AutoCAD MasterClass: Professional Drawing Production and Management

Who is it for?

This MasterClass in AutoCAD is for those looking to enhance their knowledge of the software leading to a more professional quality of the drawings. This short course in AutoCAD is for those who already use AutoCAD and have a good understanding of the 'draw' and 'modification' commands and are familiar with other commands such as layers, viewports and dimensions.

Timetable

This practical set of MasterClasses takes the form of a series of self-contained two-week evening short courses taking place once a week in our Central London location. Customers can either pick and choose individual masterclasses or book all MasterClasses and get two extra weeks of tutor-led practical exercises at the end of the series.

City Short Courses follow the academic year, delivering courses over three terms. These include:

• Autumn - October
• Spring - January
• Summer - April

Benefits

• Those taking this short course come from a wide variety of industries using CAD including: Engineering, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Construction, Electronics, Product design.
• Awarded City, University of London certificate
• Taught by industry professionals
• High quality teaching

Blocks MasterClass

• Creating and using Blocks and WBlocks
• Modification of an existing Block
• Attributes: Incorporating text information within the block
• Dynamic Blocks: Creating features such as Array and Stretch into a Block
• Data Extraction: Extracting information from a drawing regarding the blocks being used and producing it in a spreadsheet such as Qty

Templates MasterClass

• Templates overview: Purpose and features of using templates
• Creating a template:
  • Setting units,
  • Layers,
  • Text styles,
  • Dimensions styles,
  • Using Annotative text and Dimension styles
  • Creating an information Block with Attributes
  • Incorporating a Logo into the template
  • PaperSpace pages

Xref Drawings MasterClass

• Xref Drawings overview
• Using multiple drawings
• Host Drawing: The Host drawing is the file that collates the servant drawing together to generate the completed drawing and page layouts
• Servant Drawing: Servant drawings can be individually worked on and feed through to the Host drawing
• Attached and Overlay: different options available when linking drawings together using Xref
• Binding: Joining all drawings together to make one single drawing

AutoCAD 3D Masterclass

• An introduction to:
  • Drawing in ‘Solid modelling’
  • View Projection
  • Rendering
  • Animation

Teaching is done through demonstration by the tutor followed by student drawing tasks covering the specific topics. The AutoCAD MasterClass: Professional Drawing Production and Management short course is designed that each lesson covers a new topic. This enables each lesson to be independent from the previous.

You should have a good understanding of the 'draw' and 'modification' commands and be familiar with other commands such as layers, viewports and dimensions.

Successful completion of the Introduction to AutoCAD course or thorough knowledge of the subjects covered therein will be a sufficient level to start this course.

English requirements

You will need a good level of spoken and written English to enrol on this course.

Handouts are given for the topics covered during the course.

Whilst the course does not require recommended reading, advice can be given should you wish to purchase further CAD reading material.

Please bring a pen and notebook to the first class.