Learning Autodesk AutoCAD 2016

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Getting Started

Lecture 1: Important – Download These First – Working Files

Lecture 2: What You Will Learn

Lecture 3: Introduction To AutoCAD

Lecture 4: Installing AutoCAD

Lecture 5: Turning On AutoCAD For The First Time

Lecture 6: Quick Run-Through

Chapter 2: New Features In AutoCAD 2016

Lecture 1: The Start Tab And Other Interface Enhancements

Lecture 2: Revision Clouds

Lecture 3: Dimension Creation Improvements

Lecture 4: Operational Improvements

Lecture 5: BIM Coordination Attachement, PDF, And Xref Enhancements

Lecture 6: 3D Object Section Tool Improvements

Lecture 7: Reality Computing – Point Cloud Tools Enhancements

Lecture 8: A New Rendering Engine – Rapid RT

Lecture 9: System Variable Monitor And Other System Enhancements

Chapter 3: Interfacing With AutoCAD

Lecture 1: AutoCAD's Drawing Area – The Crosshairs And Your Mouse

Lecture 2: Using The Application Menu And The QAT

Lecture 3: Interfacing With The Ribbon

Lecture 4: Taking Advantage Of The Command Line, Dynamic Input, And Auto-Complete

Lecture 5: Toolbars And The Menubar

Lecture 6: File Tabs

Lecture 7: Pallets And Shortcut Menus

Lecture 8: Using Function Keys And Command Aliases

Lecture 9: Workspaces

Lecture 10: The Status Bar – A Busy Place

Lecture 11: An Introduction To Model Space And Paper Space

Lecture 12: Quick Access To Your Drawings

Chapter 4: Basic Operations

Lecture 1: You Have To Start Somewhere

Lecture 2: Quitting AutoCAD

Lecture 3: Object Selection

Lecture 4: Advanced Operation Techniques

Lecture 5: How AutoCAD Interprets Units

Lecture 6: Working With Specific Units

Lecture 7: The User Coordinate System

Lecture 8: Working With The Coordinate System

Lecture 9: Using The Grid System With The Snap Feature

Lecture 10: Pan

Lecture 11: Zoom

Lecture 12: Chapter Project

Chapter 5: Drawing And Drafting Tools

Lecture 1: Lines

Lecture 2: Polylines And Their Uses

Lecture 3: Circles

Lecture 4: Arcs

Lecture 5: Polygons

Lecture 6: Rectangles And Ellipses

Lecture 7: Points And Their Styles

Lecture 8: Methods To Create Precise Objects

Lecture 9: Chapter Project

Chapter 6: Editing Tools

Lecture 1: Erase

Lecture 2: Delete Duplicates – OVERKILL

Lecture 3: The Move And Copy Commands

Lecture 4: Rotating Objects

Lecture 5: Scaling Objects

Lecture 6: Stretching Objects

Lecture 7: Offset

Lecture 8: Mirror

Lecture 9: Trim Or Extend Lines

Lecture 10: Fillet Or Chamfer

Lecture 11: Rectangular Array

Lecture 12: Polar Array

Lecture 13: Pathway Array

Lecture 14: Copy Array

Lecture 15: Object Properties

Lecture 16: Chapter Project

Chapter 7: Utilities: Tools To Know What's Going On

Lecture 1: Listing Objects

Lecture 2: Measuring Tools

Lecture 3: Purging Unused Items

Lecture 4: Undo – The Most Important Command

Lecture 5: Chapter Project

Chapter 8: Precision Tools: Tricks To Help You Draw Accurately

Lecture 1: OSNAP

Lecture 2: ORTHO

Lecture 3: GRIPS

Chapter 9: AutoCAD: Using Layers

Lecture 1: Layer Properties

Lecture 2: The Layer Manager

Lecture 3: Freeze/Thaw/On/Off/Lock

Lecture 4: Creating And Editing Layers

Lecture 5: Using Layers To Control

Lecture 6: Chapter Project

Chapter 10: Annotations

Lecture 1: Dimensions

Lecture 2: Dimension Styles – DIM

Lecture 3: Advanced Dimension Operations

Lecture 4: Advanced Dimensioning Tools And Settings: DIMASSOC

Lecture 5: Multileaders

Lecture 6: Single-Line Text

Lecture 7: Multiline Text

Lecture 8: Multiline Text Techniques

Lecture 9: Wipeouts: Hiding What You Don't Want To See

Lecture 10: Text Styles

Lecture 11: Tables

Lecture 12: Hatching