Buy and Download - Lynda.com AutoCAD for Mac 2015 Essential Training

2015
Lynda
Jim LaPier
4:09
English

AutoCAD for Mac is tailored for OS X, making it the perfect program for CAD designers who want to start drafting on their Macs. This course covers the essential features and techniques every designer needs to know to work with AutoCAD for Mac and create polished, professional drawings. Author Jim LaPier shows how to create and modify geometry, work with layers, create detailed layouts with dimensions and annotations, and plot and share drawings. The course also touches on the basics of 3D modeling in AutoCAD for Mac.

Introduction
Welcome
Using the exercise files
1. The Interface
Components of the interface
Accessing the palettes
Command-line overview
User preferences
Using the Help menu
The right-click menu
2. File Management
File-type basics
Opening files
Saving files
Configuring a new drawing
Templates
Drawing units
3. Navigation
Zoom commands
Panning
Regenerating and redrawing
Views
4. Basic Geometry
Geometry of your geometry
Absolute-coordinate entry
Relative-coordinate entry
Polar-coordinate entry
Lines
Circles and arcs
Polylines
Ellipses
Splines
Points
5. Geometry Tools
Snap & Grid
Ortho and Polar Tracking
Object snaps
Object-snap tracking
Measuring tools
Divide
6. Modifying Geometry
Selection methods
Quick Select
Move
Copy
Rotate
Scale
Stretch
Trim and Extend
Offset
Mirror
Array
Polyline editing
Join and Break
Fillet and Chamfer
7. Layers
Object properties
Layer basics
Creating layers
Layer tools
Advanced layer tools
Layer states
8. Advanced Objects
Hatch basics
Using gradients
Groups
Blocks
Creating blocks
Updating blocks
Dynamic blocks
Dynamic blocks: Actions and parameters
Dynamic blocks: Visibility parameter
Dynamic blocks practice
External references
Binding external references
Underlaying images
Underlaying PDFs
9. Layouts
Understanding paper space/model space
Creating layouts
Viewport basics
Locking viewports
Viewport layers
10. Annotations
Text styles
Single-line text
Multiline text
Dimension styles
Linear dimensions
Aligned dimensions
Special dimensions
Leaders

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