Application and Modification of 2D AutoCAD Part 1

Application and Modification of 2D AutoCAD (Part 1)

About the course:
This workshop is two full days and focuses on CAD fundamentals using AutoCAD 2010 and is intended to allow engineers to create, modify and develop drawings. It assumes that the delegate has a basic understanding of computers and the operating system and needs to learn how to create basic drawings using CAD. The workshop will cover setting up the CAD workspace environment, basic draw and edit tools, object snaps, view control parameters, selection sets, layer control, text, basic dimensioning concepts and general plotting concepts.

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to generate a 2D drawing and print a 2D drawing. It is required that candidates for all courses are employed and must have achieved or be working towards the equivalent of level three.

Course Content:

Outcome 1
Use and identify key components of the software relating to the 2D drawing environment

Practical

The candidate will be able to:

• Evoke tool bars from the CAD systems and remove unwanted tool bars from the user area
• Move toolbars within the CAD environment to create a usable work area
• Modify toolbars to add or remove existing icons
• Evoke, move and modify dialogue boxes from a CAD system
• Change the background colour and graphics cursor size for the drawing window
• Alter the command window size]
• Turn the User Co-ordinate System (UCS) icon on and off

Knowledge

The candidate will be able to:

• Identify the use of the different menu bar tools and toolbar sets available within CAD:
• State the use of dialogue boxes within the context of CAD
• State the purpose of the command window within CAD
• Describe briefly the concept of the drawing area and how it relates to drawing units on a co-ordinate system based upon the theory of X and Y

Outcome 2
Use a range of viewing commands and set up the drawing space

Practical

The candidate will be able to:

• Open an existing drawing from the storage media
• Use a range of Zoom commands to look at specific parts of the drawing
• Set up a number of views of a drawing that can be easily restored
• Set up the drawing environment with the correct units in order to start producing a drawing
• Ensure that the limits of the designated screen area are appropriate for drawing to be produced
• Set up an appropriate grid and snap to aid drawing production
• Create and use a template which will set the drawing environment ready for drawing production

Knowledge

The candidate will be able to:

• Describe the range of Zoom techniques available
• State the benefits of setting up and using pre-defined views when producing a CAD drawing
• Illustrate the range of pan techniques
• State the reasons for setting up the drawing environment and set up
• State the purpose of suing grids and snap
• List the benefits of using templates

Outcome 3
Use drawing commands to produce shapes

Practical

The candidate will be able to:

• Use a line command to produce various shapes in the drawing window, with and without the use of grid, snap, orthographic and polar modes
• Produce entities that are connected to end points and defining points of existing drawing objects
• Use a range of commands to produce shapes

Knowledge

The candidate will be able to:

• Recognise the difference in properties between single line entries and lines with multiple vertices
• Describe briefly the basic range of drawing commands available as detailed above

Outcome 4
Use the CAD software's co-ordinate system to aid accurate drawing

Practical

The candidate will be able to:

• Use the grid and snap, together with the co-ordinate display to produce basic measured objects
• Use an absolute X, Y co-ordinate system to produce basic measured objects through keyboard entry
• Use an relative X, Y co-ordinate system to produce basic measured objects through keyboard entry
• Use an relative polar X, Y co-ordinate system to produce basic measured objects through keyboard entry

Knowledge

The candidate will be able to:

• State the principles of a simple co-ordinate system based upon X and Y axe
• State the principles of a simple co-ordinate system based upon a polar system
• Identify the principles of all methods of co-ordinate entry aids available

Outcome 5
Use text and simple dimensioning routines

Practical

The candidate will be able to:

• Set up different styles of text for use on a drawing
• Use a direct text entry method to create notes on a drawing
• Justify text during input
• Use basic dimension commands to dimension a drawing
• Fill an area with a variety of hatch patterns at different scales and angles

Knowledge

The candidate will be able to:

• State the range of text entry methods available and the processes involved in setting up a range of styles
• Identify the method of applying the text justification centre, fit and align
• State the process of dimensioning
• Describe briefly the process of filling closed objects with a variety of hatch patterns

Outcome 6
Use layers and layer manipulation

Practical

The candidate will be able to:

• Produce new layers within the dialogue box which enables layers to be added or changed
• Set up a standard set of layers with different linetypes

Knowledge

The candidate will be able to:

Be able to create new layers and select line properties

Describe briefly how layers could be manipulated and the range of options available

Outcome 7
Use basic editing commands and produce simple hard copies

Practical

The candidate will be able to:

• Use a range of commands to alter entities that have been previously drawn
• Use commands to produce a hard copy that fits an A4 sheet

Knowledge

The candidate will be able to:

• State the process involved when modifying a drawing
• State the process involved in producing a hard copy of a drawing

Code : Time : Duration : Day : Tuition Fee : Admin Fee
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