AutoCAD 2016 Beyond the Basics

Name: AutoCAD 2016 Beyond the Basics
Rating: 4.5 (151 reviews)

Advanced Tools and Techniques for Computer Aided Design (CAD)

Created byInfinite Skills

Last updated 1/2017

English

What you'll learn

Once you have completed this training course, you will have gained a solid understanding of these advanced tools and techniques in AutoCAD
Learn advanced AutoCAD 2016 skills

Course content

17 sections • 114 lectures • 10h 34m total length

Important - Download These First - Working Files0:01
What You Will Learn5:43
About The Author3:20

Align And 3D Align - Lining Up Complex Objects6:03
Lengthen - Making Objects Longer5:29
Join - Bringing Two Objects Together4:40
Revision Cloud - Showing Others Where Your Drawing Changed6:20
Quick Select - Quickly Apply Selection Filters To Get What You Want4:35
Filters - Create And Save Filter Lists For Your Selections6:36
Rename Tool - A Block By Any Other Name, Is Still A Block3:58
Divide - Measure5:42
Quick Calculator5:02
Explore the quick calc palette to perform unit conversions, measure distances and angles, calculate areas and acres, and copy results to paste into emails or documents from your drawing.
Select Similar - Pick It Once2:44
Add Selected - Why Start A Command When You Do Not Have To2:52
Use add selected to quickly start the appropriate command on the selected object's layer, keeping you on the correct layer and speeding up drawing in AutoCAD.
Chapter Project5:17

Advanced Text Features7:01
Master advanced multi-line text in AutoCAD 2016, using the text editor, bullets and numbering, column options, spell check with dictionary, and find and replace.
Import Text - Can I Copy Your Notes?2:55
Import text from a plain text file using the m text command to insert raw notes into your drawing, with no formatting, styles, or layers.
Fields - If You Link It, The Text Will Come6:51
Advanced Table Features8:51
Annotative Scaling - One Text To Rule Them All4:31
Chapter Project4:15
Open the chapter project, set up an annotated dimension style, adjust annotation scale, insert a table, and compute areas with fields and sums to present data at any scale.

What Are Sheet Sets And How Do I Use Them?4:26
Creating Sheet Sets4:45
Explore how to create a sheet set in AutoCAD 2016 using templates, existing drawings, or from scratch, plus managing sheets, subsets, and printing assemblies.
Using Fields To Get Sheet Set Data4:46
Learn to pull sheet set data into drawings with fields in AutoCAD 2016 beyond the basics. Discover inserting fields for sheet titles, sheet numbers, and drawn-by information.
Drawing Properties7:48
Advanced Sheet Set Features8:22
Learn to organize drawings with advanced sheet set features in AutoCAD 2016, using subsets, templates, and sheet views to create and manage new sheets and access views quickly.
Publishing From Sheet Sets5:50

Xref - What, When And How?6:43
Attach And Overlay - Circular References4:20
Visually Displaying Your Referenced Data4:42
Binding - When Your Reference Is Not A Reference Anymore3:07
Xclip - Getting Picky About Your Reference3:42
Managing Xrefs - DWF, DGN, JPG, TIF, PDF And DWG4:08
Explore managing external references in AutoCAD 2016, including DWF, DGN, JPG, TIF, PDF, and DWG, with clipping, transparency, brightness, contrast, fade, and draw order controls.
Linking Data From OLE Objects4:27
Reference Manager - An Often Unknown Tool6:19
Linking And Extracting Data7:01

Requirements

Working files are included, allowing you to follow along with the author throughout the lessons
Prior AutoCAD experience is highly reccomended
AutoCAD 2016

Description

In this AutoCAD 2016 Beyond the Basics training course, expert author Brian Benton teaches you about advanced tools and concepts in this computer aided design software program from Autodesk. This course is designed for users that are already familiar with AutoCAD.

You will start by learning about advanced navigation tools, then jump into learning about advanced operations. From there, Brian will teach you about advanced tools, including align and 3D align, lengthen, quick select, and divide. This video tutorial also covers topics including object visibility, annotation, sheet sets, output, dynamic blocks, parametric constraints, and action recorder. You will also learn about customization, including how to customize the ribbon and workspaces. Finally, you will learn about file management, 3D design, and Autodesk cloud services, such as AutoCAD 360, sharing and collaboration, and rendering in the cloud.

Once you have completed this computer based training course, you will have gained a solid understanding of these advanced tools and techniques in AutoCAD. Working files are included, allowing you to follow along with the author throughout the lessons.

Who this course is for:

This course is designed for users that are already familiar with AutoCAD
Geared for AutoCAD users looking to learn intermediate and advanced AutoCAD skills

AutoCAD 2016 Beyond the Basics

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Course content

Getting Started3 lectures • 9min

Drawing Navigation4 lectures • 27min

Advanced Operations8 lectures • 58min

Advanced Tools12 lectures • 59min

Object Visibility4 lectures • 15min

Annotation6 lectures • 34min

Sheet Sets6 lectures • 36min

Output5 lectures • 25min

Using Data9 lectures • 44min

Dynamic Blocks6 lectures • 42min

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