Design and shape the world around you with AutoCAD®

Adam Smith Business Solutions is delighted to introduce you to the powerful and flexible features of one of the world’s leading 2D and 3D CAD design tools - Autodesk AutoCAD®.

Over 10 million professionals in 185 countries are using Autodesk products to save time and money, gain competitive advantage, and change the way ideas are brought to life.

AutoCAD products empower you to explore ideas, document designs, and collaborate seamlessly using the familiar DWG™ file format. Additional functionality and powerful customisation tools allow AutoCAD products to meet the needs of various industries and jobs.

Why not visit our website at:  www.as-bs.co.uk or contact our Enquiries Team on 0800 756 1292 to discuss your AutoCAD training requirements further?

AutoCAD Foundation

Upon successful completion of this course, delegates will have covered:

• Familiarisation in accessing the User interface
• Drawing with precision specifying Absolute, Relative and Polar co-ordinates
• Drawing lines, polylines/pedit arcs and circles
• Using Snaps and Running Object Snaps to locate points accurately
• Use of Otrack & Polar Tracking
• The use of Editing commands
• Acquiring information from your drawing using List, Distance, and Summary Information
• Viewing and Displaying drawings using the Zoom and Pan options
• Controlling drawings using Layer, Linetype and Object Properties
• Changing properties with the Quick select tool and Properties
• The use of Draughting Tools
• Using Block and Wblocks to maximise efficiency
• Using the AutoCAD Design Centre
• Using the Hatch feature
• Creating and using Text Styles with Single and Multi-line Text
• Creating industry standard Dimension Styles and dimensioning a drawing to Scale
• Creating and using Template Drawings
• Producing paper drawings accurately incorporating multiple views, scales and visibility

3D Environment, Surface and Solid Modelling

Upon successful completion of this course, delegates will be able to:

• Viewport Control
• Manipulation of the User Co-ordinate System
• Creating Surface Models by:
  • Thickness
  • 3D Faces
  • Surface revolutions
  • Edge & Defined Patch
  • Ruled Surfaces
• Creation of Regions
• Using Boolean Operations
• Using Solid Primitives
• Creating Solids by Extrusion & Revolution
• Producing Sections & Slices from a Solid
• Producing Multiple View Drawings

AutoCAD Advanced Features                            

On completion of the course, delegates will have covered:

• XREF'S & the XREF Manager
• Using and Scaling OLE Objects
• Multi-lines & Multi-line styles
• Multi-line Edit
• Using Raster Images & the Image Manager
• Using Blocks & Attributes/BATTMAN (2002 only)
• Extraction of Attribute information in CDF & SDF format
• Using AutoCAD tables
• Using the Internet