AutoCAD 2018 Beginners Course2023-03-08T12:47:13+05:30

AutoCAD 2018 beginners course.

Learn AutoCAD from scratch with project based tutorials, exercises and quizzes.

147 Video lessons

11.6 Hours of video

3 Student Projects

15 Practice exercises

Certificate of completion

75 MCQ Quizzes

Beginner and intermediate level

Downloadable lesson files

Recommended For

Architects, Civil engineers, Interior designers, Mechanical engineers, Electrical engineers, Product designers and hobbyists who want to learn AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT right from scratch.

About this course

This AutoCAD course is made with a beginner in mind, so all the topics start from scratch and have been explained in detail.

This course is primarily made with AutoCAD 2018 but you can use it even if you are using older versions like 2016 up to the latest version of AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT.

The course lessons are mostly project-oriented and most of the tools and commands are taught with their real-world applications.

Each section ends with a practical question that is related to the topics taught in the section and students can answer these questions to assess their performance before moving further.

Who should take this course

This course is recommended for a complete beginner of AutoCAD as well as intermediate level users who know only the basics and want to learn the advanced tools and commands.

Pre-requisites

AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT 2016 up to the latest version on Windows operating system is recommended for the course.

Table of Contents.

  1. Course introduction (3:51)
  2. Lesson Files

  1. AutoCAD user interface (13:22)
  2. Navigation tools (5:18)
  3. Understanding Co-ordinate system (3:29)
  4. Unit and Status bar options (7:34)
  5. Saving settings as drawing template (5:25)
  6. DWG History feature (3:59)
  7. Making selections (6:22)
  8. Practice Question (3:05)
  9. Quiz

  1. Making lines (7:19)
  2. Making lines using polar coordinates (3:47)
  3. Circle (4:14)
  4. Arcs (8:55)
  5. Ellipses (3:46)
  6. Rectangle (4:44)
  7. Polygons (4:40)
  8. Introduction to Polyline and Spline (6:24)
  9. Points and revision clouds (5:29)
  10. Construction line and ray (2:25)
  11. Practice Question (3:16)
  12. Quiz

  1. Move and Copy command (2:51)
  2. Rotate command (5:43)
  3. Offset command (5:34)
  4. Mirror and Scale (6:55)
  5. Trim and extend (10:31)
  6. Erase, Explode and overkill (3:55)
  7. Stretch command (3:25)
  8. Break and Join (11:34)
  9. Fillet and chamfer (7:39)
  10. Lengthen and Reverse (6:03)
  11. Practice Question (2:44)
  12. Quiz

  1. Grid and Snap (4:59)
  2. Polar and Ortho mode (5:39)
  3. Dynamic input (4:59)
  4. Simple object snaps (7:24)
  5. More object snaps (5:48)
  6. From snap (4:27)
  7. More status bar options (6:08)
  8. Practice Question (4:00)
  9. Quiz

  1. Rectangular array (5:32)
  2. Polar array (6:05)
  3. Path array (3:26)
  4. Divide and measure (4:17)
  5. Using multifunction grips (5:10)
  6. Align command (2:24)
  7. Finding Distance, Radius, angle and co-ordinates (4:14)
  8. Quick measure tool (4:17)
  9. Finding Area (4:09)
  10. Making Isometric drawing (6:46)
  11. Centerline and center mark tools (3:57)
  12. Region and Boolean operations (5:30)
  13. Practice Question (2:59)
  14. Quiz

  1. Assigning object color and Linetype (6:07)
  2. Assigning lineweight and transparency (5:09)
  3. Checking object properties (8:09)
  4. Model space viewports (5:34)
  5. Creating named views (4:08)
  6. Practice Question (2:35)
  7. Quiz

  1. Creating basic hatches (8:14)
  2. Set origin and Associative hatch (4:41)
  3. Using advance hatch features (8:11)
  4. Boundary and wipeout features (6:07)
  5. creating gradients (2:51)
  6. Practice Question (2:07)
  7. Quiz

  1. Creating and assigning layers (5:05)
  2. Using layer properties manager (8:48)
  3. Working with layer states and Layer walk (6:30)
  4. Working with layer filters (6:57)
  5. Laymrg and laydel commands (5:47)
  6. Quick access layer tools (4:50)
  7. Hiding and isolating objects (3:40)
  8. Practice Question (4:23)
  9. Quiz

  1. Creating basic dimensions (8:27)
  2. DIM command (5:26)
  3. Modifying dimensions (6:04)
  4. Creating dimension style (10:24)
  5. Creating dimension style override (3:24)
  6. Continue, Baseline and ordinate dimensions (6:20)
  7. Adding tolerances and dual dimensioning (6:31)
  8. Adding feature control frame (5:32)
  9. Creating multileader (4:09)
  10. Modifying multileader (4:03)
  11. Creating Multileader style (3:20)
  12. Practice Question (3:04)
  13. Quiz

  1. Creating single-line text (4:16)
  2. Creating text style (5:03)
  3. Creating multiline text (6:57)
  4. Creating and formatting table (6:40)
  5. Creating table style (4:05)
  6. Adding fields and formulas in table (4:17)
  7. Exporting and Importing table to MS-Excel (3:35)
  8. Practice Question (2:26)
  9. Quiz

  1. Creating simple Blocks (6:46)
  2. Inserting Blocks (4:23)
  3. Blocks Palette (9:04)
  4. Modifying and redefining blocks (4:18)
  5. Write block and Global blocks (4:10)
  6. Inheritance in blocks (7:38)
  7. Creating and using groups (4:19)
  8. Working with group manager (3:45)
  9. Practice Question (2:09)
  10. Quiz

  1. Making and modifying attributes (4:31)
  2. Creating and inserting attributed blocks (5:01)
  3. Using fields as block attributes (5:47)
  4. Attribute manager (3:30)
  5. Extracting attribute data (5:30)
  6. Practice Question (4:07)
  7. Quiz

  1. Understanding external references (3:37)
  2. Attaching X-ref (6:21)
  3. Editing and clipping X-ref (6:20)
  4. Managing X-ref with External references palette (6:51)
  5. Attaching PDF and images (6:31)
  6. Transmitting X-ref with eTransmit (4:52)
  7. X-ref Compare feature (3:18)
  8. Practice Question (3:42)
  9. Quiz

  1. Introduction to paper space or layout (6:30)
  2. Page setup for layout (7:29)
  3. Making and clipping viewports (8:44)
  4. Setting scale of objects in viewports (9:29)
  5. Managing layer visibility in viewports (5:00)
  6. Inserting title block and ruler in layout (3:57)
  7. Plotting from model space with proper scale (7:43)
  8. Plotting a drawing from layout (3:56)
  9. Practice Question (2:16)
  10. Quiz

  1. Design Center tool of AutoCAD (7:46)
  2. Using AutoCAD Tool palettes (6:46)
  3. Using Quick select tool (5:53)
  4. Using express tools (6:07)
  5. Updated PURGE tool (4:10)
  6. Troubleshooting drawing and AutoCAD issues (8:15)
  7. Practice Question (1:45)
  8. Quiz

Final notes and next step (1:16)

Jaiprakash Pandey

About the author.

Jaiprakash Pandey is the published author of “Practical AutoCAD book” by Packt publication he is also an Autodesk AutoCAD certified professional and Autodesk expert elite community. He has been delivering CAD training to corporate clients for more than 8 years and his clients include Steel, Power, Automobile industries and also government organizations, fortune 500 companies and the military.

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