AutoCAD Level 2 | 2D Intermediate

AutoCAD Level 2 | 2D Intermediate - 2 day training course

This two day AutoCAD Intermediate level course is designed take delegates beyond the basics into more productive CAD work. You progress through advanced techniques for drawing, editing, working with blocks and external references, and advanced plotting.

Course outcomes

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Improve day-to-day productivity with advanced AutoCAD commands
• Use Autodesk’s advanced text and table tools to automate drawing annotation
• Easily track and manage drawing data using block attributes
• Dramatically increase efficiency using AutoCAD’s tool palettes
• Use AutoCAD’s layer tools to improve drawing navigation and standardisation

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This AutoCAD Level 2 | 2D Intermediate course is suitable for AutoCAD users (all versions) who wish to improve their skills for 2D drawing production. This course is appropriate for users in all disciplines—architects, engineers, designers, facilities planners, drafters, and others.

Prerequisites: Delegates must understand the basics of AutoCAD. These skills are covered in our AutoCAD Level 1 course.

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This AutoCAD Level 2 | 2D Intermediate course is designed to cover the following areas:

Tips and Tricks

• Improve drawing revisions with rev clouds and wipeouts
• Create polyline boundaries to simplify area extraction
• Use regions for complex area calculations
• Create selection sets based on object properties
• Reduce file size and maintain good CAD management practices by purging unreferenced objects
• Use points to identify coordinate locations in your drawing
• Place objects at evenly spaced intervals
• Use QuickCalc to perform calculations or convert units

Advanced Text

• Understand the single interface for all text commands
• Create text with tabs, indents, paragraph / line spacing
• Create static and dynamic text columns
• Make the most of AutoCAD’s spell checker
• Create attributes with multiple lines of text

Working with Tables

• Use AutoCAD’s table function to make your data easy to understand and share
• Control table appearance and make global changes
• Use formulas, auto text, and blocks in your tables to automate annotation and perform calculations
• Extract block attribute data to your table
• Save time and reduce errors by dynamically linking data in an Excel spreadsheet to your AutoCAD table

Blocks and Attributes

• Create a block so it can be used in multiple drawings
• Create an annotative blocks that are scaled by the annotative scale in a viewport
• Attach numeric and text information to block definitions to make it easy to track drawing data

Reusable Content

• Reuse data from another drawing using Design Centre
• Increase productivity by making your most frequently used tools and commands available on tool palettes – one of the most dramatic enhancements to AutoCAD in recent years
• Easily manage large, multi-disciplinary projects using external references
• Effectively manage your xrefs for better viewing and smaller files

Layer Management and Best Practices

• Use layer filters to quickly find objects you need inside of complex drawings
• Use layer states to return to a saved configuration of layers
• Ensure uniformity across drawings using layer standards

Working with DWF Files

Dynamic Blocks

• Create single block to represent multiple object configurations
• Assign actions to specific parameters of your dynamic block, such as scale, stretch, move, rotate, flip and array

The price of this AutoCAD Level 2 | 2D Intermediate course is dependent on location:

Glasgow / Manchester: £450 + VAT
London: £495 + VAT

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