AutoCAD 2D Modeling Design

AutoCAD and Working with the Windows Environment

• Starting to Draw.
• Opening a Drawing.
• Using Commands.
• Specifying Coordinates.
• Setting Up a Drawing.
• Starting AutoCAD and Understanding the Display
• Interacting with AutoCAD
• AutoCAD File Operations

Creating Your First Drawing

• Setting up a Drawing
• Using AutoCAD Drafting Tools
• Understanding Objects

Viewing and Plotting a Drawing

• Understanding the Display and Virtual Screen
• Using ZOOM and PAN To Control the Display
• Using the Aerial View Window and Creating Views

Basic CAD Drawing Techniques

• Setting the Display Format and Units
• Working with Prototype Drawings
• Coordinate System Basics

Understanding Layers and Linetypes

• Working with Layers
• Understanding and Creating Linetypes

Creating Basic Geometry

• Drawing Rectangles, Drawing Circles
• Drawing Arcs

Annotating a Drawing with Text and Hatching

• Adding Text to a Drawing, Filling Areas with Hatching

Drawing Accurately

• Working with Entity Points and Object Snaps
• Using Point Filters

Creating Selection Sets

• Methods for Creating a Selection Set
• Selecting Objects, Changing the Selection and Using Object Selection Filters

Basic Editing Skills

• Deleting and Restoring Objects
• Moving, Copying, and Offsetting Objects
• Rotating, Mirroring, Scaling, and Stretching Objects
• Editing Edges and Corners of Objects
• Producing Arrays of Objects (ARRAY)

Editing with Grips

• Working with Grips
• Using the Grips Autoedit Modes

Advanced Drawing Techniques

• Dividing and Measuring an Object
• Drawing Rings and Ellipses, Working with Multilines

Dimensioning a Drawing

• Dimensioning Basics and Dimensioning with Precision
• Linear and Radial Dimensioning
• Angular Dimensioning, Editing Dimensions

Modifying Object Characteristics

• Changing Object Properties
• Extracting Information from your Drawing

Using Symbols and Attributes

• Defining Groups, Creating Blocks
• Adding Information to a Block with Attributes

Drawing in Two Dimensions 2D

• Drawing Simple Lines.
• Drawing Curves and Point Objects.
• Viewing Your Drawing.
• Editing Your Drawing: Basic Tools.
• Editing Your Drawing: Advanced Tools.
• Organizing Drawings with Layers, Colors, Linetypes, and Lineweights.
• Getting Information from Your Drawing.
• Creating Text, Drawing Dimensions.
• Creating Dimension Styles and Tolerances.
• Drawing Complex Objects.
• Plotting and Printing Your Drawing.

Working with Data.

• Working with Blocks and Attributes.
• Referencing Other Drawings.
• Working with External Databases.

Organizing and Managing Drawings.

• Keeping Control of Your Drawings.
• Working with Other Applications.
• Getting on the Internet.

Customizing AutoCAD.

• Customizing Commands, Toolbars, and Tool Palettes.
• Creating Macros and Slide Shows with Script Files.
• Creating Your Own Linetypes and Hatch Patterns.
• Creating Shapes and Fonts, Customizing Menus.

3D Modeling Design

3D concepts and AutoDesk Product for 3D

• 3D concepts and AutoDesk Product for 3D
• Development of Computer Geometric 3D Modeling
• AutoCAD®  Screen Layout
• Application Menu, Toolbar, Menu Bar
• Graphics Cursor or Crosshairs, Command prompt Area
• Cursor Coordinates
• Draw and Modify Toolbar Panel
• Layers Control Toolbar Panel
• Annotation Toolbar Panel
• Layout/Model Toolbar, Viewing Toolbar
• Workspace Switching, Mouse Buttons
• Cancelling commands, Creating a CAD File Folder

Drawing in Three Dimensions.(3D)

• Specifying 3D Coordinates. Viewing 3D Drawings.
• Creating 3D Surfaces.
• Creating Solids and Editing in 3D.
• Rendering in 3D.

User Coordinate System and the Z-Axis

• 3D Modeling WorkSpace
• Drawing Units Setup, Area Setup
• GRID and SNAP Intervals Setup
• Drawing Polylines,  Offset Polyline
• Creating Interior Walls, Using the TRIM Command
• XY CRT, but an XYZ World
• Viewing the 2D Design in 3D Space
• Adding the 3rd Dimension to the Floor Plan Design
• Viewing the Design Using the Hide Option

3D Wireframe Modeling

• Using the Startup Options
• Creating the Rectangular Base of the Design
• Create a 3D Box, Object Snap Toolbar
• Using the Snap Options to Locate the Top Corners
• Using the Copy Option to Create Additional Edges

Dynamic Rotation – Free Orbit, OFFSET Command

• UCS, Viewports and Wireframe 3D Modeling
• V-Block Design
• Creating a Wireframe Box
• Using the View and the UCS Toolbars
• Creating Construction Lines in the Front View
• Copying in the Negative Z Direction
• Creating an Inclined Line at the Base of the Model
• Creating Object Lines
• Multiple Viewports
• Using the MIRROR Command
• Creating the V-Cut Feature on the Inclined Plane
• Extend the Cut and GRIP Editing

3D Surface Modeling

• UCS Toolbars and the Meshes Commands
• Creating a Surface Using the 2D SOLID Command
• Using the Visual Styles Toolbar
• Creating a Surface Using the 3D FACE Command
• ViewCube, Creating a Surface of Irregular Shape
• Using the Invisible Edge Option
• Moving with the Grip Editing Tools
• The Locator Wireframe Model
• Moving Objects to a Different Layer
• Advanced Surface Modeling Commands
• Using the Tabulated Surface and Ruled Surface Option

Solid Modeling - Constructive Solid Geometry

• Guide-Block Design
• Constructive Solid Geometry Concept, Binary Tree
• The Guide-Block CSG Binary Tree
• Creating 3D object, Boolean Operation - UNION
• Creating the Second Cylinder Feature
• Boolean Operation - SUBTRACT
The SteeringWheels

Regions, Extrude and Solid Modeling

• The V-BlockSolid Design
• Setting Up a 2D Sketch
• Defining the Front Edges of the Design
• Creating a Region, Extruding the Created Region
• Creating a 2D Sketch at the Base of the Model
• Creating a Copy of the 2D Sketch
• Creating the Cutter Solids
• Boolean Operation - Subtract

Multiview Drawings from 3D Models

• AutoCAD Paper Space
• Deleting the Displayed Viewport
• Adding Borders and Title Block in the Layout
• Setting Up Viewports inside the Title Block
• Setting Up the Standard Views
• Determining the Necessary 2D Views
• Establishing an Auxiliary View in Model Mode
• Adding a Viewport for an Auxiliary View
• Using the DVIEW Command
• Adjusting the Viewport Scale
• Locking the Base View, Aligning the 2D Views

Symmetrical Features in Designs

• A Revolved Design: PULLEY
• Modeling Strategy
• Setting Up a 2D Sketch for the Revolved Feature
• Perform 2D Boolean Operations
• Creating the Revolved Feature, 3D Array

Advanced Modeling Tools & Techniques

• Create an Offset Geometry from an Extracted Surface
• Extrude with Draft Angle, Aligning the Parts
• Combining Parts – Boolean UNION
• Creating 3D Rounds and Fillets
• Creating a Shell Feature
• Creating a Rectangular Array Cut Feature
• Making a Design Change
• Dynamic UCS Approach

Conceptual Design Tools & Techniques

• Create a Solid Feature Using the Press/Pull Command
• Using the Press/Pull Command as an Editing Tool
• Create another Cut Feature
• Using the Imprint Command

Photorealistic Rendering

• Environment Setup
• Using the Render command
• Available Lighting Simulation Modes in AutoCAD
• Using the Materials Options
• Activate the Sun & Sky Background option
• Creating a Point Light, Changing the Applied Materials
• Creating a Spotlight, Removing a Light
• Creating a Distant Light, Creating New Materials
• Saving the Rendered Images