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  • Length: 3 day(s)

  • Price (at your venue): 1 Person R 16,700.00 EX VAT 3 Person R 11,644.28 EX VAT 10 Person R 7,836.00 EX VAT

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    AutoCAD Advanced Course: Introduction

    This is the advanced course for Autocad, it is a program for technical drawing, architects and engineers who need to design 3D models. Experience in graphics programs is essential. All materials needed for the course will be provided.

    AutoCAD Advanced Course :Course Outline

    1. Introduction to Micro Station
    Starting Micro Station
    Using Micro Station Manager
    Mouse Functions in Micro Station
    A Tour of Micro Station proper
    Using Toolboxes
    The Tools Menu
    Using the Help Feature

    2. Drawing Navigation
    Working with Multiple views
    Micro Station’s View Control
    Drawing Navigation
    Other Windows Menu Commands
    Selecting an Existing New Group

    3. Preparing to Draw
    Micro Station’s Disk-based nature
    Seed files
    Creating a custom seed file

    4. Preparing Micro Station
    User Preferences

    5. Your First Session
    Place Element Tools
    Introducing to Element manipulation

    6. Introduction to AccuDraw
    Automatic Start
    On / Off Toggle
    The input focus
    Precision input with AccuDraw
    Rotating AccuDraw to the view orientation

    7. Introduction to AccuSnap
    Using AccuSnap for the first time
    Manually executing a Snap
    Putting together the puzzle

    8. Advanced Designing with AccuDraw
    AccuDraw Angles
    The Angle Mode
    Setting the AccuDraw origin
    Setting Smart lock

    9. Advanced Snapping with AccuSnap
    Enabling / Disabling AccuSnap
    AccuSnap and the Snap Mode settings
    Near Snap point
    Midpoint Snap
    Centre Snap
    Origin Snap
    Bisector Snap
    Intersect Snap
    Tangent point Snap
    Perpendicular point Snap

    10. Working with Arc’s and Ellipses
    Placing circles
    Placing Arcs

    11. Working with the Smart Line Tool
    Smart Line’s “SMARTS”
    Smart Line placement settings

    12. Working with Shapes
    Creating old fashioned drawing templates
    Creating the rectangular cut-outs
    The Place Shape Tool
    Creating the parallelogram cut-out
    The Place Orthogonal tool
    The Place regular Polygon tool

    13. Measurement
    Making measurements
    The measurement tools
    The measure radius and measure angle tools
    The measure area tool
    Other measure tools

    14. Element Attributes / Symbology
    Element attributes
    Colour
    Line Weight
    Active element transparency
    Active element priority
    Fill
    The change element attributes tool
    Match / Change by
    Adding colour fill to solid elements
    Changing the display order of elements

    15. Manipulation
    Move parallel
    Scale
    Rotate
    Rotating elements
    Mirror element

    16.Element Modifiers
    Modify element
    Extend element
    Extending two elements to intersection
    Extend element to intersection
    Trim elements
    IntelliTrim
    Construct circular fillet
    Construct chamfer

    17. Complex Chains, Shapes & Regions
    Creating complex chains & shapes
    Creating Region
    Complex shapes with Simplified geometry

    18. Returning Elements to their Simple Existence
    The Drop element tool
    Left open on purpose

    19. Micro Station’s Levels
    A quick word or two about overlay drafting
    Level Display
    Apply to all views
    Pop-up menu to access additional options
    Active level
    Level Manager
    Creating and Deleting levels
    Symbology

    20.Selecting Techniques
    More Elements Selection
    Select by attributes

    21. Working with a Fence
    Manipulating multiple elements
    Using fences
    Manipulating fence contents

    22. Working with Cells
    How we use cells
    The creation of cells
    Types of cells
    Creating a cell

    23. Hatching and Patterning
    Pattern settings
    Pattern methods
    The Snappable pattern option
    Associative patterning
    Hatch area
    Crosshatch area

    24. Placing Text and Annotation
    Placing text
    Changing text after the fact
    Changing text attributes
    Place note
    Text Styles
    Important text attributes
    Placing text with a text style

    25. Placing Dimensions
    The importance of Dimensioning
    Alignment
    Association Lock
    Dimension Size with arrows
    Dimension Angle Between lines
    Dimension Radial

    26. Referencing
    References Dialogue box

    27. Plotting
    The final plot scale – an early consideration
    Plotting interface

    28. Pre V8 Interoperability
    Introduction
    V7 DGN files
    Backwards compatibility – Saving V8 to V7 files

    29. DWG Access
    Introduction
    Reference DWG data in Micro Station
    Using Micro Station to directly edit DWG file
    Micro Station’s work mode
    DWG options
    Saving DGN data as DWG data
    Creating several DWG files from DGN references

    AutoCAD Advanced Course: Course Duration

    3 day/s

    Who should attend: AutoCAD Advanced Course

    This course is intended for users working with AutoCAD

    **Quote does not include Any Exam Fees (if applicable)

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