AutoCad Class in London
What is AutoCad?
This course offers an introduction to Autocad for designers and architects. You should be computer literate. The course will help you to develop essential skills in using Autocad for professional purposes. The course will concentrate on 2D design skills.
When does the AutoCad class run?
8 x 2.5 hour lessons = 20 hrs total. Evening course: 1 per week Monday evenings or Daytime course Mon, Wed Fri and Mon for two consecutive weeks - 2 x 2.5 hrs per day.
Day times to be arranged. Practice times can be arranged on other evenings free of charge.
Start Dates:
Evening: Mondays for 8 weeks (20 hrs).Overview of Content
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Use a Range of Viewing Commands
and Setup the Drawing Space
• Using the Startup Wizards
• Setting Drawing Units
• Setting Drawing Limits
• Setting Snap and Grid
• Saving a drawing
• Creating a template drawing file
• Creating a new drawing
• Opening an existing drawing file
• Exiting from AutoCAD
• Using the Zoom options
• Using Realtime Zoom and Realtime Pan
• Save and Restore Named Views
Use the Coordinate System to Aid Accurate Drawing
• How to draw lines using SNAP and GRID
• How to set SNAP and GRID
• Use of the Undo (U) command
• How to draw lines using Coordinate entry
• How to erase objects and redraw the screen
• Use of transparent Snap and Grid
• How to use Direct Distance Entry and Polar Tracking
Use Drawing Commands to
Produce Shapes
• Setting up a drawing
• Using Object Snaps
• Loading linetypes
• Changing object properties with Grips
• Using the commands below
• Using AutoTracking
• Saving a drawing
Use Basic Editing Commands and Produce
Simple Hard Copies
• Layer Management, Purging & Renaming
• How to Create and Edit a Drawing
• Inserting a Block
• Loading Linetypes
• Using Points and changing Point Style
• Plot Functions
• Plotting from Model Space
Use Hatch, Text and Simple
Dimensioning Routines
• How to use DTEXT (TEXT)
• How to use MTEXT
• How to create Text Styles
• How to Edit Text
• How to Insert a Raster Image
Further Drawing Exercises
Cost
£550
Individual courses
Can be arranged to suit asap. Please phone to arrange times.
Cost: £1250
Certificate
At the course completion, subject to satisfactory performance, a Kensington College certificate is awarded. From anecdotal experience, this has proved most useful in job interviews.