AutoCAD

AutoCAD Essentials course for complete beginners

If you are absolute beginner of AutoCAD then you can get started right from scratch using this free course.

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In this course.

64 Video Lessons

Easy difficulty

Projects and practice

Q&A instructor support

Certificate of completion

Video captions in English

Quizzes for self assessment

Downloadable lesson files

Course contents.

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About this course.

If you are an absolute beginner of AutoCAD and you've never worked with this software before then this course is for you.

Using this course you can learn AutoCAD right from scratch in a step by step way using practical examples and real world use cases.

The course starts with the basics like user interface, units, basic draw tools and gradually you will learn about modify tools, adding dimensions and managing layers and blocks.

You will also learn about AutoCAD 3D basic tools right from scratch.

By the end of this course you will be able to make and modify your 2D and 3D drawings all by yourself.

Who should take this course.

This course is for a complete beginner of AutoCAD who has never worked with the software before and wants to learn 2D as well as 3D right from scratch.

Pre-requisites.

AutoCAD 2016 or a later version on Windows operating system are recommended for this course. You can also use AutoCAD LT for the 2D part of this course.

Course projects.

These are some of the projects available in course library that you can make after finishing the course.

Wire cutter drawing

In this project you will learn to make the 2D drawing of a wire cutter using AutoCAD.

3D piston drawing

In this project you will learn to make a 3D piston drawing using AutoCAD.

Jaiprakash Pandey

Course Author

Jaiprakash Pandey is the published author of “Practical AutoCAD book” by Packt publication he is also an Autodesk AutoCAD certified professional and Autodesk expert elite community. He has been delivering CAD training to corporate clients for more than 8 years and his clients include Steel, Power, Automobile industries and also government organizations, fortune 500 companies and the military.

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Can I download the course videos?

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