AutoCAD - 2D

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Day 1:
Introduce AutoCad’s human interface - menus, toolbars, icons, mouse and keyboard. Discuss file management in AutoCAD - New, Open, Save, SaveAs. Discuss the special function keys, as well as, Grid, Snap, Ortho, and AutoTracking. Use the Line command to create various contours. Use the close and undo options via AutoCAD’s shortcut menus. Introduce Undo and Redo. Use Pan and Zoom on existing drawings. Introduce aliases. Discuss Absolute and Relative data entry using rectangular and polar coordinates. Use the modification command Trim. With Line, Rectangle, Circle, and Trim commands create drawings. Discuss the commands Polygon, Arc, Spline, Ellipse, and Polyline. Work on various designs using Object Snapping. Use the new Parallel and Extension object snaps.

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Day 2:
Use the Array Command to create multiple copies. Introduce the concept of Selection Sets use the Quick Select tool. Use other AutoCad’s modification commands: Fillet, Chamfer, Extend, Break, Lengthen, Offset, Move, Copy, Stretch, Rotate, Mirror, Scale, and Align. Introduce Text, Dynamic Text, and Multiline Text. Use Text Style, Spell Checker, and Text Editing. Also introduce Layer, Color, Linetype, Lineweight and the Layer Properties Manager. Introduce the Object Properties window and toolbar to alter various entities. Introduce Dimension Styles, Dimensions and Leader lines. Use the new Quick Dimension and Quick Leader tools. Use construction lines and rays.

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Day 3:
Discuss drawing setup, Units, Limits, and Layouts. Use the UCS command to move the origin and rotate the coordinate system. Create a drawing with ordinate dimensioning. Introduce Hatch and Hatch editing. Review the polyline command and introduce polyline editing. Also discuss Multi-lines, Multi-line Styles and Multi-line Editing.

Work with Blocks, External Reference Files (XREF’s), and Groups. Use AutoCAD’s Design Center to insert blocks, layers, etc.

Introduce Noun-Verb Editing and use Grips to modify entities. Edit drawings via Cut, Copy, and Paste. Use the inquiry commands List, Id, Dist, and Area. Also, discuss the Purge command.

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Day 4:
Discuss and utilize Point Filters, Object Filters and the Geometric Calculator. Introduce the concept of Regions. Use Express Tool Set. Use the new wizards and editors to make plotting easier. Create discipline specific drawings

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AutoCAD - 3D

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Day 1:
Review of AutoCAD concepts - coordinate system, absolute and relative data entry, and object snapping. Introduction to Isometric drawing - isoplanes, and isocircles. Use elevation, thickness and viewpoint in 3d wireframe modeling. Introduce UCS commands and tiled viewports. Create simple wireframe model. Manage views using the new View dialog box. Introduce viewports with different user coordinate systems (UCS) and elevation settings. Manage the UCS using the new UCS Manager dialog box. Use the new 3DORBIT command to easily manipulate views of 3D objects.

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Day 2:
Discuss surface modeling, HIDE, SHADE, and RENDER. Introduce RULESURF, TABSURF, REVSURF, AND EDGESURF. Use these tools to create simple surface models. Introduce Regions and Boolean operations. Add surfaces to a wireframe model. Utilize 3dface, region and other surfacing tools. Using DVIEW, create perspective views, and utilize clipping. Review Model & Paper Space, VPLAYER, and Zoom XP option. Use the LAYOUT facility to compose a drawing and quickly prepare it for plotting. Create irregular-shaped viewports by selecting objects or points in the drawing area.

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Day 3:
Introduce Solids Modeling using Basic Primitives, and Boolean operators. Introduce Swept Primitives - EXTRUDE and REVOLVE. Use 3D editing commands (MOVE, COPY, ALIGN, ROTATE3D, MIRROR3D, and 3DARRAY). Introduce Edge Primitives - FILLET and CHAMFER in a solid modeling context. Use INTERSECT, to create a solid model from orthographic views. Utilize Point Filters in a 3D context.

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Day 4:
Discuss the new Solids Modeling editing tools. Discuss solid modeling techniques. Introduce solid modeling display variables: ISOLINES, DISPSILH, FACETRES. Analyze solids models via MASSPROP and INTERFERE. Introduce the SLICE, and SECTION commands. Use SOLVIEW, and SOLDRAW to create detail drawings. Utilize lights and materials to enhance renderings.

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AutoCAD Upgrade (2 Day)

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DAY 1:
USER INTERFACE ENHANCEMENTS: Multiple Document Environment, Partial open & partial load, shortcut menus, Autocad DesignCenter, Layer Properties Manager, Long named object names, Load/Unload applications.

NEW DESIGN TOOLS: New object snaps, AutoTracking, Dimension Styles, Quick Dimensions, Quick Leader, Boundary Hatches, Lineweights.

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DAY 2:
3D-ENHANCEMENTS: View, Multiple active work planes, UCS Manager, Real-time 3D rotation.

NEW EDITING TOOLS: Solids editing, Text editing, Reference editing, Object Properties Window, Object Properties toolbar, Quick Select

OUTPUT ENHANCEMENTS: Layouts, Nonrectangular viewports, Plotting, Plot Style Table Wizard, Plot Style Table Editor, Summary Information, Saving drawings..

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Autodesk Inventor MDT (4 Days)

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DAY 1:
Introduction to parametric feature based solids modeling. Mass property analysis, automatic drawing generation, bi-directional model/drawing associativity. Modeling techniques & limitations.

Solving a sketch, basic rules, fixed point, construction lines. Constraining a sketch, adding and deleting constraints. Adding and modifying dimensions. Relating dimensions with equations.

DAY 2:
Prototype drawing, layers, and dimension styles. Work feature, axes, points, and planes. Base sketch plane and other sketch planes.

Linking sketches to parts - dimensions, constraints, model edges. Sketched features - extrude, revolve, sweep, cut, join & intersect. Place features - holes, fillets, & chamfers. Changing features - editing and deleting.

DAY 3:
Creating drawings - drawing views: base, orthographic, isometric, auxiliary, details, sections, & designer layers. Drawing dimensions and annotations.

DAY 4:
Introduction to assemblies - active part, static parts, importing and exporting, project assignment.

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Pre-requisite: Autocad Level I Training.

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Autodesk Architectural Desktop (4 Days)

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DAY 1:
Basic Concepts AEC Profiles
Templates & Content Mass Modeling
Display System Creating Floor-plates
Layer Manager

DAY 2:
Spaces and Boundaries Wall Features
Perspective Views Interference
Elevations & Sections Wall Endcaps
Building Grids

DAY 3:
Windows & Doors Stairs & Railings
Anchors Ceilings
Curtain Walls

DAY 4:
Masking Blocks Dimensions
Roofs Schedules
Annotations Multi-view Blocks

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Pre-requisite: Autocad Level I Training.

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CADPlus Total AE Program

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Day 1:
Overview of the CadPlus Total AE System: Quick introduction to the entire system. Use various disciplines in the same drawing. Become familiar with the pull-down, side screen, and icon menu structure.

Introduction to Architectural drafting: Create floor plan, add doors and windows, utilize various insertion and modification methods. Work with AIA layering scheme. Change drawing scales. Convert 2D to 3D and view design from various perspectives.

Use students' own designs and implement them utilizing the functions of the Totat AE System previously reviewed.

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Day 2:
Continue working with the Architectural module. Add funiture and fixtures to the origional design.  Create a multi-storied building from the origional design. Add a roof to the design. Work with the utilities to create different types of roofs.

Introduction to the InfoEngine. Utilize the InfoEngine to generate schedules. Create a user symbol and tie it into the scheduling facility.

Investigate the default system and create a user-defined set of defaults.

From the origional design, create sections and elevations. Set clipping planes to control views. Use smart hatching methods to quickly hatch on elevations and walls.

Review 3D techniques including: User Coordinate System, Viewpoint, Paper space & Model Space, etc.

Prepare details for use with the drawings. Use the details in a sheet setup. Modify a detail drawing.

If time allows, use students' own designs and enhance them with techniques reviewed during this session.

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Day 3:
Review other modules included in the Total AE System. Create sample drawings in the various disciplines; Electrical, Mechanical HVAC, Plumbing, Fire Protection, Structural, Civil, and Site Planning.

Work with the InfoEngine to add intelligence to various designs. Add information to any block or entity in the design. Update information on the drawing automatically. Format custom reports and place them on the drawing. Calculate area of a polyline and place on a square-footage report.

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Day 4:
Use students' designs to further explore the utilities and the benefits of InfoEngine.

Address any questions that have not been answered.

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Pre-requisite: Autocad Level I Training.

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SCHEDULING & COST 

Custom training is available onsite MGM (8 student max) or can be held at your location (unlimited number of students). Onsite training will be customized to your specific productivity requirements (e.g. can combine course outlines from any course).  Call for cost.

Course reference required for Autocad 2D, 3D, Autolisp, ADT, & MDT

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