Autocad Technician Course

Lesson 1 • Navigation and View Controls

Teaches pan, zoom, and orbit commands for efficient drawing navigation. Enables students to move through drawings at any scale without losing orientation.

Lesson 2 • Workspace Layout and Interface Components

Identifies the ribbon, toolbars, command line, and status bar. Establishes spatial awareness of the interface as the foundation for all subsequent operations.

Lesson 3 • Units, Limits, and Drawing Scale

Configures drawing units, precision, and limits before geometry is created. Ensures all subsequent drawings are dimensionally accurate and plot-ready.

Lesson 4 • File Management and Drawing Setup

Covers creating, opening, saving, and recovering drawing files. Connects file discipline to professional workflow standards.

Lesson 1 • Line and Construction Geometry

Covers the Line, Xline, and Ray commands for creating straight geometry and construction aids. Forms the geometric backbone of every 2D technical drawing.

Lesson 2 • Object Snaps and Precision Drawing

Configures and applies object snaps, snap grids, and tracking for exact geometry placement. Precision tools are mandatory for professional-grade technical drawings.

Lesson 3 • Circles, Arcs, and Ellipses

Teaches all creation methods for curved geometry including centre-radius, three-point, and tangent options. Expands the student's ability to represent mechanical and architectural forms.

Lesson 4 • Polylines, Splines, and Polygons

Introduces multi-segment objects and smooth curves for complex outlines. Polylines are essential for hatching boundaries and closed regions used throughout the course.

Lesson 1 • Stretch, Lengthen, and Break

Adjusts object length and shape without full recreation using Stretch, Lengthen, and Break. Enables precise dimensional corrections on existing geometry.

Lesson 2 • Mirror, Array, and Offset

Creates symmetrical and repeated geometry using Mirror, Array, and Offset commands. Dramatically reduces drawing time for repetitive patterns and parallel geometry.

Lesson 3 • Move, Copy, Rotate, and Scale

Applies the four primary transformation commands to reposition and resize geometry. These commands form the core of iterative design refinement.

Lesson 4 • Selection Methods and Grips

Covers window, crossing, fence, and quick-select methods for targeting objects. Efficient selection is the prerequisite for every editing operation in this chapter.

Lesson 1 • Colour, Linetype, and Lineweight

Assigns visual properties to layers and individual objects for drawing clarity. Consistent property use aligns drawings with industry drafting standards.

Lesson 2 • Object Properties and Quick Properties

Inspects and modifies individual object properties using the Properties palette. Connects object-level control to layer-based organisation strategies.

Lesson 3 • Layer Filters and Layer States

Uses filters and saved layer states to manage complex drawings with many layers. Enables rapid visibility control during design and review phases.

Lesson 1 • Dimension Styles and Linear Dimensions

Configures dimension styles and applies linear, aligned, and baseline dimensions. Dimension styles enforce consistent annotation appearance across a drawing set.

Lesson 2 • Multiline Text and Formatting

Uses the MTEXT editor for paragraph text with rich formatting options. Multiline text supports notes, specifications, and title block content.

Lesson 3 • Text Styles and Single-Line Text

Creates and manages text styles, then places single-line text annotations. Text styles ensure typographic consistency across all drawing sheets.

Lesson 4 • Leaders, Tolerances, and Tables

Creates multileader annotations, geometric tolerances, and data tables. These elements complete professional drawing packages for manufacturing and construction.

Lesson 1 • Dynamic Blocks and Parameters

Builds dynamic blocks with stretch, flip, and visibility parameters for flexible reuse. Dynamic blocks replace multiple static blocks with a single intelligent symbol.

Lesson 2 • Block Definition and Insertion

Defines internal blocks and inserts them with scale and rotation control. Blocks eliminate redundant geometry and standardise repeated symbols across drawings.

Lesson 3 • Block Attributes and Data Extraction

Adds editable attribute tags to blocks for data-driven annotations. Attribute extraction feeds drawing data into schedules and bills of materials.

Lesson 4 • Design Centre and Tool Palettes

Uses Design Centre and Tool Palettes to access and share block libraries. Centralises content management for team-wide drawing consistency.

Lesson 1 • Title Blocks and Sheet Templates

Designs title blocks with attributes and saves layouts as reusable sheet templates. Standardised templates enforce consistent presentation across a project.

Lesson 2 • Creating and Configuring Viewports

Creates, scales, and locks viewports to display model geometry at precise drawing scales. Viewport control is the core skill for multi-scale drawing sheets.

Lesson 3 • Plotting and Publishing Drawings

Executes single-sheet plots and multi-sheet batch publishing to paper and PDF. Produces final deliverables that meet client and contractor requirements.

Lesson 4 • Model Space vs. Paper Space

Explains the distinction between model space geometry and paper space annotation. Understanding this separation is essential for correct scaled output.

Lesson 1 • Extrude, Revolve, Sweep, and Loft

Generates solids from 2D profiles using extrude, revolve, sweep, and loft commands. These commands bridge 2D drafting skills with 3D solid model creation.

Lesson 2 • 3D Workspace and Viewing Tools

Configures the 3D modelling workspace and uses ViewCube and orbit tools for 3D navigation. Establishes the spatial orientation skills required for all 3D work.

Lesson 3 • Solid Editing and Basic Rendering

Applies fillet, chamfer, shell, and press-pull edits to solids, then renders with materials and lighting. Produces presentation-quality visuals from completed 3D models.

Lesson 4 • User Coordinate System in 3D

Defines and manipulates the UCS to draw on any plane in 3D space. UCS control is essential for placing geometry accurately on non-horizontal surfaces.