Certificate in AUTO CAD (2D + 3D)

Objectives

The course objective is to teach the students the basic commands necessary for professional 2D CAD drawing, design, and drafting using a 2D drafting tool. Even students with no previous CAD experience can progress quickly through this course which is arranged in a sequence that is easy to understand. Participants will learn CAD fundamentals and the capabilities in 2D drawing. The software used for this course will be AutoCAD.

Expected Learning Outcome

• Navigate the interface comfortably
• Use the fundamental features and precision drafting tools in AutoCAD to develop accurate technicaldrawings.
• Present drawings in a detailed and visually impressive manner

Course Justification

After completing the course students can be employed as a draughts-man in

• Architectural firms
• Manufacturing units
• Engineering services outsourcing firms.

Books to be given

• Foundation CADD reference guide Volume 1
• Workbook (Civil/ Mechanical/ Electrical)

AutoCAD 2D

• Creating Blocks

• Dynamic blocks

• Parameters

• Creating, managing and extracting attributes

• Measuring tools

• Slide creation

• Running Scripts

• Creating compound documents with OLE

• External references

• AutoCAD Design Center

• Tool palettes

• Explode the drawing

• Plotting the drawings

• Markup

• Publish

AutoCAD 3D

• Understand and use Viewpoint and UCS

• Wireframe Modeling

• Solid Modeling & Editing

• Mesh Modeling & Editing

• Surface Modeling & Editing

• Create & Manage 2D Views from 3D Models

• Materials

• Lights

• Rendering

• Working with Images

• Import and Export