AutoCAD 2000 Level 1 Introduction to AutoCAD
: Screens & Menus, Toolbars & Dialog Boxes, Command Prompt, Text Window & Status Bar, Pointing Devices, Shortcuts
Introduction to Commands
: Opening a Drawing, Starting from Scratch, Saving Files, AutoSave
Introduction to Draw Commands
: Lines, Coordinates & Coordinate Entry, Circles & Arcs
Erase & Selection Sets
: Erase Command & Pickbox, Selections Options & Oops Command
Basic Display Commands
: Zoom & Pan, Redraw & Regen
Drawing Aids
: Snap & Grid, Polar Snapping, Blips
Object Snapping : Running Osnaps, Autotracking, Aperture, Case by Case
& Osnap Aliases
AutoCAD 2000 Level 2
Setting Up a Drawing : UCS, Inquiry Commands, Units, Limits
Plotting Basics
: Plot Devices, Plot Settings, Scale & Size
Modify Commands
: Move, Copy, Offset, Extend & Trim, Mirror, Rotate, Scale
Text
: Single Line Text, Justifications, Text Styles, Editing Text, Multiline Text, Spell Checking
Object Properties : Layers, Color Command, Linetypes, Linetype
Scales, Lineweights
AutoCAD 2000 Level 3
More Edit Commands
: Break, Stretch, Lengthen, Fillet & Chamfer, Array
Polylines
: Pline Command, Editing Polylines : Pedit
Advanced Draw Commands
: Polygons, Rectangle, Splines, Donuts, Ellipses
Crosshatching
: Bhatch Command & Quick Hatch, Advanced Hatch, Hatch Edit, Inheriting Properties, Solid Hatching
Regions & Boundaries
: Boundary Command, Creating Regions, Boolean Operations
Construction Techniques : Construction Line, Ray
AutoCAD 2000 Level 4
Blocks & Attributes
: Creating Blocks (BMAKE), Inserting Blocks, Wblocks, Purge Command, Defining Attributes, Editing Attributes
Points
: Point Styles & Command, Divide, Measure
External Reference Files
: Xref Command, Layers, Clipping Xrefs & Frames, Xbinding, Editing Reference Files
Raster Images
: Manipulating Images, Adjusting Image Appearance
Advanced Selection Commands
: Selection Modes, Groups, Selecting
Undo & Redo : Undo & Redo Command Options
AutoCAD 2000 Level 5
Introduction to Dimensions
: Linear Dimensions, Aligned Dimensions, Radius & Diameter, Angular Dimensions, Continued & Baseline, Ordinate Dimensions, Tolerances & Leaders
Dimension Styles
: Creating New Dimension Styles, Lines & Arrows, Text, Fit Options, Primary Units, Alternate Units, Tolerances
More Dimension Commands
: Quick Dimensions, Dim Variables, Align Text, Modifying Dimensions
Grips
: Warm, Copy Multiple with Grips, Changing the Appearance of Grips
Filters
: Object Filters, Layer Filters, Point Filters, Transparent Commands & the Geometric Calculator
Multilines
: Multiline Command, Multiline Styles & Editing Multilines
| AutoCAD 2000 Level 6
Views & Viewports
: Named Views, Viewports
Model Space & Paper Space
: Defining Model & Paper Space, Layout Wizard, Layers & Dimensioning, Linetype Scales
Advanced Plotting Techniques
: Device Configuration, Pen Assignments & Plot Styles, Page Setups, Batch Plotting
Advanced Configurations
: The Options Menu
Data Management
: Importing & Exporting, File Dialog Settings & SaveAs, File Utilities, Partial Open & File Properties, AutoCAD on the Web
Object Linking & Embedding
: Linking & Embedding to & from AutoCAD, Hyperlinks, DbConnect
Introduction to Customizations : Menu Loading, Customizing
Toolbars, Macro Writing
3D Level 1
Controlling Views
: View Ports, Preset Views, Named Views, VPoint Command, Viewpoint Presets, Plan View
Simple 3D Objects
: Thickness, Elevation & Elev Shortcut
Visualizing Your Model
: Hide, Shade, Hidden Lines in Plots
Z Coordinates
: 3D Coordinates, 3D Polyline, Moving in the Z Direction, 3D Point Filters
User Coordinate System
: UCS Icon, UCS Dialog Box & World UCS
3D Orbits
: 3D Orbit Command, Pan, & Zoom, Adjusting Camera, Projections, Shading & Visual Aids, Clipping Planes, Continuous Orbits
Dynamic View & Perspective
: Features in the DView Command
3D Concepts
: Wire Frames, Surfaces, Solids
3D Faces : 2D Solid & Hatch, 3D Face, Invisible Faces,
Edges, Pface
3D Level 2
Simple 3D Surfaces
: 3D Box, Pyramid, Wedge, Dome, Sphere, Cone, Torus, Mesh, 3D Mesh
Complex 3D Surfaces
: Revolved Surface, Tabulated Surface, Ruled Surface, Edge Surface
3D Solids
: Extrude, Extrude Along Path, Revolve, Box, Sphere, Isolines & Facetress, Cone, Torus
3D Edits
: Rotate 3D, Align, Mirror 3D, 3D Array
Solid Composites
: Subtract, Union, Intersect, Interfere
Modifying Solid Objects : Extruding Faces, Moving & Rotating,
Tapering Faces, Delete, Copy Faces, Color, Imprint, Clean,
Shell
3D Level 3
Enhancing the 2D Drawing Process
: Creating Sections, Slice Command & Setting Up a 3D Drawing, Solview & Soldraw, Creating a 3D View, Hidden Line Removals
Introduction to Rendering
: Render Command, Selection, & Cropped Window, Render Destinations
Adding Materials
: Materials Library & Importing & Attaching Materials, Photorealistic Rendering & Mapping, New Materials
Lights
: Point Light, Spot Light, Shadows & Changing Shadow Options, Render Smoothness, Distant Light
Scenes
: Scene Command-New Scene, Render & Modifying a Scene
Backgrounds
: Solid Background, Image Background, Gradient Background
Landscaping
: Edit a Landscape Object, Landscape Library & Render Landscapes
Additional Rendering Commands : Raytracing & Sub-sampling
Options, Fog & Render Preferences, Render Statistics
AutoCAD 2000 Update
Improved Access & Usability
: Menus & Toolbars, Shortcuts, Intellimouse, Modifying Properties, Quick Select, Layer Property Manager, Linewieghts, Options Dialog Box
Drafting Enhancements
: Drafting Settings, Polar Tracking, Osnap Tracking, New Osnaps, Text Editing, Dimension Enhancements, Hatch Improvements
Streamlined Outputs
: Layouts, New Layout (Wizard), Scaling & Plotting Layouts, Page Setup & Plotting Enhancements
Drawing Management
: Partial Open, Drawing Properties, Design Center
Expanded Reach
: Accessing & Saving Files via the WEB, Hyperlinks, Introduction to dbConnect |