AutoCAD 2019 Essential Training

Get started with AutoCAD 2019. Learn how to quickly and effectively navigate the user interface and create precise 2D and 3D designs with this powerful software.

• Welcome
• What you should know
• Using the exercise files
• The AutoCAD 2019 interface

1. Getting Started: The AutoCAD Interface

• The application menu
• The ribbon and panels
• Dialog boxes
• The status bar
• Logging into A360 Drive

2. Getting Started: Drawing Simple Geometry

• OSNAP and OTRACK
• POLAR and ORTHO
• Lines, arcs, and circles
• Polylines, polygons, and splines
• Using Zoom and Pan

3. Getting Started: Annotating Simple Designs

• Text styles
• Single line text (TEXT) and multiline text (MTEXT)
• Dimension styles
• Dimensioning simple designs
• Adding a simple table

4. Getting Started: Communicating Your Design Intent

• Creating a simple titleblock
• Defining your page setup
• Adding new layouts and scaled viewports
• Using annotative scaling
• Printing and plotting

5. Exploring the Interface Further

• Using workspaces
• Working with the file tabs
• Using the navigation bar
• The shortcut menu

6. Using Units and Options

• Setting drawing units
• Converting drawing units
• Editing and managing options
• Working with templates (DWT)

7. Navigating Drawings

• Working with the ViewCube
• Model space and paper space
• Saving and restoring views
• The mouse and mouse settings

8. Drawing More Objects

• Rectangles and polygons
• Points and donuts
• Ellipses
• Isometric views with elliptical arcs

9. Modifying Objects

• Selecting objects
• Using Move and Copy
• Using Rotate and Scale
• Creating and using arrays
• Using Offset and Mirror
• Using Stretch and Lengthen
• Using Trim and Extend
• Using Break and Join
• Using grips and grip editing
• Using boundaries
• Using Fillet and Chamfer
• Using Divide and Measure
• Editing polylines and splines

10. Drawing Accurately

• Using Grid and Snap
• Working with coordinates
• Using Dynamic Input
• Direct distance entry (DDE)

11. Hatching and Gradients

• Using the Hatch command
• Using the Gradient command
• Editing hatches and gradients

12. More Text Techniques

• Aligning text
• Framing text in a titleblock

13. More Dimensioning Techniques

• Editing dimensions and dimension overrides
• Breaking and spacing dimensions
• Using Continue and Baseline
• Automatic dimensioning
• Using multileaders

14. Object and Layer Properties

• Working with object properties
• Changing the linetype scale
• Using Hide and Isolate
• New layers and the layer dropdown menu
• Using the layer tools
• Working with layer states

15. Reusing Content

• Using groups
• Creating and inserting a block
• Redefining block definitions in a drawing
• Using the EXPLODE command
• Creating a simple dynamic block
• Using WBLOCK

16. Attributes and Tables

• Creating a simple block with attributes
• Enhanced Attribute Editor
• Working with table styles
• Designing a table
• Adding fields to a table

17. External References (XREFs)

• Working with XREFs
• Attaching and overlaying XREFs
• Altering and clipping XREFs
• Editing XREFs
• Editing XREFs in place

18. Working With Layouts and Annotation

• Locking viewports
• Freezing viewport layers
• Adding a titleblock
• Using annotative text styles
• Using annotative dimensions
• Using revision clouds

19. Creating Output

• Plotting from the Model and Layout tabs
• Packaging with eTransmit
• Batch plotting
• Outputting to different file formats
• Autodesk Design Review

20. Other Drawing Management Tools

• Drawing Compare

Conclusion

• Next steps