AutoCAD for Design and Drafting Professional Certification Prep - Reusable content and drawing management | Autodesk

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AutoCAD for Design and Drafting Professional Certification Prep

Outline

1

Getting started

Module overview

Course overview

Get the software

Tips for the exam

Exam objectives

Course resources

2

See where you stand

Module overview

3

Advanced drawing objects

Module overview

Create and work with polylines

Create and modify arcs

Create and work with polygons

Create and work with splines

Create and work with regions

Create and work with rays

Create and work with xlines

Create and work with multilines: Part 1

Create and work with multilines: Part 2

Create 2D isometric drawings

Practice exercise

4

Organize objects

Module overview

Select and organize objects

Manage layers with layer states

Use layer filters

Have You Tried: Creating and Applying a Layer Filter

Apply and remove layer overrides

Merging and removing layers

Practice exercise

5

Draw with accuracy

Module overview

Control the User Coordinate System

Edit with multifunctional grips

Have You Tried: Hatch and Hatch Editing

Practice exercise

Challenge exercise

6

Layouts, printing, and outputs

Module overview

Create and manage layouts and viewports

Define and apply custom scales

Publish drawings

Create a zipped transmittal package

Have You Tried: Create and Import Page Setups

Practice exercise

7

Annotation techniques

Module overview

Create and modify revision clouds

Work with wipeouts

Compare drawings

Format text and apply text styles

Create text columns

Use tables in drawings

Create and adjust multileaders and leaders

Have You Tried: Multileaders for Labels and Callouts

Create and edit annotation with advanced dimensioning techniques

Have You Tried: Creating Dimensions Quickly and Efficiently

Apply annotative properties and styles

Practice exercise

8

Reusable content and drawing management

Module overview

Create blocks and apply attributes part 1

Create blocks and apply attributes part 2

Have You Tried: Attribute Extraction

Control external references and properties of referenced layers

Work with underlays and use hatch options

Create a hyperlink to another file

Work with groups

Practice exercise

9

Productivity tips

Module overview

Work smarter not harder

File maintenance

Have You Tried: Create Tools on Tool Palettes

Challenge exercise

10

Practice test

Module overview

Start your practice test

Professional | ~50 min.

Reusable content and drawing management

Module | Certification prep

Discover some best practices for reusing content such as blocks and working with external reference and underlay files.

After this lesson, you'll learn how to:

Control xrefs and underlays, and add hyperlinks.
Work with groups.
Access and use the Blocks palette, Tool palette, and the Design Center.

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