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   Course Description
AutoCAD 2000 is one of the world's most popular drafting packages. This 4 hour introductory tutorial is geared toward the beginner, allowing them to feel comfortable within the application. Virtual Training Company author Adam Beare will go over the menus and tools of AutoCAD, along with the basics of drawing and drafting. Upon completion of the tutorial, the student should have a good overall knowledge of the drafting process, taking their project all the way to print. Start learning now by clicking one of the topics below.

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Setting Up AutoCAD
  Intro to AutoCAD (01:11)
  Setting Up the Display Properties (00:58)
  Confining AutoCAD's Colors (00:58)
  Auto Saves Etc.... (01:47)
  Getting to Know AutoCAD (00:49)
  AutoCAD and its Areas (01:03)
The Basics of AutoCAD
  The Menus (03:30)
  The Toolbars (02:30)
  The Drawing Area (00:32)
  The Status Area (01:00)
  The Command Prompt (03:42)
  The Command Structure a (01:07)
  The Smart Menu (02:22)
The Basics of Setting up a Drawing
  The New Command and the New Drawing Wizards (04:48)
  Setting Units (00:59)
  Setting Drawing Limits (00:55)
The Basics of Drafting
  Coordinate system and Absolute Coordinate System (02:20)
  Relative Coordinate System (01:27)
  Polar Coordinate System (01:27)
  Direction and Distances (00:55)
  Ortho Tracking and Polar Tracking with Direction and Distances (02:14)
  How to Select and Un-Select (05:16)
  Layers and How to Use Them (04:30)
  Getting Around in Your Drawing Using the Zoom and Pan Commands (05:40)
  Grips Selection (01:09)
Basics Drawing
  The Basic Line (01:49)
  Ray (01:31)
  Contraction Line (02:19)
  Poly Line (04:01)
  Polygon (03:16)
  Rectang (02:46)
  Arc (04:07)
  Circle (02:39)
  Spline (01:14)
  Ellipse (01:56)
  Insert Block (02:56)
  Make Block (01:54)
  Point and Its Sub Commands (06:23)
  Hatch (06:37)
  End of Drawing Tools (00:37)
The Basic Modify Commands I.E.
  Properties (06:23)
  Match Properties (02:13)
  Edit Hatch (00:57)
  Edit Poly Line (02:37)
  Edit Spline (00:45)
  Edit Text (00:54)
  Erase (01:06)
  Copy/Multi Copy (01:24)
  Mirror (01:51)
  Offset (01:21)
  Array (02:57)
  Move (00:43)
  Rotate (01:22)
  Scale (01:10)
  Stretch (01:01)
  Lengthen (02:09)
  Trim (02:04)
  Extend (01:17)
  Break (00:50)
  Chamfer (03:30)
  Fillet (02:50)
  Explode (01:32)
Annotation
  Intro to Annotation (00:24)
  Mtext (04:55)
  Using Single Line Text (01:37)
  Spelling Checker (02:43)
  Setting Up Text Style (03:06)
  Liner Dimension (05:38)
  Aligned Dimension (01:13)
  Ordinate Dimension (01:08)
  Radius Dimension (00:49)
  Diameter Dimensions (00:29)
  Angular Dimensions (01:22)
  Base line Dimensions (02:09)
  Continue Dimensions (02:04)
  Leader Dimensions (01:29)
  Tolerance Dimensions (00:55)
  Oblique Dimensions (00:50)
  Align Text (01:33)
  Dimension Styles (18:28)
  Setting Current Dimensions Style (00:48)
  QDim Dimensions (01:29)
  Tolerance Dimensions (00:41)
The End Product
  What is a Layout (06:43)
  How to Use a Layout (02:16)
  How to Set up a Layout / Viewports and Layouts (01:09)
  Making Single Viewport (05:34)
  Making Polygonal Viewport (00:59)
  Making Viewports Out of Closed Shapes (00:43)
  Clipping Viewports (00:54)
  Setting Up Viewport So They Don't Plot (00:54)
  Using Layers in Viewports (02:37)
  Setting Dimension Text to Self Scale to the Layout (02:06)
  Using Pen Settings and Making Pen Settings (05:52)
  Plotting and Printing (01:39)
  Last Word on Pen Tables and Plotting (00:46)

Course Information

Course:

AutoCAD 2000 Basics

Author: Adam Beare
SKU: 33226
ISBN: 1930519478
Release Date: 2000-01-01
Duration: 4 hrs / 96 tutorials
Captions: No

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