AutoCAD for Civil Engineering

C I V I L E N G I N E E R I N G | C L A S S 1 | 2 H O U R S AutoCAD for Civil Engineering A complete beginner to intermediate course in 2D drafting Interface • Drawing tools • Modify tools • Layers • Dimensions • Blocks • Layouts • Plotting

What You Will Learn Today The full path from opening AutoCAD to printing a finished drawing 2 AutoCAD for Civil Engineering 1. Foundations What CAD is, how it grew, and why it replaced manual drafting. 2. The Screen Ribbon, command line, drafting aids, coordinates and units. 3. Draw and Edit The core 2D commands every drafter uses every day. 4. Organise Layers, properties, text, dimensions, hatching and blocks. 5. Civil Work Site plans, roads, drainage, structures and survey drawings. 6. Deliver Layouts, plotting, file care, best practice and a mini project.

How the 2 Hour Class Runs Keep this page open so you always know where we are 3 AutoCAD for Civil Engineering Time Topic What you do 0:00 - 0:15 Introduction, history, why AutoCAD matters Listen and take short notes 0:15 - 0:40 The AutoCAD screen, command line, coordinates, units Exercise 1 and 2 0:40 - 1:00 Drawing commands and object selection Exercise 3 1:00 - 1:10 Short break Rest your eyes 1:10 - 1:30 Modify commands and precision tools Exercise 4 1:30 - 1:45 Layers, text, dimensions, blocks Exercise 5, part in class 1:45 - 1:55 Civil drawing types, layouts and plotting, walkthrough only Watch and mark your handout 1:55 - 2:00 Mini project brief, cheatsheet and questions Take the brief away Rule for today: type the command, read the command line, then look at the drawing. Finish Exercises 4 and 5 at home if time runs short.