AutoCAD 2D Detailed Course Plan

Total Course Duration: 40 Hours

Total Number of Classes: 20

Duration Per Class: 2 Hours

🔹 Module 1: Getting Started with AutoCAD

Class 1 – Introduction to AutoCAD

• Overview of CAD and its applications
• Launching AutoCAD, Workspaces
• GUI and interface tour
  📘 Exercise: Familiarization task – draw a basic layout (e.g., rectangle + circles)

Class 2 – Coordinate Systems & Drafting Settings

• Absolute, Relative, and Polar coordinates
• Snap, Grid, Ortho, Polar Tracking, Object Snap (OSNAP)
  📘 Exercise: Create geometric shapes using coordinate inputs and drafting aids

🔹 Module 2: Drawing & Modifying Entities

Class 3 – Entity Creation (Part 1)

• Line, Circle, Rectangle, Arc, Polygon, Ellipse
  📘 Exercise: Draw a mechanical or architectural sketch using basic entities

Class 4 – Entity Creation (Part 2) + File Handling

• Polyline, Donut, Construction Line, Spline
• Save, Open, Import/Export files
  📘 Exercise: Create a flower or gear shape with advanced entities

Class 5 – Entity Modification (Part 1)

• Move, Copy, Rotate, Scale
  📘 Exercise: Modify an existing layout with these commands

Class 6 – Entity Modification (Part 2)

• Trim, Extend, Mirror, Offset, Fillet, Chamfer
  📘 Exercise: Redraw a floor plan or part drawing using full modification tools

🔹 Module 3: Annotations, Layers & Object Management

Class 7 – Annotation and Text

• Single-line and Multiline text
• Text styles and justification
  📘 Exercise: Add labels and notes to a drawing

Class 8 – Object Properties & Layers

• Line types, colors, weights
• Creating and managing layers
  📘 Exercise: Apply layers and properties to organize a drawing

Class 9 – Dimensioning & Dimension Styles

• Linear, Aligned, Angular, Radius
• Create and edit dimension styles
  📘 Exercise: Dimension an architectural plan or part

🔹 Module 4: Advanced Drawing Tools

Class 10 – Object Selection & Grip Editing

• Selection methods (window, crossing, filters)
• Grip editing basics
  📘 Exercise: Reshape objects using grips and advanced selection

Class 11 – Hatch Patterns and Gradient Fills

• Hatch creation, editing, associativity
  📘 Exercise: Hatch rooms or components in a plan

Class 12 – Blocks and Block Attributes

• Define, insert, edit blocks
• Add and extract attributes
  📘 Exercise: Create a reusable title block with name/date/ID attributes

Class 13 – Dynamic Blocks & Parameters

• Visibility states, lookup tables, stretch and rotate actions
  📘 Exercise: Create a dynamic door or window block

🔹 Module 5: Tools, References & File Enhancements

Class 14 – Measuring & Inquiry Tools

• DIST, AREA, LIST, ID, Quick-Calc
  📘 Exercise: Measure floor areas and distances in a plan

Class 15 – External References & OLE

• XREF management
• Embedding Excel, Word via OLE
  📘 Exercise: Reference a structural layout into an architectural plan

Class 16 – Design Center & Tool Palettes

• Using AutoCAD Design Center
• Customizing tool palettes
  📘 Exercise: Import symbols/components from Design Center

🔹 Module 6: Finishing & Plotting

Class 17 – Slide Creation & Scripts

• Create slides, simple automation with scripts
  📘 Exercise: Prepare slides of multiple views for presentation

Class 18 – Explode, Markup & Drawing Checks

• Explode, Markup tools
• Drawing cleanup and integrity check
  📘 Exercise: Final prep of a DWG before plotting

Class 19 – Plotting & Publishing

• Page setup, Plot Styles (CTB/STB), Viewports
• Publishing PDFs
  📘 Exercise: Create a layout and print to PDF

Class 20 – Final Project + Review

• Hands-on project (House Plan or Mechanical Component)
• Includes Layers, Blocks, Dimensions, Hatches, Plotting
  📘 Exercise: Final full drawing + review quiz + feedback session