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302 individual topics -
14 Hours
Topics covered on this CBT SERIES CD-ROM include:
Getting Started with AutoCAD 2006
How do I start AutoCAD? What is the New Features Workshop? What
is the AutoCAD drawing window? What are the different components of
the AutoCAD drawing window? What are the Layouts Tabs? What ins
the Command Line or Command Prompt? What is the expanded view
of the Command Line or Command Prompt? What is in the menu bar
or pull-down menus? What are toolbars and how do I access them? How
do I open and close Toolbars? How do I lock Toolbar positions? What
is the Status Bar? What is the Status Bar tray settings? What
are the Shortcut and Cursor menus? What are Palettes? How do
I use Commands and Options? What is Dynamic Input and how do I use
it with Commands? How do I set the Dynamic Input settings? How
do I get help with Commands? How do I start a new drawing or project? How
do I set up my drawing space? How do I set my grid, snap and adjust
my drawing limits? How do I open and work with multiple drawings? How
do I save my work and drawings?
Constructing Geometric Figures in 2006
How do I draw lines using the Command Line? How do I draw lines using
the Dynamic Input? How do I draw Rectangles with Dimensions? How
do I draw repeat the Rectangle Command? How do I draw Rectangles with
Fillets and Chamfers? How do I draw a Rectangle with Width? What
are the 3D Options of Rectangles? How do I undo something I have done? How
do I draw circles with different radius and diameter? How do I draw
arcs?
Object Selection in 2006
How do I pick objects to erase them from the drawing? How do restore
objects that I erased by mistake? How do I unselect or deselect objects
that I picked by mistake to erase from the drawing? How do I unpick
objects or deselect objects to erase with window or crossing? How
do I unselect or deselect objects that I picked by mistake to erase from
the drawing? How do I control the object and selection properties of
modify commands?
AutoCAD Drafting Settings
How do set and use Grid? How do I set and use Snap? How
do I set and use Ortho? An example of a schematic diagram to draw accurately
with Grid, Snap and Ortho? How do I use Direct Distance Entry to draw
accurately? How do I use Polar Tracking to draw accurately at absolute
angles? How do I use Polar Tracking to draw accurately at relative angles? How
do I use Polar Tracking to draw accurately with snap? How do I create
additional Polar angles and use angle overrides to draw accurately? How
do I use Object Snaps in a running mode to draw accurately? How do I
use an Object Snap Override? How do I use Object Snap Parallel? How
do I use Object Snap Extension? How do I use Object Snap Tracking to
specify a point off an object? How do I use Object Snap Tracking to specify
a point off multiple objects? How do I use System Variables to Control
Object Snaps?
AutoCAD Display Control
How do I magnify into my drawing using Realtime Zoom? How do
I magnify into my drawing using the cursor menu? How do I magnify into
my drawing using the Intellimouse? How do I control the resolution of
circles?
Creating and Modifying Layers
How do I use layers to organize information in my drawing? How
do I draw on a specific layer? How do I use layers to control the visibility
of objects in my drawing? How do I use layers to control the visibility
of objects in my drawing? How do I prevent objects on layers from being
modified in my drawing?
AutoCAD Object Properties
How do I control the color of objects in my drawing? How do
I control the linetype of objects in my drawing? How do I control the
lineweight of objects in my drawing? Why would I draw objects with different
properties? How do I control the properties of objects by layer in my
drawing? How do I change the properties of objects in my drawing? How
do I change the scale of linetypes in my drawing?
Drawing Polygons
How do I draw a multi-sided object?
Drawing Ellipses
How do I draw an ellipse object? How do I draw an ellipse for
an isometric drawing? Drawing Polylines What are the basic properties
of polylines? How do I set and vary the properties of polylines?
Drawing Text in AutoCAD
How do I create a single word, number or line of text for annotation? How
do I justify or place text accurately for annotation? How do I
justify or place text accurately for annotation? How do I justify
or place text accurately for annotation? How do I justify or place
text accurately for annotation? How do I justify or place text
accurately for annotation? How do I create a simple tag for annotation? How
do I create a paragraph of text for annotation? How do I edit or
modify existing text?
Creating and Modifying Text Styles
How do I change and control the appearance of text in the drawing? How
do edit the appearance of text in the drawing?
Creating and Modifying Tables
How do create a table in the drawing? How do edit text
in a table? How do change the properties of a table? How
do change the appearance or style of a table?
Creating Objects From Existing Objects
How do make a copy or duplicate of existing objects in my drawing? How
do make a copies of objects in a pattern of rows and columns? How
do make a copies of objects in a circular pattern? How do make
a copies of objects in a partial circular pattern? How do make
parallel and concentric copies of objects? How do make flipped
or reversed copies of objects? How do stop text from being reversed
when I use the mirror command? How do I place a fillet, radius
or round between two objects? How do I extend two non-parallel
line to their intersection? How do I leave the original lines when
using the fillet command? How do I place an angled line or cut
corner between two objects? How do I extend two non-parallel line
to their intersection? How do I leave the original lines when using
the chamfer command? How does the fillet and chamfer command work
with rectangles and polylines?
Modifying Objects
How do I move objects to new locations? How do I move objects
accurately to new locations? How do I move objects accurately to new
locations? How do I erase a portion of an object? How do I break
an object into two separate objects? How do I break an object into two
separate objects? How do I erase a portion of an object at an intersection? How
do I erase a portion of an object at a non-intersection? How do I erase
a portion of an object at an intersection? How do I erase a portion of
an object at a non-intersection? How do I erase a portion of an object
at a non-intersection?
Constructing Geometric Figures
How do I create a filled circle or ring? How do I create a filled
polygon or rectangle shape? How do I draw and add reference points? How
do I change the way points look? How do I divide an object into equal
segments? How do I measure a segment length on an object? How do
I measure a segment length along a wall to show electrical outlet locations?
Object Selection
How to I select objects to modify with a window polygon? How
to I select objects to modify with a crossing polygon? How to I select
objects to modify with a fence? How to I use fence with extend and trim? How
to I select objects to modify with a box? How to I remove object I've
selected if I pick too many? How to I add objects into my selection? How
to I pick the last object added to the drawing? How to I remove object
I've selected if I pick too many? Can I use undo when selecting objects
for modifying? Can I use reselect the previous group of objects?
Modifying Objects Advanced
How do I make an object longer if it's drawn too short? How
do I make a series of objects longer or shorter? How do I make rotate
objects to a new angle? How do I make rotate objects to a known new angle? How
do I make change the scale of objects? How do I scale objects to a known
size? How do I edit the width of a polyline? How do I create a
curve or spline from a polyline? How do I edit and change the endpoints
of a polyline? How do I eliminate multiple objects that overlap into
one object? How do I change the properties of objects to match those
of another object?
Editing with Grips
What are grips and what are they used for? What are grips they
different types of grips and what are they used for? How do I modify
object using grips? How do I modify object using grips? How do
I change the color and size of grips?
Grouping Objects
How do I group individual objects together as one object? Selecting
and Changing Properties of Objects How do I change the color, layer, linetype,
linetype scale and/or lineweight f objects? How do I select and
change the properties of objects? How do I save a selection to change
the properties of objects?
Getting Information About Objects
How do I use the list command to find an object(s) properties? How
do I list the drawing file database? How do I find the area of a closed
space? How do I find the area of a circle or polyline closed object? How
do I add and subtract the areas of objects and spaces? How do I
apply the area command in a practical example? How do check the distance
and placement of objects? How do verify the location of points and objects?
Dimension Terminology
What are the components that make up an AutoCAD dimension? What
is an associative dimension?
Dimensioning Commands
How do I place a linear dimension across mulitple objects? How do I
place a linear dimension on one object? How do I get a dimension to
align itself to an object? How do I place a linear dimension on multiple
objects? How do I dimension the Radius or Diameter of Circles and Arcs? How
do I dimension the Radius or Diameter of Circles and Arcs? How do
I dimension the true distance along the circumference of an arc? How
do I dimension the angle between two objects? How do I place multiple
baseline dimensions? How do I place multiple continuous dimensions? How
do I place multiple baseline dimensions? How do I place a series of
multiple dimensions? How do I place and use leaders?
Editing Dimensions
How do I change the location and appearance of dimensions already
placed?
Dimension Styles
How do I change the way new dimensions look? How do I create new appearances
and instances of dimensions? How do I update dimensions to new dimension
styles? How do I change individual dimension properties?
Plotting and Layouts
How do I get my drawing printed to scale? What is the difference
between Model Space and Paper Space? How do I choose the printer that
I want to use? How do I choose a printer for my Layout? How do
I place a title block in my Layout? How do I choose what to print in
my Layout? How do I set my plotting scale? How do I control Viewport
visibility? How do I control the visibility of objects I want to print? How
do I place text and dimensions on my layout? How do I check my layout
before I print? Can I change the print orientation? Can I change
the printing line weight, linetype and color of objects without layer control?
Hatching, Gradients and Boundaries
What is hatch and how is it used? What is a gradient fill and
how is it used? How to make hatch objects update of the boundaries change? What
is the difference between select objects versus pick points for hatching? What
is the difference between select objects versus pick points for hatching? How
do I choose the type of hatch pattern I want to use? How do I apply a
hatch to the drawing? How do I apply more than one hatch to the drawing? How
do I create multiple single hatch objects in the drawing? How do I control
the location of multiple hatch objects? How do create and use hatch patterns
on tool palettes? How do edit the properties of a hatch tool on
a tool palette? How do I edit hatch that's already in the drawing? How
do I control the visibility of hatch? How do I move the orientation of
the hatch? Can I hatch an open area or space? What happens to hatch
patterns if I change the objects ot boundaries that define them? Can
I hatch an area without a visible boundary?
Block References and Attributes
What is a block and why would I creat one? How do make individual
objects into a unified object? How do I use blocks in my drawing? How
do I know what layer, color, linetype or line weight a block will be? How
do I change the properties of a block? How do get a block to be the current
color, linetype or line weight? How do I insert more than one block at
once? How do I return a block back into individual objects? How
do I change the insertion point of a block? What is the difference between
a block and a dynamic block How do I take existing blocks and make them dynamic
blocks? How do I create dynamic blocks? How do I add actions to
parameters of a dynamic block? How do I change the actions associated
to parameters of a dynamic block? How do I prevent blocks from being
edited or exploded? How do I make blocks more intelligent? How
do I add an attribute to a block? How do I add multiple attributes to
a block? How do I control the visibility of attributes? How do
I manage the attributes on my blocks? How do I extract block attribute
data out of my drawing and into a table or spreadsheet? What special
cases are there using blocks?
External References and Images
What is an external reference file? How do I attach and detach
external reference files: How do I change the path of an xref as well as load
and unload xrefs? Do I use attach or overlay for my reference type? How
do I show only part of my external reference file? How do I insert a
block into my current drawing from my external reference file? How do
I update or change my external reference file? How do I insert a raster
image into my drawing? How do I adjust the image setting and display
quality of attached images?
AutoCAD DesignCenter
What is DesignCenter? How do you resize and position DesignCenter? What
is in DesignCenter? How do you add content from DesignCenter? What
is i-drop technology?
Utilities
What are tool palettes? What are the properties of a tool palette? How
do I create my own block tools on a tool palette? How do I create hatch
tools on a tool palette? How do I make my own object tools and flyouts
on a tool palette? Where do I find autocad content to put on a tool
palette? How do I control the display of multiple tool palettes How
do I partially open a drawing to improve the performance of my computer? Where
can I set up the title, author, and keywords for my drawings? Is there
an easy way to calculate values in AutoCAD? How do you make sure a
block from another file does not overwrite a block with the same name in
the current drawing? How can I reduce my file sizes without compressing
my files? How can I quickly move from one area of my drawing to another? How
can I update the display of my drawing to show the correct state? How
can I have one object show above another object? How can I change the
color, linetype, or lineweight of objects separate from the layer setting? How
can I make the computer choose the correct x, y, and z locations without
typing in the coordinates How can I work within the operating system command
without leaving AutoCAD? How can I set up my printable area in model
space? How can I set up my printable area in paper space? How
can I make my layers take on the same properties of layers in another drawing
or a standards file? Can I have the computer track how long I spend
in a drawing? How can I fix a drawing that has errors? Can I
link other types of files to my drawing file? How can I protect my
files from unauthorized viewing with a password? How can I protect
my files from unauthorized viewing with a digital signature? Where
can I set seach paths, file names, and file locations? How do I change
what is displayed in the drawing window? How do I change open and save
options? How do I set plot and publish options? How do I change
different system options? Where can I set up user preferences options? How
can I save the options I set up to share with others? Can I export
drawing to other file types? Can I import other files types into AutoCAD? How
can I ensure that the correct layers, linetypes, dimension styles, and text
styles are used?
Internet Utilities and Drawing Sets
How can I launch the Internet from within AutoCAD? How can I
up to date with the latest AutoCAD information? How can I open and save
drawing to the internet How do I set up a hyperlink? How do I create
and view Design Web Format (DWF) files? How do you Publish drawings directly
to the web? How can I plot a collection of drawings? How can I
bundle all the related files with my drawing for electronic transmittal? How
do you create a new sheet set? What is in the Sheet Set Manager? How
do I view and modify a sheet set? How do I place a named view on a sheet? How
do I create an updatable sheet list table? How do I create a transmittal
package, archive, DWF, or publish to a plotter, my sheet set?
Brief Introduction to 3D AutoCAD
Setting up views in model space Modifying line heights and extruding to create
3D objects
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