AutoCAD 2020 Essential Training

Get the essential information you need to be a competent user of AutoCAD 2020, regardless of which AutoCAD tool kits you plan to use.

Introduction

• Learn the essentials of AutoCAD 2020
• What you should know
• Use the exercise files
• The new AutoCAD 2020 interface

1. Use Units and Options

• Set drawing units
• Convert drawing units
• Edit and manage options
• Work with templates (DWT)

2. Draw More Objects

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

3. Modify Objects

• Select objects
• Move and Copy
• Rotate and Scale
• Create and use arrays
• Offset and Mirror
• Stretch and Lengthen
• Trim and Extend
• Break and Join
• Grips and grip editing
• Boundaries
• Fillet and Chamfer
• Divide and Measure
• Edit polylines and splines

4. Hatch and Gradients

• Hatch command
• Gradient command
• Edit hatches and gradients

5. More Text Techniques

• Align text
• Frame text in a title block

6. More Dimensioning Techniques

• Edit dimensions and dimension overrides
• Break and space dimensions
• Use Continue and Baseline
• Automatic dimensioning
• Use multileaders

7. Reuse Content

• Group command
• Create and insert a block
• Explode command
• Redefine a block definition
• WBLOCK
• Create a dynamic block

8. Attributes and Tables

• Create a block with attributes
• Enhanced Attribute Editor
• Work with table styles
• Design a table
• Add fields to a table

9. External References (XREFs)

• Work with XREFs
• Attach and overlay XREFs
• Alter and clip XREFs
• Edit XREFs
• Edit XREFs in place

Conclusion

• Next steps