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Join Jeff Bartels as he covers the most important features of this industry-standard drafting and design application in AutoCAD 2011 Essential Training. This course begins with a tour of AutoCAD's interface and the tools used to create basic shapes. It then focuses on the methods used to modify and refine geometry while emphasizing accuracy and good habits to build a solid design foundation. The course covers using layers, line types, and colors to organize a drawing file and explains how to efficiently annotate a design and prepare it for final output. Throughout the title, Jeff shares industry techniques used in production and reinforces concepts using practical examples. Exercise files are included with the course.

Course AutoCAD 2011 Essential Training Author Jeff Bartels SKU ISBN Release Date 2010-07-30 Duration 6.48 hrs / 100 tutorials Work files Yes Price $ 49.95 Retail price $ 99.95 Language Tags AutoCAD, Essential Training Required software Autodesk AutoCAD 2011

1. Touring the Interface Understanding model space 03:44 Accessing AutoCAD's tools 03:02 Leveraging dockable palettes 03:01 Monitoring the Status bar 01:28 Understanding the anatomy of a command 02:14 Customizing AutoCAD's preferences 03:13 Accessing help 03:38 Saving a workspace 03:13 2. Opening, Viewing, and Saving Drawings Opening an AutoCAD drawing 03:02 Understanding mouse functions 02:44 Zooming, panning, and regenning 04:24 Working in a multiple-document environment 02:39 Saving your work 02:29 Saving time with templates 04:24 3. Creating Basic Geometry Constructing lines 02:20 Locking angles with the Ortho and Polar modes 04:49 Drawing circles 04:10 Activating the Heads-Up Display 03:16 4. Understanding Drawing Units Defining a unit of measure 06:28 Constructing geometry using architectural measurements 04:06 Working with metric units 04:14 5. Maintaining Accuracy Understanding the Cartesian coordinate system 04:53 Locking to geometry using object snaps 07:42 Automating object snap selection 07:26 Using temporary tracking to find points in space 03:44 6. Using Specialized Drawing Commands Drawing rectangles 04:56 Drawing polygons 03:04 Creating an ellipse 05:09 Organizing with hatch patterns 06:21 7. Making Primary Modifications Making geometric changes using the property changer 03:38 Moving and copying elements 04:28 Rotating elements 03:48 Trimming and extending geometry 05:10 Creating offsets 06:16 Erasing elements 02:46 Undoing and redoing actions 03:40 8. Selecting Geometry Selecting objects using windows 03:46 Adding and removing from selections 03:43 Using keyboard shortcuts 04:23 9. Refining Geometry Creating fillets 03:52 Creating chamfers 03:51 Copying objects into a rotated pattern 04:20 Copying objects into a rectangular pattern 04:58 Stretching elements 04:04 Creating mirrored copies 02:12 Scaling elements 05:00 Leveraging grips 07:20 Exploding elements 05:47 Joining elements together 03:44 Editing hatch patterns 06:04

10. Organizing Drawings Understanding layers 02:43 Creating and adjusting layers 07:20 Using layers to organize a drawing 09:17 Changing popular settings using the layer control 03:30 Understanding the BYLAYER property 03:37 Restoring previous layer states 03:42 Using existing geometry to set the current layer 02:10 11. Adding General Annotations Creating single-line text 03:11 Justifying text 05:18 Controlling appearance using text styles 06:10 Annotating with multi-line text 05:10 Editing text 04:32 Creating bulleted and numbered lists 03:29 Incorporating symbols 05:28 Correcting spelling errors 04:25 12. Dimensioning Creating general dimensions 04:13 Creating continuous and baseline dimensions 02:13 Controlling appearance using dimension styles 04:57 Modifying dimensions 06:06 Creating multileaders 02:53 Controlling appearance using multileader styles 03:23 Modifying multileaders 04:52 13. Generating and Managing Reusable Content Inserting blocks 04:34 Creating blocks 06:41 Leveraging blocks 05:39 Redefining blocks 03:01 Building a block library 05:24 14. Accessing Specialized Tools Querying a drawing using rollover tooltips 02:09 Taking measurements using the Distance command 03:02 Modifying properties using the Quick Properties tool 04:25 Automating calculations using the Quick Calculator feature 04:14 15. Plotting Creating quick plots 06:04 Selecting a pen table 05:48 Choosing line weights 04:32 Creating a layout, pt. 1: Choosing a paper size 02:42 Creating a layout, pt. 2: Inserting a title block 02:29 Creating a layout, pt. 3: Cutting viewports 06:09 Reusing layouts 04:03 Organizing layouts 04:19 16. Creating Properly Sized Annotations on Plotted Drawings Using the Annotative property to automatically size text 04:13 Using the Annotative property to automatically size dimensions 04:34 Using the Annotative property to automatically size multileaders 03:58 Changing the scale assigned to annotations 04:04 17. Sharing Data Saving drawings to other formats 02:27 Plotting to PDF 02:15 Plotting to the Design Web format 01:20 Sending drawings via email 00:54 Conclusion Goodbye 00:22