Advanced AutoCAD Training Video

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• 00. Free Videos From This Course

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

• 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

In this Advanced 2011 AutoCAD training video, CAD instructor Brian Benton builds on the groundwork laid in the beginner's AutoCAD course and helps more experienced users learn the important tools that make AutoCAD the go-to application across multiple industries. What sets this tutorial course apart is that it doesn't just go through tools and features one by one, but also helps you develop an overall professional perspective that will help you work more effectively no matter what your purpose is.

In addition to exploring more advanced design elements and operations, this AutoCAD tutorial helps you understand the extensive markup and documentation tools built into the application. It is these annotation and reference tools that make the program the perfect collaborative platform for the worlds of engineering, production, and design. Advanced polyline-spline editing, groups, sheet sets, and dynamic blocks are all covered, and you'll also get file management tips that make printing, sharing, and exporting easy. The course also includes an introduction to 3D operations and files to help you work through each lesson.

By the completion of this video training course, you will have an advanced understanding of AutoCAD that you can apply to past, present and future versions of this industry standard software.