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AutoCAD 2009 sports cutting-edge features and a brand new interface, making it the perfect opportunity for those with no prior drafting experience to learn AutoCAD from the ground up. In AutoCAD 2009 Essential Training, Jeff Bartels gives a thorough explanation of the interface and explains the commands in the same order they would be encountered in a typical workflow. He discusses each concept using simple line work, and then applies it to a real-world example. The course is "industry neutral," meaning the skills and techniques can be applied to any drafting discipline: architectural, mechanical, civil, or design. Example files accompany the course.

Course AutoCAD 2009 Essential Training Author Jeff Bartels SKU ISBN Release Date 2008-09-12 Duration 6.50 hrs / 88 tutorials Work files Yes Price $ 39.95 Retail price $ 99.95 Language Tags

1. The AutoCAD Interface Understanding the model space 01:31 Using the ribbon 03:14 Using the menu browser 02:52 Using the command line 01:46 Activating the toolbars 01:41 Leveraging dockable palettes 02:54 Reading the Status bar 01:41 Saving your workspace 02:25 Customizing AutoCAD 04:06 2. Opening, Viewing, and Saving Drawings Opening an AutoCAD drawing 03:37 Exercising mouse functions 02:11 Zooming, panning, and regenning 05:05 Working in a multiple-document environment 03:22 Saving your work 02:25 Saving time with templates 03:51 3. Drawing Fundamentals Drawing lines 03:32 Maintaining accuracy with the Ortho and Polar modes 06:21 Drawing circles 04:53 Activating the heads-up display 03:33 4. Controlling Drawing Units Defining units of measure 05:44 Drafting with architectural units 04:50 Working with metric units 05:27 5. Controlling Accuracy Understanding Cartesian coordinates 05:34 Maintaining accuracy with object snaps 09:59 Automating object snaps 04:15 6. Specialized Draw Commands Drawing rectangles 04:45 Drawing ellipses 05:10 Organizing with hatch patterns 08:21 Drawing polygons 03:51 7. Primary Modifications Moving and copying elements 06:19 Rotating elements 05:06 Creating offset lines 06:16 Erasing elements 01:54 Undoing and redoing actions 03:14 8. Selecting Entities Selecting elements with windows 04:39 Removing elements from selections 03:13 Using key-ins 03:36 9. Making Major Changes Trimming and extending elements 06:12 Creating fillets 04:54 Creating chamfers 04:55 Creating patterned copies with arrays 06:45 Creating mirror images 04:54 Stretching elements 04:54

Scaling elements 05:48 Leveraging grips 06:50 Exploding elements 03:41 Joining elements 06:17 10. Organizing Drawings Understanding layers 02:49 Organizing with the Layer Properties Manager 08:34 Using layer control 03:49 Understanding the ByLayer property 05:23 Using the Layer Previous command 03:22 11. General Annotation Annotating with single-line text 03:54 Justifying text 06:44 Creating text styles 07:24 Annotating with multi-line text 05:41 Editing text 03:31 Creating bulleted and numbered lists 04:48 Inserting symbols 05:37 Correcting spelling errors 05:18 12. Dimensioning Creating dimensions 07:11 Creating dimension styles 06:04 Inserting callouts 07:07 Modifying dimensions 05:48 13. Helpful AutoCAD Tools Using the Distance command 03:14 Modifying elements with the property changer 05:54 Using the quick calculator 04:58 14. Reusable Content Creating and inserting blocks 09:38 Leveraging blocks 05:26 Redefining blocks 03:35 Building your block library 06:41 15. Plotting Creating quick plots 07:37 Selecting a pen table 05:22 Using layouts pt. 1: Choosing paper size 04:38 Using layouts pt. 2: Inserting a title block 04:20 Using layouts pt. 3: Cutting viewports 08:49 Importing layouts 05:08 Calculating scale factors 03:54 Sizing model space text 07:34 Sizing model space dimensions 05:39 Scaling linetypes 03:21 16. Sharing Data Saving in other formats 02:34 E-transmitting drawings 03:08 Plotting to the Design Web Format 03:45 Conclusion Goodbye 00:16