{"id":15057,"date":"2025-02-04T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/?p=15057"},"modified":"2025-11-17T09:00:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T17:00:58","slug":"autocad-foundations-learning-autocad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/autocad-foundations-learning-autocad\/","title":{"rendered":"AutoCAD Foundations: Building a Solid Foundation for Learning AutoCAD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Are you new to AutoCAD, perhaps primarily a Revit or Inventor user who works in AutoCAD occasionally, or a returning user who simply hasn\u2019t used the product in a while? The Content Experience Designers (CXD) on the AutoCAD team have recently released a new learning series titled <a href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/ACD\/2025\/ENU\/?guid=ACD_FOUNDATIONS_STEP_BY_STEP_LANDING\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AutoCAD Foundations<\/a>. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AutoCAD Foundations provides you with just the right amount of information through videos and exercises to get you started on your AutoCAD learning journey. AutoCAD Foundations is learning content that can be found within the AutoCAD Online help.&nbsp;Here on the blog, we\u2019re starting a new series to highlight many of the topics that you can explore with AutoCAD Foundations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To get the most out of AutoCAD Foundations and maximize your knowledge of AutoCAD, there are some additional resources and tools you should be aware of. These resources and tools are:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tour the AutoCAD UI video<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Autodesk Learning videos\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AutoCAD online help<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Autodesk Assistant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Read on to learn more about each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tour-the-autocad-ui\">Tour the AutoCAD UI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The AutoCAD user interface, or UI for short, can be overwhelming at first glance. While there are many different areas of the AutoCAD UI, there are three main areas to focus on and understand:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ribbon and Quick Access toolbar where you can access commonly used commands and tools.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drawing area where you will work on your designs and respond to prompts for input near the crosshairs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Status bar which provides quick access to frequently used drafting aids.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For a walk-through of the AutoCAD UI, watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/ACD\/2025\/ENU\/?guid=GUID-B7040851-266C-48CB-9682-654F3A6B8086\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tour the AutoCAD UI video<\/a> in the AutoCAD Online help. This video demonstrates the basic tools in the user interface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/02\/04\/AutoCAD-UI.png\" data-lbwps-width=\"1365\" data-lbwps-height=\"894\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/02\/04\/AutoCAD-UI-300x196.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/02\/04\/AutoCAD-UI-1024x671.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of AutoCAD UI\" class=\"wp-image-15058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/02\/04\/AutoCAD-UI-1024x671.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/02\/04\/AutoCAD-UI-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/02\/04\/AutoCAD-UI-768x503.png 768w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/02\/04\/AutoCAD-UI.png 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-autodesk-learning-videos\">Autodesk Learning Videos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Learning AutoCAD, like many applications, is best done by seeing how it works and then putting those learnings into practice. The Autodesk website offers a large library of learning videos that demonstrate how to use many of the commands and tools in AutoCAD. This area of the website is known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/learn#70701fb2-a9a2-476c-a539-d03ba71890ec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Autodesk Learning<\/a>. Here you can find videos on drawing and modifying objects, managing layers, plotting your designs, and much more. The video library can be filtered by product (AutoCAD in this case) and can be explored through curated lists which contain a series of short videos or course structures which offer in-depth learning sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/02\/04\/Autodesk-Learning.png\" data-lbwps-width=\"1184\" data-lbwps-height=\"890\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/02\/04\/Autodesk-Learning-300x226.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/02\/04\/Autodesk-Learning-1024x770.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/02\/04\/Autodesk-Learning-1024x770.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/02\/04\/Autodesk-Learning-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/02\/04\/Autodesk-Learning-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/02\/04\/Autodesk-Learning.png 1184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-autocad-online-help\">AutoCAD Online Help<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As you use AutoCAD, you may need to look up information on how to use a command, what a specific user interface element does, or even the purpose of a specific option in a dialog box. The AutoCAD Online help is where you will find this information. While in AutoCAD, you can press F1 on the keyboard or click the Help button on the InfoCenter, located in the upper-right corner of the application window, to launch the in-product help window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Displaying help with the F1 key is context-sensitive, meaning help is displayed for the active command or dialog box or based on where the mouse pointer is in the user interface. Once the in-product help window is opened, you can read the topic displayed, perform a search by keyword, or navigate to another topic using the table of contents along the left side of the window. For more information on using the AutoCAD Online help, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/ACD\/2025\/ENU\/?guid=GUID-523ED9E4-0950-41AC-B6FC-6F5674E55663\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Have You Tried: Tips for Using AutoCAD Help<\/a> topic in the AutoCAD Online help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/02\/04\/AutoCAD-Online-Help.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"1365\" data-lbwps-height=\"820\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/02\/04\/AutoCAD-Online-Help-300x180.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/02\/04\/AutoCAD-Online-Help-1024x615.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of AutoCAD Online Help\" class=\"wp-image-15065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/02\/04\/AutoCAD-Online-Help-1024x615.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/02\/04\/AutoCAD-Online-Help-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/02\/04\/AutoCAD-Online-Help-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/02\/04\/AutoCAD-Online-Help.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-autodesk-assistant\">Autodesk Assistant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with searching for information in the AutoCAD Online help system, AutoCAD also includes the Autodesk Assistant. The Autodesk Assistant offers AI-guided self-service and options to find tailored support from within the product. Depending on the type of account you have, you can find solutions to product questions, engage in a chat with one of our product support agents, request a callback, or create a support case. With the Autodesk Assistant, you use natural language to ask questions and get responses for content that might be located within the AutoCAD Online help or the Autodesk Knowledge Base for support-related questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the upper-right corner of the application window, on the InfoCenter, click Autodesk Assistant to open the Autodesk Assistant palette. With the palette open, simply type your question into the &#8220;Describe Your Question in Detail&#8221; field and press Enter to get a response. For an introduction on using the Autodesk Assistant, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/ACD\/2025\/ENU\/?guid=GUID-1D513BCA-2F6D-43AC-A6DC-7F9245671626\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Introduction to Autodesk Assistant and AutoCAD Help<\/a> topic in the AutoCAD Online help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/02\/04\/Autodesk-Assistant.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"1365\" data-lbwps-height=\"820\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/02\/04\/Autodesk-Assistant-300x180.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/02\/04\/Autodesk-Assistant-1024x615.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of Autodesk Assistant\" class=\"wp-image-15068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/02\/04\/Autodesk-Assistant-1024x615.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/02\/04\/Autodesk-Assistant-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/02\/04\/Autodesk-Assistant-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/02\/04\/Autodesk-Assistant.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-get-started-with-autocad-foundations\">Get Started With AutoCAD Foundations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Start exploring <a href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/ACD\/2025\/ENU\/?guid=ACD_FOUNDATIONS_STEP_BY_STEP_LANDING\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AutoCAD Foundations<\/a> with these resources and tools in hand. 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