AutoCAD 2025 Level 1: Fundamentals

Course Description:

The AutoCAD 2025 Level 1: Essentials course is designed for drafters, engineers, and design professionals who want to gain proficiency in creating 2D drawings using AutoCAD 2025. Covering essential tools and techniques, the course walks you through the process of making precise, professional drawings, including basic drawing and editing commands, managing layers, working with advanced object types, and adding annotations.

The course emphasizes hands-on projects where you'll practice creating and annotating complex objects, organizing drawings for clarity, and preparing them for printing. This course provides a strong foundation for beginners to build on as they move toward more advanced AutoCAD concepts.

Key Takeaways and Benefits of Taking This Course

• Master Core AutoCAD Skills: Gain a solid foundation in essential AutoCAD 2025 tools, including basic drawing, editing, and annotation commands, enabling you to create accurate and professional 2D drawings.
• Improve Drawing Precision: Learn how to apply precision techniques like object snaps, polar tracking, and grid settings, which will help you create accurate, detailed drawings with ease.
• Efficient Drawing Organization: Understand how to use layers, advanced object types, and editing commands to organize your drawings and improve workflow efficiency, ensuring that your designs are well-structured and easy to manage.
• Hands-On Experience with Real Projects: Through various practical projects, you’ll get hands-on experience creating drawings from multiple industries (mechanical, architectural, civil), giving you a well-rounded skill set applicable to real-world scenarios.
• Prepare for Professional Output: Learn how to set up layouts, add dimensions, annotations, and print your drawings, ensuring that you can create ready-to-present, professional-quality drawings for any project or client.

Autodesk AutoCAD 2025 Level 1: Essentials Course Objectives

• Getting Started with AutoCAD
• Basic Drawing and Editing Commands
• Creating a Simple Drawing
• Drawing Precision in AutoCAD
• Making Changes in Your Drawing
• Making Your Drawings More Precise
• Organizing Your Drawing with Layers
• Advanced Object Types
• Analyzing Model and Object Properties
• Drawing Organization and Information in Projects
• Advanced Editing Commands
• Introduction to Blocks
• Creating More Complex Objects
• Setting Up a Layout
• Printing Your Drawing
• Preparing to Print
• Annotation with Text & Hatching
• Adding Dimensions

Target Audience

• Drafters
• Mechanical Engineers
• Civil Engineers

Autodesk AutoCAD 2025 Level 1: Essentials Course Outline

1. Getting Started with AutoCAD
   • Starting the Software
   • User Interface
   • Working with Commands
   • Cartesian Workspace
   • Opening an Existing Drawing File
   • Viewing Your Drawing
   • Saving Your Work
2. Basic Drawing and Editing Commands
   • Drawing Lines
   • Erasing Objects
   • Drawing Vertical and Horizontal Lines
   • Drawing Rectangles
   • Drawing Circles
   • Undo and Redo Actions
3. Projects: Creating a Simple Drawing
   • Create a Simple Drawing
   • Create Simple Shapes
4. Drawing Precision in AutoCAD
   • Using Running Object Snaps
   • Using Object Snap Overrides
   • Polar Tracking at Angles
   • Object Snap Tracking
   • Drawing with Snap and Grid
5. Making Changes in Your Drawing
   • Selecting Objects for Editing
   • Moving Objects
   • Copying Objects
   • Rotating Objects
   • Scaling Objects
   • Mirroring Objects
   • Editing with Grips
6. Projects: Making Your Drawings More Precise
   • Schematic Project: Electronics Diagram
   • Architectural Project: Landscape
   • Mechanical Project: Using Polar and Tracking
   • Mechanical Project: Surge Protector
   • Mechanical Project: Satellite
7. Organizing Your Drawing with Layers
   • Creating New Drawings with Templates
   • What Are Layers
   • Layer States
   • Changing an Object’s Layer
8. Advanced Object Types
   • Drawing Arcs
   • Drawing Polylines
   • Editing Polylines
   • Drawing Splines
   • Drawing Polygons
   • Drawing Ellipses
9. Analyzing Model and Object Properties
   • Working with Object Properties
   • Measuring Objects
10. Projects: Drawing Organization and Information
    • Architectural Project
    • Mechanical Project
    • Civil Project
11. Advanced Editing Commands
    • Trimming and Extending Objects
    • Stretching Objects
    • Creating Fillets and Chamfers
    • Offsetting Objects
    • Creating Arrays of Objects
12. Introduction to Blocks
    • What Are Blocks
    • Inserting Blocks Using the Blocks Palette
    • Inserting Blocks Using the Tool Palettes
    • Inserting Dynamic Blocks
    • Inserting Blocks Using the DesignCenter
13. Projects: Creating More Complex Objects
    • Mechanical Project 1: Plate
    • Mechanical Project 2: Gasket
    • Mechanical Project 3: Plate
    • Mechanical Project 4: Rocker Arm
    • Architectural Project 1: Floor Plan
    • Architectural Project 2: Floor Plan
    • Civil Project: Parking Lot
14. Setting Up a Layout
    • Working in Layouts
    • Creating Layouts
    • Creating Layout Viewports
    • Named Views
    • Guidelines for Layouts
15. Printing Your Drawing
    • Printing Concepts
    • Printing Layouts
    • Print and Plot Settings
16. Projects: Preparing to Print
    • Mechanical Project
    • Architectural Project
17. Text
    • Working with Annotations
    • Adding Text in a Drawing
    • Modifying Multiline Text
    • Formatting Multiline Text
    • Adding Notes with Leaders to Your Drawing
    • Creating Tables
    • Modifying Tables
18. Hatching
    • Hatching
    • Editing Hatches
19. Adding Dimensions
    • Dimensioning Concepts
    • Adding Linear Dimensions
    • Adding Radial and Angular Dimensions
    • Editing Dimensions
20. Projects: Annotating Your Drawing
    • Mechanical Project
    • Architectural Project 1
    • Architectural Project 2
    • Civil Project

What's Included in this course

• Autodesk Certified Instructor Delivery
• Official Training Materials
• Hands-On Labs