AutoCAD Civil Training Course

  Part 1: AutoCAD Civil 2D 
Lecture-1 Getting familiar with AutoCAD
Live Lecture 
·   Introduction and getting started

·   Structure of the course

·   AutoCAD user interface

·   Navigation tools

·   Understanding Co-ordinate system

·   Limits and display units

·   Saving settings as drawing template

·   Using this course with AutoCAD for Mac

·   Practical Exercise


Lecture-2 Status bar toggles
Live Lecture 
·   Grid and Snap

·   Polar and Ortho mode

·   Dynamic input

·   Simple object snaps

·   More object snaps

·   From snap

·   More status bar options

·   Status bar toggles

·   Practical Exercise


Lecture-3 Creating Drawings
Live Lecture 
·   Making lines

·   Making lines using polar coordinates

·   Circle

·   Arcs

·   Ellipses

·   Rectangle

·   Polygons

·   Introduction to polyline and spline

·   Points and revision clouds

·   Construction line and ray

·   Practice Question

·   Creating Drawings

·   Practical Exercise


Lecture-4 Modifying Drawing
Live Lecture 
·   Making selection sets

·   Move and Copy command

·   Rotate command

·   Offset command

·   Mirror and Scale

·   Trim and extend

·   Erase, Explode and overkill

·   Stretch command

·   Break and Join

·   Fillet and chamfer

·   Lengthen and Reverse

·   Modifying drawing

·   Practical Exercise


Lecture-5 Drawing Tools
Live Lecture 
·   Rectangular array

·   Polar array

·   Path array

·   Divide and measure

·   Using multifunction grips

·   Align command

·   Finding Distance, Radius, angle and co-ordinates

·   Quick measure tool

·   Finding area

·   Making Isometric drawing

·   Centerline and center mark tools

·   Region and Boolean operations

·   Drawing Tools

·   Practical Exercise


Lecture-6 Drawing properties
Live Lecture 
·   Assigning object color and Linetype

·   Assigning lineweight and transparency

·   Checking object properties

·   Model space viewports

·   Creating named views

·   Drawing properties

·   Practical Exercise


Lecture-7 Hatch and gradient
Live Lecture 
·   Creating basic hatches

·   Set origin and Associative hatch

·   Using advance hatch features

·   Boundary and wipeout features

·   creating gradients

·   Hatch and gradient

·   Practical Exercise


Lecture-8 Dimensioning and annotations
Live Lecture 
·   Creating basic dimensions

·   DIM command

·   Modifying dimensions

·   Creating dimension style

·   Creating dimension style override

·   Continue, Baseline and ordinate dimensions

·   Adding tolerances and dual dimensioning

·   Adding feature control frame

·   Creating multileader

·   Modifying multileader

·   Creating Multileader style

·   Dimensioning and annotations

·   Practical Exercise


Lecture-9 Working with Text and Table
Live Lecture 
·   Creating single line text

·   Creating text style

·   Creating multiline text

·   Creating and formatting table

·   Creating table style

·   Adding fields and formulas in table

·   Exporting and Importing table to MS-Excel

·   Working with text and table

·   Practical Exercise


Lecture-10 Working with views
Live Lecture 
·   Creating 2D elevation

·   Using infinite construction lines

·   Creating 2D section

·   Practical Exercise


Lecture-11 Working with Blocks and Groups
Live Lecture 
·   Creating simple Blocks

·   Inserting Blocks

·   Blocks palette

·   Modifying and redefining blocks

·   Write block and Global blocks

·   Creating and using groups

·   Working with group manager

·   Practical Exercise


Lecture-12 Dynamic Blocks
Live Lecture 
·   Creating Dynamic block from simple block

·   Making and changing dynamic block properties

·   Making dynamic blocks with constraints

·   Adding multiple constraints to Dynamic Block

·   Dynamic Blocks with library

·   Practical Exercise


Lecture-13 Working with external references
Live Lecture 
·   Understanding external references

·   Attaching X-ref

·   Editing and clipping X-ref

·   Managing X-ref with External references palette

·   Attaching PDF and images

·   Practical Exercise


Lecture-14 Layout, Printing and Publishing, Sheet Set
Live Lecture 
·   Introduction to paper space or layout

·   Page setup for layout

·   Managing layer visibility in viewports

·   Inserting title block and ruler in layout

·   Layout, Printing and publishing

·   Practical Exercise

·   Introduction to sheet set

·   Creating views in model drawings

·   Making title block and template

·   Creating sheet set from scratch

·   Practical Exercise


Lecture-15 Advance Tools and Commands
Live Lecture 
·   Understanding Annotative property

·   Design center tool of AutoCAD

·   Using AutoCAD tool palettes, Quick select tool, Express tools

·   Updated PURGE tool

·   Practical Exercise

  Part 2: AutoCAD Civil 3D
Live Lecture 16-25

Lecture-16 Civil 3D Basics
Live Lecture 
·   Introduction to Civil 3D

·   Civil 3D User Interface

·   Types of Three-Dimensional Models

·   Advantages of Drawing in Three Dimensions

·   Viewing a 3D Model

·   Rotating the View

·   Additional Shading Modes

·   Setting the Elevation

·   Displaying More Than One View of a Model

·   Practical Exercise


Lecture-17 Data Shortcuts
Live Lecture 
·   Setting up a new Project

·   Setting up working folder

·   Creating new data shortcut project folder

·   Working with template to set up data shortcut folder

·   Setting new data shortcut project folder

·   Practical Exercise


Lecture-18 Working with 3D Coordinates
Live Lecture 
·   What are 3D Coordinate Systems?

·   3D Object Snaps

·   Point Filters

·   The UCS View Option

·   UCS 3point

·   Working with Multiple UCSs

·   Practical Exercise


Lecture-19 Creating Solid Objects
Live Lecture 
·   Adding Thickness to 2D Objects

·   Box, Cylinder, Sphere, Wedges, Cone, Pyramids, Torus

·   Practical Exercise


Lecture-20 Composite Solid Models
Live Lecture 
·   What is a composite solid model?

·   Adding Solid Objects

·   Subtracting Solid Objects

·   Intersecting Solid Objects

·   Practical Exercise


Lecture-21 Solid Creations
Live Lecture 
·   Solid Extrude

·   Solid Revolve

·   Solid Sweep

·   Solid Loft

·   Solid and Surface Press-Pull

·   Creating Spiral and Helical Curves

·   Practical Exercise


Lecture-22 Working With Solid Models
Live Lecture 
·   Filleting Solid Models

·   Chamfering Solids

·   Generating Mass Property Reports

·   Slicing a Solid along a Plane

·   Cross-Sectional Views

·   Moving Faces

·   Tapering Faces

·   Advanced Solid Editing Options

·   Practical Exercise


Lecture-23 Working with Corridors
Live Lecture 
·   An Overview of Civil 3D Corridors

·   Working with corridor parameters

·   Working with corridor targets

·   Working with corridor regions

·   Working with corridor styles

·   Working with corridor code set styles

·   Creating corridor surface

·   Working with Corridor labels

·   Practical Exercise


Lecture-24 Site Grading
Live Lecture 
·   Overview of site grading

·   Overview of feature line

·   Working with site grading wizard

·   Designing a building pad

·   Practical Exercise


Lecture-25 Materials, Lighting, Rendering
Live Lecture 
·   How to apply material?

·   How to create own material?

·   Lighting, Rendering
·   Practical Exercise