This is a 2D AutoCAD course for beginners, but it can be also interesting for those, who used to learn the software many years ago and is not updated about plenty new features. Even if you are learning AutoCAD with another course, you could make your skills stronger, using the unique system, suggested in this one. All video lectures are recorded with AutoCAD 2022 for Windows. If you have a Mac, you can also use the same instructions, but when in a video we activate a command from the ribbon, you can activate them from menus or from the command line, or just typing in the command’s name on your keyboard.
The biggest benefit of this course is a nice combination of context-independent and context-oriented exercises. When you do the first – you form the skills of using AutoCAD tools. When you do the second – you improve your ability to see basic geometric forms in complicated mechanical or architectural drawings. The course consists of 11 sections.
The first section helps you understand the User Interface and general rules of working in AutoCAD environment.
Sections 2 to 11 are called here Lessons 1 to 10. Every lesson consists of 6 steps:
- Introduction
- Toolbox
- Context-independent training
- Context-oriented exercises
- Practice
- Summary
In the introduction I talk about how the lesson is organized and which tasks may need more attention.
In the Toolbox video the use of AutoCAD commands is demonstrated.
Context independent training is a set of simple exercises, helping you focus on using AutoCAD tools.
Context oriented exercises help you understand in which drawing context you may need those tools.
Practical work – is a drawing.
And in the Summary lecture we revise the most important moments of the lesson.
P.S. My English is good, but not perfect. I hope nobody will use this course to learn English 🙂
Lesson 1. Line, Rectangle, Circle, Polygon, Copy, Move, Object Snap
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User Interface and operation basicsHow to restore settings to default you can learn from Section 12 "Watch if you need".
Lecture "How to reset settings to default"
00:32 Application menu
00:45 How to open Drawing Units window
00:56 Quick Access Toolbar
01:18 How to add a commonly used tool to the Quick Access Toolbar
01:27 How to add a ribbon button to the Quick Access Toolbar
01:45 The ribbon
01:58 How to open a panel’s dialog box
02:07 How to expand a panel to display additional tools
02:20 How to keep the panel expanded
02:29 About contextual ribbon tabs
02:52 How to minimize the ribbon
03:02 About workspaces
03:40 About the classic Menu Bar
04:17 How to create a new file with the “+” tab
04:25 About the Model space and Layouts
05:23 How to print from the Model space
05:44 About the Status Bar
06:35 About the Object Snaps
07:13 About the Object Snap Tracking
07:43 About the ORTHO mode and direct entry of length
08:28 About decimal numbers in AutoCAD
09:05 Customization of the Status Bar
09:44 About the mouse 11:04 About the Navigation Bar
11:22 ViewCube 11:35 How to hide/show the ViewCube and the Navigation Bar
12:00 How to work with AutoCAD commands
14:40 About Dynamic Input
15:23 Objects selection
17:35 Hide Objects/Isolate Objects/End Object Isolation
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Something's missing
0:22 If you don’t see the Ribbon
01:20 If the ViewCube is missing.
02:04 If you don’t see a button on the Status Bar that you need.
02:29 If you have lost the Command Line.
02:48 If the tabs Model / Layouts are missing.
03:24 If you need the classic Menu Bar.
03:59 If you don’t see the tooltips near the cursor.
04:43 If you don’t see the lineweight of your drawing objects.
05:16 If you don’t see the objects of your drawing
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User Interface
Lesson 2. Trim, Extend, Modify, Explode, Join, Fillet
Lesson 3. Rotate, Mirror, Point Style, Divide, Editing with grips
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Introduction to lesson 2
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Toolbox 2
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Context-Independent Training 2
If the Trim command works otherwise, please, watch a video "Trim mode" in section 12 "Watch if you need"
If the Extend command works otherwise, please, watch a video "Extend mode" in section 12 "Watch if you need"
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Context-Oriented Exercises 2
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Practice 2
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Summary 2
Lesson 4. Break, Break at Point, Offset, Quick Select, Select Similar
Lesson 5. Array, Hatch, Boundary, Rotate*, Mirror*
Lesson 6. Chamfer, Spline, Blend Curves, Object Snap Tracking, Join*, Fillet*
Lesson 7. Scale, Stretch, Align, Attach, OLE, Move*
Lesson 8. Working with blocks: create, edit, insert, import, delete
Lesson 9. Layers, Layout viewports, Dimensions.
Lesson 10. Wipeout, Revision Cloud, Helix
