AutoCAD training
A course to suit everyone
The Centre of Engineering Excellence (CEE) has successfully trained over 100 individuals each year in CAD (Computer Aided Design) and CAM (Computer Aided Manufacture), since its establishment in 1993.
Its AutoCAD courses include AutoCAD 2D, AutoCAD Advanced, AutoCAD 3D Modelling and AutoCAD AutoLISP Programming.
Course details can be downloaded in PDF format here.
AutoCAD 2D course details
Course level: basic entry level
Suited to: design engineers and draughts persons
Entry requirements: no previous CAD experience
Duration: 35hrs – flexible learning
Course content:
- User interface
- Entity selection
- Setting drawing limits
- Using the grid and snap
- Creating drawing geometry
- Modifying drawing geometry
- Typed input
- Using Ortho, polar and object tracking
- Object snapping
- Screen manipulation
- Transformation commands
- Layers
- Hatching
- Properties
- Text creation and editing
- Dimension creation and editing
- System variable settings
- Creating blocks and W.blocks
- Loading/running AutoLISP programmes
- Layouts/paperspace
- Plotting
- Template drawing creation
- Worked Solid Modelling examples
