AUTOCAD 2D & 3D

What is AutoCAD? 

Computer-Aided Design (CAD) is the general term that applies to computers in the design of houses, office buildings, interiors and anything else that previously required hands-on drafting. AutoCAD is a specific piece of software used by many architects and designers for commercial design purposes.

Who should enroll? 

• Electrical Drafters 
• Aeronautical Drafters 
• Mechanical Drafters 
• Civil Drafters 
• Architectural Drafters 
• Process drafter

Course Outcome or Course Benefits 

• Define and maintain user-defined coordinate systems to aid in the construction of 3D objects. 
• Create and use model space viewports. 
• Create a standard engineering layout. 
• Extract two-dimensional views from a three-dimensional model for detail drafting. 
• Create and edit simple 2D regions and 3D solid models. 
• Use a variety of 3D display techniques. 
• Create 3D surface models using a variety of techniques. 
• Identify the various types of surface meshes and applications for each. 
• Generate 3D text and dimensions. 
• Render a 3D model with a variety of lights and materials.

Course Structure 

This course is intended to give an introduction to 2D Computer Aided drawing and using Auto CAD. Students will learn to use the programs in many different ways and develop techniques that improve their speed and accuracy.

• Introduction to AutoCAD 
• Understanding AutoCAD interface 
• Coordinating systems in AutoCAD 2d 
• Drawing and modifying objects 
• Organizing drawings 
• Annotating drawings 
• Working with data 
• Getting information from drawings 
• Working with table 
• Isometric drawings in AutoCAD 
• AutoCAD applications for building drawings 
• Understanding user coordinate system 
• Customizing AutoCAD 
• Project documentation

This course explores the three-dimensional viewing and construction capabilities of AutoCAD. Topics covered include a review of point coordinate entry and the user coordinate system (UCS). Spherical and cylindrical coordinate access, 3D viewing techniques, 3D geometry construction, solid modelling surface meshes, and regions are also introduced. The use of multiple viewports for 3D constructions and a standard engineering layout are covered. The creation of presentation graphics using bitmap files, shading, and rendering is also discussed.

Topics covered AutoCAD-3D:

Introduction to 3D drawings 

• Types of 3D models 
• The convention to AutoCAD 3D 
• Coordinate systems in AutoCAD 3D 
• Viewing a 3D model 
• Creating wireframe models 
• Creating surface models 
• Modelling solid objects 
• Editing 3D objects 
• Generating drawing views of solid models 
• Calculating mass properties of solid models 
• Rendering