Advanced AutoCAD Tutorial DVD - Video Training

00. Free Videos From This Course

• What You Will Learn Demo
• Changing The Way You Look At Things (Dview) Demo
• Viewports Aren't Just For Paper Space (Tiled Viewports in model space) Demo
• CAD With Both Hands (Windows Based Keyboard Shortcuts) Demo
• Revision Cloud: Show Others Where Your Drawing Changed Demo
• Divide - Measure: Not What You'd Think Demo
• Select Similar: Pick It Once Demo
• Dimstyles: Drill Down In Dim Town Demo
• Animation: Camera Views, Pathways, Create, Output Demo
• Linking Data From OLE Objects Demo
• Know The Power Of Dynamic Blocks Demo
• Implementing Dynamic Blocks In Your Drawing Demo
• Creating Dynamic Blocks Demo
• Action Recorder: Do It Once Why Do It Again? Demo
• 3D Modeling: Solids, Primitives, Surfaces, Meshes Demo
• Navigating In 3D: Dynamic UCS, Gizmos, 3D Orbit Demo
• Visual Styles Demo

01. Getting Started

• 0101 What You Will Learn

02. Drawing Navigation

• 0201 See Your Drawing From Above (Aerial View)
• 0202 See What You Want, When You Want To (Named Views)
• 0203 Changing The Way You Look At Things (Dview)
• 0204 Viewports Aren't Just For Paper Space (Tiled Viewports in model space)
• 0205 Advanced Navigation Tools

03. Advanced Operations

• 0301 Doing More With The Application Menu
• 0302 CAD With Both Hands (Windows Based Keyboard Shortcuts)
• 0303 A Little Help Goes A Long Way (Construction Lines & Rays)
• 0304 Solids And Donuts
• 0305 Draw Twice As Much In Half The Time (Multi lines) - Part 1
• 0306 Draw Twice As Much In Half The Time (Multi lines) - Part 2
• 0307 Advanced Polyline/Spline Editing - Part 1
• 0308 Advanced Polyline/Spline Editing - Part 2
• 0309 Groups; They're Like Blocks, But Different
• 0310 Using The User Coordinate System

04. Advanced Tools

• 0401 Align & 3D Align: Line Up Complex Objects
• 0402 Lengthen: Make Objects Longer
• 0403 Join: Bringing Two Objects Together
• 0404 Revision Cloud: Show Others Where Your Drawing Changed
• 0405 Wipeouts: Hiding What You Don't Want To See
• 0406 Quick Select: Quickly Apply Selection Filters To Get What You Want
• 0407 Filters: Create And Save Filter Lists For Your Selections
• 0408 Rename Tool: A Block By Any Other Name, Is Still A Block
• 0409 Divide - Measure: Not What You'd Think
• 0410 Quick Calculator
• 0411 Select Similar: Pick It Once
• 0412 Add Selected: Why Start A Command When You Don't Have To
• 0413 Chapter Project

05. Object Visibility

• 0501 Hide/Isolate/End Isolation On Selected Objects
• 0502 Transparency: Old Things Just Fade Away
• 0503 Linetype Scale: Scale Size Is Relative
• 0504 Draw Order

06. Annotation

• 0601 Advanced Text Features - Part 1
• 0602 Advanced Text Features - Part 2
• 0603 Import Text: Can I Copy Your Notes?
• 0604 Fields: If You Link It, The Text Will Come
• 0605 Advanced Table Features - Part 1
• 0606 Advanced Table Features - Part 2
• 0607 Annotative Scaling: One Text To Rule Them All
• 0608 Annotative Styles (Dim, Text, Mleader)
• 0609 Advanced Dimension Operations
• 0610 Dimstyles: Drill Down In Dim Town
• 0611 Advanced Dimensioning Tools And Settings: Dimassoc, Dim Reassociate
• 0612 Chapter Project

07. Sheet Sets

• 0701 What Are Sheet Sets And How Do I Use Them
• 0702 Creating Sheet Sets
• 0703 Using Fields To Get SS Data
• 0704 Drawing Properties: Even More Chances To Use Sheet Sets

08. Output

• 0801 E-Transmit
• 0802 Plotting With PC3 Files
• 0803 Plotting With CTB Files
• 0804 Publisher-Batch Plotting: Plot Everything At Once
• 0805 Publisher Output Types
• 0806 Publisher Drawing Lists
• 0807 Animation: Camera Views, Pathways, Create, Output
• 0808 Slide Show: Create, Edit, Run

09. Using Data

• 0901 Xref: What, When, How?
• 0902 Attach/Overlay - Circular References
• 0903 Visually Displaying Your Referenced Data
• 0904 Binding: When Your Reference Is Not A Reference Anymore
• 0905 Xclip: Getting Picky About Your Reference
• 0906 Managing Xrefs: DWF, DGN, JPG, TIF, PDF, DWG
• 0907 Linking Data From OLE Objects
• 0908 Reference Manager: An Often Unknown Tool
• 0909 Linking Data, Extracting Data

10. Dynamic Blocks

• 1001 Know The Power Of Dynamic Blocks
• 1002 Implementing Dynamic Blocks In Your Drawing
• 1003 Creating Dynamic Blocks
• 1004 Action, Parameters, Parameter Sets, Constraints
• 1005 Testing In The Block Editor
• 1006 Chapter Project

11. Parametric Constraints

• 1101 Constraining Your Data To Ensure Its Quality
• 1102 Exploring The Different Types Of Constraints
• 1103 Creating Constraints In Your Model
• 1104 Using Constraints In The Design Process
• 1105 Managing Constraints In Your Files

12. Action Recorder

• 1201 Action Recorder: Do It Once Why Do It Again?
• 1202 Editing Recorded Actions
• 1203 Running And Managing Recorded Actions

13. Customization

• 1301 Customizing AutoCAD With The CUI
• 1302 Create Commands
• 1303 Create And Customize Toolbars And Menus
• 1304 Customizing The Ribbon
• 1305 Customizing Workspaces
• 1306 QAT
• 1307 Mouse Buttons: Get Five If You Can
• 1308 Quick Properties
• 1309 PGPFile (Keyboard Commands)
• 1310 Script Files
• 1311 Tool Pallets: Using, Adding Content, Loading
• 1312 Custom Linetypes

14. File Management

• 1401 New Features Workshop: You Don't Know What You Don't Know
• 1402 Template Files: Working With & Creating Them
• 1403 Saving Files: There's A Lot To It
• 1404 Help: Communication Center, Infocenter And More
• 1405 CAD Standard Files: Keep Track Of Your Settings
• 1406 Drawing Security: Security Options, Digital Signatures
• 1407 Errors & Crashes: Audit, Recover, Recover All
• 1408 Backup Files & Autosave
• 1409 Design Center

15. Introduction To 3D Design

• 1501 3D Modeling: Solids, Primitives, Surfaces, Meshes
• 1502 3D Operations: Boolean Edits, Extrude, Sweep, Loft, Revolve, Slice Section
• 1503 Navigating In 3D: Dynamic UCS, Gizmos, 3D Orbit
• 1504 Visual Styles
• 1505 Rendering: Materials, Process, Time, Output
• 1506 Material Library
• 1507 Chapter Project

16. Free Download Software Tools

• 1601 Trueview
• 1602 Design Review
• 1603 Drawing Markup Manager

17. Conclusion

• 1701 About The Author