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About the AutoCAD 2013

NetCom is proud to be an Autodesk Authorized Training Center (AATC). This means every course is taught by an Autodesk Certified Trainer using Autodesk Official Curriculum to ensure you learn the most relevant skills.

AutoCAD is Autodesk's flagship product and the drafting industry standard for exceptional 3D design. With AutoCAD, you can easily tackle your most challenging design problems. Your ideas can now take almost any shape imaginable, thanks to the freeform design tools in the latest version of the AutoCAD software. Many critical features are automated, helping to make your work flow more efficient and the move to 3D smoother. Sharing and working on projects with colleagues has never been easier, thanks to multiple upgrades to PDF capabilities and the invaluable addition of 3D printing. With these and many other capabilities, AutoCAD helps you turn any idea into a reality faster than ever before.

This training combines and covers materials from the following courses:

AutoCAD 2013: Essentials and Intermediate (5 days)

Course Objectives

To provide new AutoCAD users an understanding of the software's core functionality and features so that they can create, edit, and organize their first drawing. Users will have a solid grounding in the software so that they can immediately be productive using AutoCAD.

Course Outline

Chapter 1: Exploring the Interface
1. Taking a Guided Tour
2. Launching AutoCAD
3. The AutoCAD Window
4. Using the Application Menu
5. Using the Ribbon
6. Picking Points in the Drawing Area
7. Using the UCS Icon
8. Working in the Command Window
9. Working with AutoCAD
10. Opening an Existing File
11. Getting a Closer Look
12. Saving a File as You Work
13. Making Changes
14. Working with Multiple Files
15. Adding a Predrawn Symbol with the Tool Palettes
16. The Bottom Line
Chapter 2: Creating Your First Drawing
1. Getting to Know the Home Tabl's Draw and Modify Panels
2. Starting Your First Drawing
3. Specifying Exact Distances with Coordinates
4. Specifying Polar Coordinates
5. Specifying Relative Cartesian Coordinates
6. Interpreting the Cursor Modes and Understanding Prompts
7. Understanding Cursor Modes
8. Choosing Command Options
9. Selecting Objects
10. Selecting Objects in AutoCAD
11. Using Noun/Verb Selection
12. Editing with Grips
13. Stretching Lines by Using Grips
14. Moving and Rotating with Grips
15. Using Dynamic Input
16. Getting Help
17. Using the InfoCenter
18. Using Context-Sensitive Help
19. Exploring The AutoCAD 2013 Welcome Window
20. Finding Additional Sources of Help
21. Displaying Data in a Text Window
22. Displaying the Properties of an Object
23. The Bottom Line
Chapter 3: Setting Up and Using the Drafting Tools
1. Setting Up a Work Area
2. Specifying Units
3. Fine-Tuning the Measurement System
4. Setting Up the Drawing Limits
5. Looking at an Alternative to Limits
6. Understanding Scale Factors
7. Using Polar Tracking
8. Setting the Polar Tracking Angle
9. Exploring the Drawing Process
10. Locating an Object in Reference to Others
11. Getting a Closer Look
12. Modifying an Object
13. Planning and Laying Out a Drawing
14. Making a Preliminary Sketch
15. Using the Layout
16. Erasing the Layout Lines
17. Putting On the Finishing Touches
18. Aligning Objects by Using Object Snap Tracking
19. Using the AutoCAD Modes as Drafting Tools
20. Using Grid Mode as a Background Grid
21. Using Snap Modes
22. The Bottom Line
Chapter 4: Organizing Objects with Blocks and Groups
1. Creating a Symbol
2. Understanding the Block Definition Dialog Box
3. Inserting a Symbol
4. Scaling and Rotating Blocks
5. Using an Existing Drawing as a Symbol
6. Modifying a Block
7. Unblocking and Redefining a Block
8. Saving a Block as a Drawing File
9. Replacing Existing Files with Blocks
10. Other Uses for Blocks
11. Understanding the Annotation Scale
12. Grouping Objects
13. Modifying Members of a Group
14. Ungrouping, Adding, and Subtracting From a Group
15. Working with the Object Grouping Dialog Box
16. Working with the AutoCAD LT Group Manager
17. The Bottom Line
Chapter 5: Keeping Track of Layers and Blocks
1. Organizing Information with Layers
2. Creating and Assigning Layers
3. Working on Layers
4. Controlling Layer Visibility
5. Finding the Layers You Want
6. Taming an Unwieldy List of Layers
Assigning Linetypes to Layers
1. Adding a Linetype to a Drawing
2. Controlling Lineweights
3. Keeping Track of Blocks and Layers
4. Getting a Text File List of Layers or Blocks
5. The Bottom Line
Chapter 6: Editing and Reusing Data to Work Efficiently
1. Creating and Using Templates
2. Creating a Template
3. Using a Template
4. Copying an Object Multiple Times
5. Making Circular Copies
6. Making Row and Column Copies
7. Fine-Tuning Your View
8. Finishing the Kitchenette
9. Array Along a Path
10. Making Changes to an Associative Array
11. Developing Your Drawing
12. Importing Settings
13. Using Osnap Tracking to Place Objects
14. Finding an Exact Distance along a Curve
15. Changing the Length of Objects
16. Creating a New Drawing by Using Parts from Another Drawing
17. Eliminating Unused Blocks, Layers, Linetypes, Shapes, Styles, and More
18. The Bottom Line
Chapter 7: Mastering Viewing Tools, Hatches, and External References
1. Assembling the Parts
2. Taking Control of the AutoCAD Display
3. Understanding Regeneration and Redrawing
4. Understanding the Frozen Layer Option
5. Using Hatch Patterns in Your Drawings
6. Placing a Hatch Pattern in a Specific Area
7. Adding Predefined Hatch Patterns
8. Positioning Hatch Patterns Accurately
9. Updating a Block from an External File
10. Changing the Hatch Area
11. Modifying a Hatch Pattern
12. Understanding the Boundary Hatch Options
13. Controlling Boundaries with the Boundaries Panel
14. Fine-Tuning the Boundary Behavior
15. Controlling Hatch Behavior with the Options Panel
16. Controlling Hatch Default Layer, Layout Scale, and ISO Line Weight
17. Using Additional Hatch Features
18. Using Gradient Shading
19. Tips for Using Hatch
20. Space Planning and Hatch Patterns
21. Using External References
22. Attaching a Drawing as an External Reference
23. Other Differences Between External References and Blocks
24. Other External Reference Options
25. Clipping Xref Views and Improving Performance
26. Editing Xrefs in Place
27. Using the External Reference Tab
28. Adding and Removing Objects from Blocks and Xrefs
29. Understanding the Reference Edit Dialog Box Options
30. The Bottom Line
Chapter 8: Introducing Printing, Plotting, and Layouts
1. Plotting the Plan
2. Understanding the Plotter Settings
3. Paper Size
4. Drawing Orientation
5. Plot Area
6. Plot Scale
7. Shaded Viewport Options
8. Plot Offset
9. Plot Options
10. Exit Options
11. WYSIWYG Plotting Using Layout Views
12. Setting Plot Scale in the Layout Viewports
13. Adding an Output Device
14. Editing a Plotter Configuration
15. Storing a Page Setup
16. Plotter and Printer Hardware Considerations
17. Understanding Your Plotter's Limits
18. Knowing Your Plotter's Origins
19. The Bottom Line
Chapter 9: Understanding Plot Styles
1. Choosing Between Color-Dependent and Named Plot St
Chapter 10: Adding Text to Drawings
1. Preparing a Drawing for Text
2. Organizing Text by Styles
3. Getting Familiar with the Text and Annotation Scale Control Panels
4. Setting the Annotation Scale and Adding Text
5. Inserting Text
6. Exploring Text and Scale
7. Understanding the Text Style Dialog Box Options
8. Styles
9. Set Current/New/Delete
10. Font
11. Size
12. Effects
13. Exploring Text Formatting in AutoCAD
14. Adjusting the Text Height and Font 351
15. Understanding the Text Editor Tab
16. Adding Symbols and Special Characters
17. Setting Indents and Tabs
18. What Do the Fonts Look Like?
19. Adding Simple Single-Line Text Objects
20. Justifying Single-Line Text Objects
21. Using Special Characters with Single-Line Text Objects
22. Using the Check Spelling Feature
23. How Check Spelling Works
24. Choosing a Dictionary
25. Substituting Fonts
26. Finding and Replacing Text
27. The Bottom Line
Chapter 12: Using Dimensions
1. Understanding the Components of a Dimension
2. Creating a Dimension Style
3. Setting Up the Primary Unit Style
4. Setting the Height for Dimension Text
5. Setting the Location and Orientation of Dimension Text
6. Choosing an Arrow Style and Setting the Dimension Scale
7. Setting Up Alternate Units
8. Setting the Current Dimension Style
9. Modifying a Dimension Style
10. Drawing Linear Dimensions
11. Understanding the Dimensions Panel
12. Placing Horizontal and Vertical Dimensions
13. Continuing a Dimension
14. Drawing Dimensions from a Common Base Extension Line
15. Adjusting the Distance Between Dimensions
16. Editing Dimensions
17. Appending Data to Dimension Text
18. Using Grips to Make Minor Adjustments to Dimensions
19. Changing Style Settings of Individual Dimensions
20. Editing Dimensions and Other Objects Together
21. Associating Dimensions with Objects
22. Adding a String of Dimensions with a Single Operation
23. Adding or Removing the Alternate Dimensions
24. Dimensioning Nonorthogonal Objects
25. Dimensioning Nonorthogonal Linear Distances
26. Dimensioning Radii, Diameters, and Arcs
27. Skewing Dimension Lines
28. Adding a Note with a Leader Arrow
29. Creating Multileader Styles
30. Editing Multileader Notes
31. Breaking a Dimension Line for a Leader
32. Applying Ordinate Dimensions
33. Adding Tolerance Notation
34. Inserting Tolerance and Datum Values
35. Adding Inspection Dimensions
36. The Bottom Line
Chapter 16: Laying Out Your Printer Output
1. Understanding Model Space and Paper Space
2. Switching from Model Space to Paper Space
3. Setting the Size of a Paper Space Layout
4. Creating New Paper Space Viewports
5. Reaching Inside Viewports
6. Working with Paper Space Viewports
7. Scaling Views in Paper Space
8. Setting Layers in Individual Viewports
9. Creating and Using Multiple Paper Space Layouts
10. Creating Odd-Shaped Viewports
11. Understanding Lineweights, Linetypes, and Dimensions in Paper Space
12. Controlling and Viewing Lineweights in Paper Space
13. The Lineweight Settings Dialog Box
14. Linetype Scales and Paper Space
15. Dimensioning in Paper Space Layouts
16. Other Uses for Paper Space
17. The Bottom Line
Chapter 19: Drawing Curves
1. Introducing Polylines
2. Drawing a Polyline
3. Setting Polyline Options
4. Editing Polylines
5. Setting Pedit Options
6. Smoothing Polylines
7. Editing Vertices
8. Creating a Polyline Spline Curve
9. Using True Spline Curves
10. Drawing a True Spline
11. Understanding the Spline Options
12. Fine-Tuning Spline Curves
13. Marking Divisions on Curves
14. Dividing Objects into Segments of Equal Length
15. Dividing Objects into Specified Lengths
16. The Bottom Line
Chapter 20: Getting and Exchanging Data from Drawings
1. Finding the Area of Closed Boundaries
2. Finding the Area of an Object
3. Using Hatch Patterns to Find Areas
4. Adding and Subtracting Areas with the Area Command
5. Getting General Information
6. Determining the Drawing's Status
7. Keeping Track of Time
8. Getting Information from System Variables
9. Keeping a Log of Your Activity
Chapter 27: Managing and Sharing Your Drawings
1. Sharing Drawings over the Internet
2. Sharing Project Files with eTransmit
3. Protecting AutoCAD Drawing Files
4. ePublishing Your Drawings 1007

AutoCAD 2013: 3D (1 day)

Course Objectives

To provide new AutoCAD users an understanding of the software's core functionality and features so that they can create, edit, and organize their first drawing. Users will have a solid grounding in the software so that they can immediately be productive using AutoCAD.

Course Outline

Advanced Editing and Organizing
1. Using External References
2. Preparing Existing Drawings for External Referencing
3. Assembling Xrefs to Build a Drawing
4. Importing Named Elements from Xrefs
5. Controlling the Xref Search Path
6. Managing Layers
7. Saving and Recalling Layer Settings
8. Other Tools for Managing Layers
9. Using Advanced Tools: Filter and Quick Select
10. Filtering Selections
11. Using Quick Select
Creating 3D Drawings
1. Getting to Know the 3D Modeling Workspace
2. Drawing in 3D Using Solids
3. Adjusting Appearances
4. Creating a 3D Box
5. Editing 3D Solids with Grips
6. Constraining Motion with the Gizmo
7. Rotating Objects in 3D Using Dynamic UCS
8. Drawing on a 3D Object�??s Surface
9. Pushing and Pulling Shapes from a Solid
10. Making Changes to Your Solid
11. Creating 3D Forms from 2D Shapes
12. Extruding a Polyline
13. Isolating Coordinates with Point Filters
14. Moving Around Your Model
15. Finding Isometric and Orthogonal Views
16. Rotating Freely Around Your Model
17. Changing Your View Direction
18. Using SteeringWheels
19. Changing Where You Are Looking
20. Flying Through Your View
21. Changing from Perspective to Parallel Projection
22. Getting a Visual Effect
23. Using Visual Styles
24. Creating a Sketched Look with Visual Styles
25. In-Canvas Viewport Controls
26. Turning a 3D View into a 2D AutoCAD Drawing
27. Using the Point Cloud Feature
28. The Bottom Line
Using Advanced 3D Features
1. Working in a UCS
2. Building 3D Parts in Separate Files
3. Understanding the UCS Options
4. UCS Based on Object Orientation
5. UCS Based on Offset Orientation
6. UCS Rotated Around an Axis
7. Orienting a UCS in the View Plane
8. Manipulating the UCS Icon
9. Saving a UCS with a View
10. Using Viewports to Aid in 3D Drawing
11. Using the Array Tools
12. Making Changes to an Associative Array
13. Creating Complex 3D Surfaces
14. Laying Out a 3D Form
15. Spherical and Cylindrical Coordinate Formats
16. Using a 3D Polyline
17. Creating a Curved 3D Surface
18. Converting the Surface into a Solid
19. Shaping the Solid
20. Finding the Interference Between Two Solids
21. Creating Tubes with the Sweep Tool
22. Using Sweep to Create Complex Forms
23. Creating Spiral Forms
24. Creating Surface Models
25. Slicing a Solid with a Surface
26. Finding the Volume of a Cut
27. Understanding the Loft Command
28. Moving Objects in 3D Space
29. Aligning Objects in 3D Space
30. Moving an Object in 3D
31. Rotating an Object in 3D
Editing and Visualizing 3D Solids
1. Understanding Solid Modeling
2. Creating Solid Forms
3. Joining Primitives
4. Creating Complex Solids
5. Tapering an Extrusion
6. Sweeping a Shape on a Curved Path
7. Revolving a Polyline
8. Editing Solids
9. Splitting a Solid into Two Pieces
10. Rounding Corners with the Fillet Tool
11. Chamfering Corners with the Chamfer Tool
12. Using the Solid-Editing Tools
13. Streamlining the 2D Drawing Process
14. Drawing Standard Top, Front, and Right-Side Views
15. Creating 2D Drawings with the Base View Command
16. Adding Dimensions and Notes in a Layout
17. Using Visual Styles with a Viewport
18. Visualizing Solids
19. The Bottom Line

Do you have the right background for AutoCAD 2013?

Skills Assessment

We ensure your success by asking all students to take a FREE Skill Assessment test. These short, instructor-written tests are an objective measure of your current skills that help us determine whether or not you will be able to meet your goals by attending this course at your current skill level. If we determine that you need additional preparation or training in order to gain the most value from this course, we will tell you so right away. We will also recommend cost-effective solutions that you can use to get ready for the course.

Our required skill-assessments ensure that:

All students in the class are at a comparable skill level, so the class can run smoothly without beginners slowing down the class for everyone else.
NetCom students enjoy one of the industry's highest success rates, and pass rates when a certification exam is involved.
We stay committed to providing you real value. Again, your success is paramount; we will register you only if you have the skills to succeed.

This assessment is for your benefit and best taken without any preparation or reference materials, so your skills can be objectively measured.

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Target Audience

New AutoCAD 2013 users or other Autodesk software users who want to learn the core features and functionality of AutoCAD.

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Why Autodesk Training at NetCom?

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Award winning, world-class Instructors

Joseph D.
- Highly-skilled Autodesk Certified Instructor; working with Autodesk Softwares since 1993.
- Expert in AutoCAD, Autodesk 3DS, Autodesk Revit, Mechanical Desktop, Inventor, and Architectural Desktop.
- Authored course materials for numerous Autodesk courses.

Bio:

Joseph is an Autodesk Certified Instructor specializing in developing and teaching Autodesk courses, with a working knowledge of such products as AutoCAD, Autodesk 3DS, Autodesk Revit, Mechanical Desktop, Inventor, and Architectural Desktop.

In addition to teaching and developing courses for the past 10 years, Joseph has authored course materials for many AutoDesk courses. He is also well versed in Inventor 8 and 9.

Joseph demonstrates a straightforward, down-to-earth teaching style in order to reach students at widely differing levels of expertise. His extensive product knowledge and exuberant teaching style makes Joseph a consistently highly rated instructor at NetCom Learning.

Roger M.
- Autodesk authority. Subject Matter Expert specializing in AutoCAD, Revit, 3D, and other Autodesk softwares with over 25 years of experience.
- More than 21 years of experience as a trainer.
- Highly rated instructor with all-time average student evaluation score of 8.7 out of 9.

Bio:

Roger is an Autodesk Certified Instructor with over 25 years of experience working with challenging projects in the management and support in Revit BIM, AutoCAD and 3DS Max Systems Applications for numerous Architectural and Interior Design Firms, Construction, Engineering and Manufacturing Companies. He is proficient in Advanced Visualization Design and is a specialist with analysis, customization, management and optimization of BIM Revit, AutoCAD and 3DS Max for best practices and standards procedures. Roger has been able to support and assist many firms in the field of Architectural Design in the past 20 years.

Roger is also a CTT+ certified, with a Bachelors degree in Computer Programming
and also holds a New York University Certification. In addition, he has also been an
instructor since 1990 with proven on-site and online training expertise.

Actual Client Testimonials

	May 17 2013
I feel my chances to get a job in the engineering field is much better than before I took the AutoCAD 2013 class. P.S. Joe was great! - Robert L.
Course(s) Taken
AutoCAD 2013

	May 17 2013
The class was more beneficial than I thought it was going to be. I'm fully satisfied. - Leonardo M.
Course(s) Taken
AutoCAD 2013

	May 17 2013
This was one of the best classes I have ever taken. Joe was a great instructor. Amazing course. Jowel S.
Course(s) Taken
AutoCAD 2013

	May 13 2013
Great training environment and content! - Ed R.
Course(s) Taken
AutoCAD 2013

	Apr 11 2013
It was very professional but yet very personal. The teacher was very knowledgeable in what was being taught and taught it in a way to help one not only understand but remember. Never once did I get bored. Everything possible to say about the class was awesome. The place we were put up I for stay was awesome. - Lydia B.
Course(s) Taken
AutoCAD 2013

	Mar 26 2013
Very thorough in going through the basics, catered to the needs of each individual. Roger was knowledgeable and worked with what we wanted/needed to learn. - David S.
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Revit MEP 2012 - Essential & Intermediate

	Mar 26 2013
The teacher was very knowledgeable and attentive when I was having trouble. Courteous school staff as well. - Jon K.
Course(s) Taken
AutoCAD 2013

	Mar 26 2013
I learned a lot while I was in the class, and the instructor was very knowledgeable about the material that we was covering. - Jamar E.
Course(s) Taken
Revit MEP 2012 - Essential & Intermediate

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