difference between the different selection modes
Adjust the grid
Use the resol mode: grid magnetism
Use the coordinate systems: orthogonal, polar, object
Use object snaps

Zoom in / out
Use the pan
Use the orbit, free and continuous orbit
Master the 3D compass
Use the navigation disc
Use the predefined views

2D wireframe
Conceptual
Hidden
Realistic
Shaded
Shaded with edges
Grayscale
Sketches
Wireframe
X-rays

Use the rectangle tool
Use the ellipse tool
Use the lines tool
Use the polyline tool
Master the 2D object snaps
Master the general coordinate system
Master the user coordinate system
Define a new UCS: 3-point UCS, Z-axis UCS

Use the rectangle
Use the ellipse
Use the arc
Use the polygon
Master the offset tool
Master the copy tool
Master the rotation tool
Master the 2D object snap

Master the dynamic user coordinate system
Use polyline
Use offset
Use copy
Master 2D object snap

Use the line tool
Use the 3D polylines tool
Use the spline tool
Use the helix tool

Use the rectangle tool
Use the ellipse tool
Use the offset tool
Use the copy tool
Use the rotation tool
Control the 2D object snap
Move in 3D
Use 3D rotation
Scale

Presentation of the Gizmo: move / rotate / scale 3D
Position the Gizmo
Select modification axes
Select modification planes

Workshop: build a 3D element with rudimentary forms

Move, move in 3D
Rotate, rotate in 3D
Copy
Offset
Mirror
Align
Stretch
Master rectangular array
Master polar array
Master array along a path
Control the peculiarities of associative arrays in 3D

Workshop: design a simple building with existing forms

Use 3D primitives
Use the box
Use the cylinder
Use the cone
Use the sphere
Use the pyramid
Use the wedge
Use the torus
Master the solids

Unite
Subtract
Intersect

Workshop: make an architect’s desk and lamp

Press or pull
Section
Thicken
Make an indentation
Make an imprint
Extract edges
Create a shell
Create fillet edges
Create chamfer edges
Extrude faces
Offset faces

Workshop: design mechanical parts from 2D drawings

Add 3D in 2D drawings
Master the nuances between solids and surfaces
Create regions
Manage the different types of extrusions
Make a revolution of a path
Master the different types of path sweeps 
Smooth paths
Control the associative properties of surfaces
Manage surface types :
Smoothing with cuts only
Nurbs
Use handles

Workshop: make a straight staircase and a spiral staircase

Manage basic configuration
Choose a predefined rendering quality
Use the resolution
Use the exposure
Use the environment
Control the rendering window: information, menu

Workshop:  produce renderings from previously created volumes

Duration

5 days

Price

£ 2215

Audience

Everyone

Prerequisites

Master AutoCad

Reference

CAO384-F

Sessions

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