AutoCAD 2023 is a powerful design and drafting software application used to create precise 2D and 3D designs. In this course, Autodesk Certified Instructor Shaun Bryant walks you through the essentials of AutoCAD, showing you how to get the most out of its processes and workflows so you can be a more efficient and productive AutoCAD user.
Discover how to use the ribbon, choose workspaces, and work with built-in tools such as the ViewCube and Navigation Bar to customize your design projects and drawings. Explore practice tips for managing units and options, drawing and modifying objects, working with dimensioning techniques, and utilizing attributes, tables, external references, viewports, annotation, and more. By the end of this course, you'll have the skills you need to share your designs with stakeholders, collaborate, and build consensus with your team.
Understanding the Interface
Application Menu
Quick Access Toolbar
Ribbon Tabs and Panels
Application Status Bar
Command Window
The Canvas [Drawing Window / Editor]
Basic Drawing Navigation
Panning
Zooming
Windowing
Drawing Setup and Organization
Units and Drawing Limits
Creating and Managing Layers
Managing Linetypes, Lineweights, and Colors
Drawing with Precision
Using the
Coordinate System
Object Snaps
Orthomode
Polar Tracking
Creating 2-Dimensional Geometry
Lines, Arcs, and Circles
Rectangles and Polylines
Hatching
Reusable Content [i.e. Blocks and Symbols]
Editing 2-Dimensional Geometry
Copying, Moving, Rotating, Scaling, and Stretching
Offsetting and Arraying
Trimming, Extending, Filleting, and Chamfering
Measure Commands
Object Properties
Annotation
Text and Text Styles
Dimensions and Dimension Styles
Plotting
The primary goal of AutoCAD 2023 Tutorial First Level 2D Fundamentals is to introduce the aspects of Computer Aided Design and Drafting [CADD]. This text is intended to be used as a training guide for students and professionals. This text covers AutoCAD 2023 and the lessons proceed in a pedagogical fashion to guide you from constructing basic shapes to making multiview drawings.
This textbook contains a series of twelve tutorial style lessons designed to introduce beginning CAD users to AutoCAD 2023. It takes a hands-on, exercise-intensive approach to all the important 2D CAD techniques and concepts. This text is also helpful to AutoCAD users upgrading from a previous release of the software. The new improvements and key enhancements of the software are incorporated into the lessons. The 2D-CAD techniques and concepts discussed in this text are also designed to serve as the foundation to the more advanced parametric feature-based CAD packages such as Autodesk Inventor.
The basic premise of this book is that the more designs you create using AutoCAD 2023, the better you learn the software. With this in mind, each lesson introduces a new set of commands and concepts, building on previous lessons. This book is intended to help readers establish a good basis for exploring and growing in the exciting field of Computer Aided Engineering.
Video Training
Included with every new copy of AutoCAD 2023 Tutorial First Level 2D Fundamentals is access to extensive video training. There are forty-six videos with more than five hours of training in total. This video training parallels the exercises found in the text and is designed to be watched first before following the instructions in the book. However, the videos do more than just provide you with click by click instructions. Author Luke Jumper also includes a brief discussion of each tool, as well as rich insight into why and how the tools are used. Luke isn’t just telling you what to do, he’s showing and explaining to you how to go through the exercises while providing clear descriptions of the entire process. It’s like having him there guiding you through the book.
These videos will provide you with a wealth of information and bring the text to life. They are also an invaluable resource for people who learn best through a visual experience. These videos deliver a comprehensive overview of the 2D tools found in AutoCAD and perfectly complement and reinforce the exercises in the book.
Below is a sample video.
AutoCAD 2023 Certified User Examination
The content of AutoCAD 2023 Tutorial First Level 2D Fundamentals covers the performance tasks that have been identified by Autodesk as being included on the AutoCAD 2023 Certified User Examination. Special reference guides show you where the performance tasks are covered in the book.
For detailed information on the AutoCAD Certified User examination visit www.autodesk.com/certification.