Digital Presentation III: AutoCAD

ARCH X 468.5A

This course covers the basic AutoCAD commands used to create and edit 2-D CAD drawings.

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What you can learn.

  • Understand drawing setup, layer control, and dimensioning
  • Master display commands, attributes, and paperspace/modelspace
  • Learn methods for importing and exporting files between SketchUp and AutoCAD

About this course:

This course covers the basic AutoCAD commands used to create and edit 2D CAD drawings, as well as drawing setup, layer control, dimensioning, symbol libraries, display commands, external references, attributes, paperspace/modelspace, and methods for importing and exporting files between SketchUp and AutoCAD. Students prepare a basic set of construction documents that include floor plans, elevations, sections and details.
Prerequisites
ARCH X 468.20 Digital Presentation I: Photoshop/Illustrator. Software requirement: The most recent version of AutoCAD. A student version of the AutoDesk software is provided for free upon proof of student status. Review CAD course requirements.

This course applies towards the following certificates & specializations…

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