AutoCAD 2009 - Intermediate

It incorporates the features, commands, and techniques to improve productivity when creating, annotating, and printing drawings within AutoCAD 2009. The course continues to build on the basic concepts of the AutoCAD 2009 Essentials course.

The following subject areas will be covered:

• Drawing Objects
  • Creating Revision Clouds & Wipeout Objects
  • Creating Boundaries, Regions & Booleans
• Manipulating Objects & Data
  • Quick Select Command
  • Named Objects
  • Purging Drawing Objects
  • Creating Points
  • Dividing & Measuring Objects
  • QuickCalc Calculator
• Template Drawing Creation
  • Drawing Template Options
  • Creating Drawing Templates
• Dimensioning & Annotation
  • About Text Panel
  • Creating Paragraph Formatting
  • Column Text
  • About Spell Checking
  • Creating Multiline Attributes
  • Using Multileaders
  • About the Dimensions Panel
  • About Inspection Dimensions
  • Creating Jogged Linear Dimensions
  • Spacing Dimensions Uniformly
  • Breaking Dimensions
  • Creating Center Marks
  • Creating Ordinate Dimensions
  • Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
  • Dimension Substyles & Overrides
• Reusable Content
  • DesignCenter
  • Tool Palettes & Groups
  • Command Tools
  • Content Tools
  • Sharing Tool Palettes
  • About Action Macros
  • Creating Xrefs
  • Advanced Xref Options
  • About Non-Native File Type References
  • Importing Raster, Word, & Excel Files
  • About DWFx
• Blocks & Attributes
  • Creating Inserting & Editing Blocks
  • Advanced Attribute Properties
  • Dynamic Blocks
  • Using the Block Editor
  • Parameter Types & Properties
  • Associating Actions & Parameters
  • Using Parameter Sets
• Layer Management & Best Practices
  • Working with Layer Filters
  • Creating & Using Layer States
  • About Layer Standards
  • About Unreconciled Layers
• Layouts & Views
  • Creating Simple Layouts with Default Values
  • Creating Layouts from Templates
  • Copying an Existing Layout
  • Importing Layouts Using DesignCenter
  • Renaming, Deleting & Moving Layouts
  • Creating & Importing Named Page Setups
  • Creating Polygonal Layout Viewports
  • Converting Objects to Viewports
  • Clipping Existing Viewports
  • Activation of Layout Viewports
  • Locking Layout Viewports
  • Maximising a Layout Viewport
• Annotation Scaling
  • Working with Annotation Scale in Model Space
  • Using Annotation Scaling in a New Drawing
  • Updating Existing Drawings for Annotation Scaling
  • Annotative Styles
  • Using Visual Fidelity Control
• Plotting
  • Creating Plotter Configuration Files for System Printers
  • Creating Plotter Configuration Files for HDI Driver Devices
  • About Plot Style Tables
  • Publishing Drawings
  • About DWF & DWFx Files
• Introduction to Sheet Sets

The Sheet Set Manager

• • Sheet Set Structure
  • Modifying Sheet Sets
  • Sheet Set Properties Dialog Box
  • Fields in Sheet Sets
  • Creating Plot Stamps
  • Attributes in Sheet Sets
  • Adding Sheet Set Fields to Title Blocks
  • Automating Label & Callout Data
  • Publishing, Transmitting, & Archiving Sheet Sets
  • Sheet List Tables
  • Tools for Creating Drawing Transmittals
  • Tools for Archiving Sheet Sets
• Working with Tables

Creating Tables & Entering Data

• • Editing Table & Cell Properties
  • Using Formulas in Tables
  • About Field-Enabled Text
  • Using Blocks in Tables
  • Data Extraction Wizard
  • About Tables & External Data Source
  • Importing & Exporting Tables
  • Creating a Data Link to External Tables