AutoCAD 2018 Essential Training

Contents :

• Exploring the user interface
• Using the ribbon, status bar, and ViewCube
• Opening, saving, and closing files
• Setting and converting drawing units
• Navigating drawings
• Saving and restoring views
• Drawing and modifying objects
• Drawing accurately
• Reusing content
• Creating output
• Using PDFs in AutoCAD
• AutoCAD 2018 Essential Training

1. Exploring the User Interface

Exploring the user interface    4m 39s
Using the ribbon    7m 17s
Changing workspaces    5m 48s
Using the status bar    4m 19s
Using the drawing tabs    4m 33s
Using the navigation bar    5m 19s
Using the ViewCube    5m 16s
The shortcut menu    5m 6s
File navigation dialog boxes    2m 54s
Drafting Settings dialog box    2m 13s
Quick Access Toolbar (QAT)    2m 32s

2. Managing Files and Options

Opening, saving, and closing files    7m 11s
Setting drawing units    6m 41s
Converting drawing units    5m 42s
Editing and managing options    5m 13s
Using template files–DWT    6m 11s

3. Navigating Drawings

Using Zoom commands    3m 52s
Using pan    2m 56s
Using the mouse    2m 47s
Using the ViewCube    5m 13s
Using the navigation bar    7m 5s
Model and layout    5m 47s
Saving and restoring views    4m 4s

4. Drawing Objects

Lines    6m 35s
Circles    3m 55s
Arcs    4m 1s
Ellipses    4m 9s
Polylines and splines    7m 56s
Rectangles and polygons    7m 29s
Points and donuts    6m 48s

5. Modifying Objects

Selecting objects    6m 58s
Using Move and Copy    4m 30s
Using Scale and Rotate    4m 38s
Creating and using arrays    8m 6s
Using Offset and Mirror    4m 55s
Using Trim and Extend    5m 31s
Using Stretch and Lengthen    5m 48s
Using Break and Join    3m 48s
Using grips and grip editing    4m 55s
Using boundaries    3m 14s
Using Fillet and Chamfer    6m 34s
Using Divide and Measure    4m 57s
Editing Polylines and Splines    4m 59s
Using off-screen selection    2m 26s
Using linetype gap selection    2m 9s

6. Drawing Accurately

Using Grid and Snap    6m 10s
Working with coordinates    6m 6s
Using Polar Tracking    6m 11s
Using Dynamic Input    4m 53s
Using object snaps    5m 3s
Using object-snap tracking    5m 7s
Using ISODRAFT with isometric drawings    5m 25s

7. Hatching and Gradients

Using the Hatch command    4m 54s
Using the Gradient command    3m 20s
Editing hatches and gradients    5m 46s

8. Using Text

Working with text styles    5m 45s
Single-line text    5m 59s
Multiline Text (MTEXT)    5m 30s
Aligning text    2m 56s
Framing text in a title block    7m 54s
Settings for changing text to MTEXT    2m 31s
Selecting text objects    2m 31s
Justification    2m 42s
Numbered and lettered list formatting    3m 8s
Uniform line spacing    3m 21s

9. Dimensioning

Working with dimension styles    6m 15s
Using dimensions    6m 51s
Editing dimensions and dimension overrides    6m 15s
Breaking dimensions    3m 59s
Spacing dimensions    5m 9s
Continue dimensions    3m 47s
Baseline dimensions    2m 3s
Automatic dimensioning    3m
Using multileaders    5m

10. Object and Layer Properties

Working with object properties    4m 27s
Changing the linetype scale    4m 34s
Using Hide and Isolate    3m 32s
New layers and the layer dropdown menu    5m 20s
Using the layer tools    6m 1s
Other layer tools    3m 26s

11. Reusing Content

Grouping objects    4m 20s
Creating and using blocks    6m 48s
Redefining block definitions    2m 32s
Using the Explode command    3m 6s
Creating a simple dynamic block    7m 23s
Using WBLOCK    5m
Accessing external blocks from the Internet    4m 31s

12. Attributes and Tables

Working with attribute definitions    5m 45s
Creating a block with attributes    4m 58s
Working with table styles    5m 16s
Designing a table    6m 1s
Adding fields to a table    8m 1s

13. External References

Working with XREFs    3m 13s
Attaching and overlaying XREFs    4m 6s
Clipping XREFs    3m 10s
Editing XREFs    4m 7s
Editing XREFs in place    2m 52s
Unnamed drawings    2m 40s
Updating reference paths    2m 58s
Missing reference files    3m 39s
Changing path type    2m 3s
Finding and replacing reference files    4m 17s
Renaming unloaded references    3m 18s

14. Layouts and Annotation

Creating a layout and adding a viewport    5m 36s
Locking viewports    3m 20s
Freezing viewport layers    3m 23s
Adding a title block: Part 1    5m 48s
Adding a title block: Part 2    6m 29s
Using annotative text styles    4m 36s
Using annotative dimensions    8m 21s
Using revision clouds    4m 34s

15. Creating Output

Page setups    5m 15s
Plotting from Model and Layout tabs    5m 25s
Packaging with eTransmit    4m 45s
Batch plotting    6m 29s
Outputting to different file formats    4m 55s
Sharing design views from AutoCAD    4m 35s

16. Using PDFs in AutoCAD

Setting a PDF layer    1m 37s
Using the PDFIMPORT command    3m 36s
SHX text recognition with the PDFSHXTEXT command    4m 15s
Using the PDFATTACH command    5m 10s

17. Technology and Performance

High-resolution monitor support in AutoCAD    2m 10s
Improved DWG save performance    1m 6s
3D DWG file performance in AutoCAD    1m 8s
Enhanced 2D display performance    1m 45s