AutoCAD 2D Drafting and Annotation
The Complete Guide

This course is designed to give you a solid understanding of AutoCAD features and capabilities, covering sketching, layers, dimension styles, dynamic blocks and A360.

Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced

English, German, French, Spanish

Course Length: 40 Hours

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What you'll learn

New for AutoCAD 2021
New for AutoCAD 2020
Introduction to AutoCAD
Starting with Sketching
Working with Drawing Aids
Editing Sketched Objects
Layers
Editing Sketched Objects II
Creating Text and Tables
Dimensioning and Detailing Your Drawings

Editing Dimensions
Dimension Styles
Adding Constraints to Sketches
Hatching Drawings
Paper Space
Plotting and Publishing Drawings
Template Drawings
Working with Blocks
AutoCAD Sheet Sets
Collaboration with AutoCAD

Course Description

AutoCAD 2D Drafting and Annotation The Complete Guide is designed to give you a solid understanding of AutoCAD features and capabilities. This course covers Starting with Sketching, Layers, Dimension Styles, Dynamic Blocks and A360. Autodesk AutoCAD is a powerful CAD software helping professionals create 2D drawings faster and with more precision. Its simplified 2D drafting allows teams to work more efficiently by sharing drawings across connected desktop, cloud, and mobile solutions.

To get the most out of this course, we strongly recommend you review every topic within the course, and use all the learning styles to ensure you retain the important information within. We also encourage you to take all the progress tests to ensure you have retained the knowledge, and most importantly practice with the hundreds of real-world, Let Me Try examples.

Autodesk Certification Objectives: The “!” Symbol indicates an Autodesk Certification Exam Objective. Focus on these areas to prepare for your certification exam.

Course Outline

AutoCAD 2D Drafting and Annotation Course Outline

New for AutoCAD

General Updates
Drawing Compare
Document Improvements
Layer Enhancements

Introduction to AutoCAD

Introduction to AutoCAD
Getting Started with AutoCAD

Starting with Sketching

Drawing Lines
Creating Other 2D Objects
AutoCAD Polylines
Adding Points

Working with Drawing Aids

Drawing Aids
More Drawing Aids

Editing Sketched Objects

Editing Sketched Objects
Duplicating Objects
Separating and Joining Sketched Objects
More Editing Tools

Layers

Working with Layers
Layer Tools

Editing Sketched Objects II

Object Properties
Utilizing Grips

Creating Text and Tables

Annotative Objects
Creating Text
Using Tables
More Text Tools

Dimensioning and Detailing Your Drawings

Dimensioning
More Dimensioning
Working with True Associative Dimensions
Adding Leaders

Editing Dimensions

Editing Dimensions Using Editing Tools
Editing Dimensions Part 2

Dimension Styles

Dimension Styles
Using Dimension Styles

Adding Constraints to Sketches

Constraints in a Sketch
Dimensions, Parameters, and Equations

Hatching Drawings

Hatching Basics
Modifying Hatch Properties

Paper Space

Paper Space Layouts
Adding Viewports
Working with Viewports
Layout Tools

Plotting Drawings

Plotting Drawings In AutoCAD
Plot Styles and Page Setups
Publishing to other File Types

Template Drawings

Templates
Customizing Templates

Working with Blocks

Working with Blocks
Inserting Blocks
Changing Blocks

Dynamic Blocks

Building Dynamic Blocks

AutoCAD Sheet Sets

An Introduction to Sheet Sets
Build a Sheet Set
Sheet Set Views

AutoCAD and A360

AutoCAD in the Cloud

Navigation Strategies

Beginners: Complete the course in order from beginning to end. Once any topic is completed, you will have full access to it at any time for one year after registration, to use as a resource.

Intermediate/Advanced Users: Use the course as a flexible resource tool to find what you need, whenever you need it. Try the assessment tests first, if you get 80%+ you can move to the next level, if you get less than 80% you should complete the lecture. This gives you a pre and post-assessment score, which can be used to track your skills improvements.

Certification Objectives

AutoCAD Certified Professional Roadmap

DRAW OBJECTS

Draw lines and rectangles
Draw Circles, Arcs, and Polygons
DRAW WITH ACCURACY Use object-snap tracking
Use Coordinate Systems
Make isometric drawings

MODIFY OBJECTS

Move and copy objects
Rotate and scale objects
Create and use arrays
Trim and extend objects
Offset and mirror objects
Use grip editing
Fillet and chamfer objects

USE ADDITIONAL DRAWING TECHNIQUES

Draw and edit polylines
Blend between objects with splines
Apply hatches and gradients

ORGANIZE OBJECTS

Change object properties
Alter layer assignments for objects
Control layer visibility
Assign properties by object or layer
Manage layer properties

REUSE EXISTING CONTENT

Work with blocks
Manage block attributes
Reference external drawings and images

ANNOTATE DRAWINGS

Add and modify text
Use dimensions
Add and modify multileaders
Create and assign annotative styles
Use tables

LAYOUTS AND PRINTING

Create layouts
Use viewports
Set printing and plotting options

About the Author

Mike Thomas spent the first 12-years of his career in the Autodesk channel working for an Autodesk reseller as an Application Specialist. During his travels, he delivered countless hours of training, support, demos, and implementations. He was very fortunate to be able to help solve many issues with Autodesk software. Mike has been using AutoCAD since r13, cut his solid modeling teeth on Mechanical Desktop, and has been using Inventor since before it was known as Inventor. Data Management has always been a big part of his professional life, for the most part with Autodesk Vault.