Level 1

This course provides the student with an introduction to the principles and uses of computer-assisted drafting and design (CADD). The course will focus on introductory level commands and techniques using the latest version of AutoCAD. Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to utilize AutoCAD commands and co-ordinate entry methods, set up parameters for CADD drawings, and achieve a basic level of file management in the Windows environment. Concepts will be applied through a series of in-class problem solving drawing exercises and through the production of architectural floor plans in an assignment.

Level 2

This Level 2 course will enhance the student’s current knowledge in order to produce drawings much more efficiently and effectively. It is the direct continuation of AutoCAD for design level 1 course, which provided the student with an introduction to the principles of using computer-assisted drafting and design (CADD) to produce architectural floor plans.

Several shortcuts to create drawings quicker will be covered. A typical drawing package with Plans, elevations, sections and details will be created in the Assignments.

Base

Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:

• Employ AutoCAD interface & tools to complete basic drawings.
• Demonstrate proper application of the draw, modify, and annotate tools to a residential drawing.
• Set-up drawing properties using metric or imperial units
• Setup a typical page for drawing creation and eventual printing.
• Draw and develop typical 2-dimensional architectural floor plans.
• Create drawings complete with Text and Dimensioning.
• Use and create block libraries to increase productivity.
• Plot drawing to popular paper sizes at various scales.

• Generate a typical working drawing package
• Generate various kinds of drawings such as plans, elevations, sections and details
• Format a drawing much quicker
• Use various draw and modify commands to increase drawing production
• Add various types of annotative objects such as tags and schedules and legends

Level 1

• Installing AutoCAD
• AutoCAD’s user interface
• Navigating around a drawing
• Setup procedures- drawing units and limits
• Drawing lines accurately using the coordinate system method- absolute, relative, polar
• Drawing lines accurately using the direct entry method- ortho, polar tracking
• Object snap tool- endpoint, midpoint, intersection, perpendicular, Center, quadrant, parallel.
• Drawing other basic shapes- rectangles, circles, polylines, arcs
• Various ways to select objects- pick, windows, keyboard
• Modifying existing objects using various modify commands such as move, copy, offset, mirror, rotate, fillet, chamfer.
• Object snap tracking
• Starting an object in relation to an object snap point
• Stretch command
• Using layers to organize a drawing
• Using various colors and line types
• Controlling the visibility of objects
• Creating and using blocks
• Creating a block Library
• Creating a page setup in paper space
• Adding simple text
• Adding simple dimensioning
• Printing to a PDF file
• Line weights

Level 2

• Creating template files, source files
• Using Design Center to transfer existing information (layers, blocks, text style, dim style)
• Tool palette
• Command Aliases
• Layer Translator
• Layer filters
• What is an as-built drawing
• Multiline command
• Stretch & Align command
• Array command
• Drawing a site plan
• Drawing a property line with surveyor units
• Drawing setback lines
• Drawing other site components
• True north versus project North
• Generating a demolition plan
• Labeling a drawing using multi-leaders
• Generating a Partition plan for new construction
• Creating different types of tags with attributes. I.e. door, windows, wall tags
• Creating schedules and legends using tables
• Generating a Furniture plan
• Furniture tags with invisible attributes
• Data extraction table
• Creating Elevations from floor plans using the flower petal method
• Generating building sections
• Generating connection details
• Using external references with CAD files and image files and Excel spreadsheets