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Autodesk AutoCAD Introduction Masterclass 4 Days - London
Key Course Details:
Level:
Introduction to Intermediate
Duration:
4
Days - 10am to 5pm
Price:
£675 + vat
Go from being a novice to mastering the advanced tasks in this industry-standard drawing program. Join us as we show you how to take charge and become an AutoCAD power user. Our Masterclass course will show you right from fundamental drawing skills through to the more advanced tools and help you to become more proficient and confident in drawing design.
We will guide you on everything from the basic commands you need to know in order to design and draft your own 2D production drawings all the way up to drawing complex objects and advanced dimensioning and annotation. With our help, you will become confident in using the program's advanced creative and productivity features to produce killer drawings in ways that will impress your audience.
Go from being a novice to mastering the advanced tasks in this industry-standard drawing program. Join us as we show you how to take charge and become an AutoCAD power user. Our Masterclass course will show you right from fundamental drawing skills through to the more advanced tools and help you to become more proficient and confident in drawing design.
We will guide you on everything from the basic commands you need to know in order to design and draft your own 2D production drawings all the way up to drawing complex objects and advanced dimensioning and annotation. With our help, you will become confident in using the program's advanced creative and productivity features to produce killer drawings in ways that will impress your audience.
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AutoCAD Masterclass 4 Days
Course Details
This 4-day Masterclass course helps you learn about the tools and features available in AutoCAD. We will help you understand how this industry-leading program takes 2D production drawing to a new level. With our help you will quickly be able to design and draft your own drawings. As well as covering the basics of object snapping and polar tracking, we will show you various ways to manipulate objects, adjust properties, and execute commands. You will also learn the more advanced 2D drawing techniques and productivity tools available in AutoCAD. We will show you how to create your own drawing templates and add your own text annotations to drawings. In addition you will discover how to draw and manipulate complex objects, rework existing content and work with layers, sheet sets and tables.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Navigate the AutoCAD environment
- Create basic objects
- Understand snapping and tracking
- Adjust object positions and angles
- Break and join objects
- Annotate drawings with text
- Build drawing templates
- Create complex objects
- Manipulate objects and data
- Reuse existing content
- Adjust object positions and angles
- Benefit from improved workflow with layers and layouts
- Work with tables in your designs
Our goal is for you to build on your understanding of the basics for creating and manipulating 2D production drawings with the skills of more advanced techniques that will give you the confidence and improve the quality of your CAD drawings.
Course Target Audience and delegate prerequisites:
This course is intended for those who are new to technical drawing tools and who wish to become a confident power user in creating 2D production drawings.
You will need basic PC or Mac skills, including a solid understanding of a computer's operating system (Windows or Mac OS). You will also need to know how to launch a program, create and save files, and copy files from CDs and other media.
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Full Course Outline
The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.
Taking the AutoCAD Tour- Navigate the Working Environment
- Working with Files
- Displaying Objects
- Inputting Data
- Creating Basic Objects
- Using Object Snaps
- Using Polar Tracking and PolarSnap
- Using Object Snap Tracking
- Working with Units
- Selecting Objects in the Drawing
- Changing an Object's Position
- Creating New Objects from Existing Objects
- Changing the Angle of an Object's Position
- Creating a Mirror Image of Existing
- Creating Object Patterns
- Changing an Object's Size
- Using Layers
- Changing Objects Properties
- Matching Objects Properties
- Using the Properties Palette
- Using Linetypes
- Using Inquiry Commands
- Trimming and Extending Objects to Defined Boundaries
- Creating Parallel and Offset Geometry
- Joining Objects
- Breaking an Object into Two Objects
- Applying a Radius Corner to Two Objects
- Creating and Angled Corner Between Two Objects
- Changing Part of an Object's Shape
- Creating Multiline Text
- Creating Single Line Text
- Using Text Styles
- Editing Text
- Creating Dimensions
- Using Dimension Styles
- Editing Dimensions
- Using Multi-leaders
- Hatching Objects
- Editing Hatch Objects
- Using Blocks
- Working with DesignCenter
- Using Tool Palettes
- Working with Polylines
- Creating Splines
- Creating Ellipses
- Using Tables
- Using Page Setups
- Plotting Drawings
- Using Drawing Templates
Drawing Complex Objects- Working with revision clouds to highlight points of your drawing for revision.
- Using Wipeout as an object within a block to create incredible components for your projects.
- How to work with the boundary tool to access quickly to total areas and more.
- Improve your selections techniques with the use of selection by filtering properties (quick select)
- Light up your drawing by purging unused content for your final project
- Learn how to evenly divide a basic object (line, circle, ellipse, arc) into even spaces or segments
- Ins and outs of dimension styles, understanding the dimension styles and the full power of if
- Working with multiline text, dynamic columns and format within a text box
- Ins and outs of multileader styles, understanding the multileader styles and the full power of if
- Working with the design centre to quickly import content into your drawing
- Creating dynamic block, the next step in the world of reusable content
- How can dynamic block improve drastically your workflow saving you hours of work.
- Learn how external references can improve your workflow as a team across multiple files
- Importing non native AutoCAD files such a JPEGs and PDFs
- How to add data to your block by using attributes
- Using attributes to tag block references
- Learn the power of layer filters, whether is a dynamically updated filter or just a group filter this can save you loads of scrolling through your layer list
- How can the layer state manager can help you to quickly switch from on version of your layers to another
- Unifying you layers to the standards of your company
- Learn how to bring your project to print size using layouts.
- Create colour coded drawings.
- Create viewports to show your projects on a paper size space at different scales
- Present your project using multiple layouts.
- How to set up the page size, configure the page layout and get everything ready for printing.
- Creating sheet sets to export all layouts in one go
- Proper use of the properties palette to adjust and edit your drawing and blocks
- Fields, and automated way to extract data, where is as text or an attribute, that’s up to you.
- How you link external data using tables from an excel spreadsheet
- Inserting and editing tables.
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Location Details
This course is provided at the XChange Training London training centre based at:
5 St John’s Lane
Clerkenwell
London
EC1M 4BHSt John’s Lane is located in the heart of Clerkenwell close to the junction of Farringdon and Clerkenwell Road. Farringdon tube & train station is just a few minutes away and the training centre can also be accessed from Chancery Lane and Barbican tubes in about 10 minutes. There is also easy direct access by bus from Waterloo (243) and West End (55) with nearby stops.
Daily course times run between 10am and 4:30pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks. We recommend arrival at 9.45am for registration on the first day of the course.
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AutoCAD Masterclass 4 Days - Upcoming London Course Dates
18 Jun - 21 Jun £675 + vat 05 Aug - 08 Aug £675 + vat 07 Oct - 10 Oct £675 + vat 25 Nov - 28 Nov £675 + vat AutoCAD Masterclass 4 Days - Split Date Options
AutoCAD Introduction
18 Jun - 19 Jun
5 Aug - 6 Aug
7 Oct - 8 Oct
25 Nov - 26 Nov
AutoCAD Intermediate
20 Jun - 21 Jun
7 Aug - 8 Aug
9 Oct - 10 Oct
27 Nov - 28 Nov
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Client Reviews
"Entirely met my needs and expectations. Excellent trainer and facilities."
Mike Claydon, JDE Interim, AutoCAD Introduction - Two Days
"Excellent tutor, nice small group with lots of one to one teaching."
Alexander Dixon, University of Salford, AutoCAD Introduction - Two Days
"Fantastic course, covered everything I needed! Very professional and friendly instructor. Fantastic facilities. Great location! "
Jamie Beard, SAR Products, AutoCAD Two Day Introduction
"Really engaging and a small group of three people."
Alice Dean, LVMH Perfumes & Cosmetics, AutoCAD Introduction - Two Days
"Never used Autocad before and was very informative and the instructor made everything very easy to understand being a complete novice. Excellent course and would highly recommend!"
Stacey Griffiths, Craig Bragdy Design, AutoCAD Introduction - Two Days
"Very good course, very informative. Delivered excellently by trainer."
Adrian Rigby, NU-Form Fire UK, AutoCAD Introduction - Two Days
"Very good. Covered all the areas I wish to use and more. Look forward to the intermediate course"
Roshni Narsi, ITFC, Microsoft Word - 1 Day Introduction
"Very knowledgeable staff that understood common faults and errors and appreciated our requirements."
Miguel Rodriguez, Blenheim Colour, PitStop Pro - 1 Day Introduction
"Fantastic course which suited my requirements and I was able to pick up an understanding of the industry as well as the package. Would recommend it to anyone."
Justin Smith, Advanced Air, QuarkXPress - 2 Day Introduction
"A really enjoyable programme. The trainer was engaging and delivered content relevant to his audience."
Denise Anderson, Hertford Regional College, Vectorworks - 2 Day Introduction
£675 + vat
Next Dates:
18 Jun - 21 Jun
05 Aug - 08 Aug
07 Oct - 10 Oct
25 Nov - 28 Nov
Split Course Date Options:
AutoCAD Introduction
18 Jun - 19 Jun
5 Aug - 6 Aug
7 Oct - 8 Oct
25 Nov - 26 Nov
AutoCAD Intermediate
20 Jun - 21 Jun
7 Aug - 8 Aug
9 Oct - 10 Oct
27 Nov - 28 Nov
Over 15 years of providing certified Autodesk AutoCAD training courses UK wide
5/5 Stars
well delivered by knowledgeable trainer
23/04/2024
5/5 Stars
i enjoyed the course as i think it will open more doors for me and my career
23/04/2024
5/5 Stars
Very good course and was engaging all the way through it. Delivered Brilliantly
04/04/2024
4/5 Stars
Excellent course, well delivered and very informative.
26/03/2024
5/5 Stars
Really enjoyed
30/01/2024
5/5 Stars
Whilst I have scored the majority of questions high, I did find the course extremelly difficult as Ive never seen AC before and maybe being of a mature age I found it difficult to retain most of the information when instructions were even - for myself I perhaps would have benefited from step by step rather than a few instructions at a time. This is no refection on Ricardo as he was on hand each time i needed help which I felt was all the time. Unfortunately I didnt enjoy the course as i felt completely out of my depth. The reason I scored IT equipment lower was because there was a grafics issue where items you were clicking didnt highlight as they were doing on the monitor I was training from (middle monitor)
30/01/2024
5/5 Stars
Ricardo provided excellent tuition and lead the class at the perfect pace for all students, regularly checking in with us to see if we were struggling. Very friendly and approachable tutor
19/12/2023
5/5 Stars
brillant
19/12/2023
5/5 Stars
The tutor was very knowledgeable and was happy to help with queries related to our actual on-site usage of autoCAD
03/10/2023
5/5 Stars
The trainer was very knowledgeable and went at a pace that was suitable to everyone. He was also able to explain things so that everyone was able to understand.
03/10/2023
5/5 Stars
Very good course, extremely useful and trainer very knowledgeable.
03/10/2023
4/5 Stars
Would have been useful to have some printed material that you could follow - or make notes on so you are not trying to remember everything / write everything
15/08/2023
5/5 Stars
Ricardo is an excellent trainer - patient, funny & ridiculously knowledgeable. We got through a mountain of content in a short time, so now my brain hurts, but it was worth it. Thanks so much!
27/06/2023
5/5 Stars
I found the course useful and it helped me to understand how to use Autocad easily. After being introduced to the basics on the first day, I found the second day a lot easier.
27/06/2023
5/5 Stars
Very good pace, great responses to any queries and not too complicated - while still giving good detail
16/05/2023
5/5 Stars
Great tailored course. Max is fab!
30/03/2023
5/5 Stars
Very catered and adapted to our requirements and flexible even during the training
30/03/2023
5/5 Stars
Really helpful introduction to software which will help our day-to-day job. Teacher really knowledgeable on all aspects of software, and really helpful in how to rectify mistakes. Will certainly be booking other employees on this course in future.
06/12/2022
5/5 Stars
Great course, Ricardo was a great teacher and made it very easy to understand the tools. I would highly recommend this course to others.
06/12/2022
5/5 Stars
Excellent course and introduction to autocad. Will be extremely beneficial within my role for future projects.
06/12/2022
5/5 Stars
Ricardo was Awesome, Very well taught course.
13/10/2022
5/5 Stars
A fantastic training course as an introductory session and delivered brilliantly considering there were participants both online and on site. Ricardo was very knowledgeable about the topic and was able to demonstrate wider uses of various tools but also incredibly understanding of our own limitations and kept a good, engaging pace that was very supportive. Would highly recommend this course to others.
13/10/2022
4/5 Stars
I feel like I have learnt a fair amount during the two days, especially using the tools. I do feel some more days would be beneficial to learn more in CAD ie to use CAD repeatedly.
11/10/2022
4/5 Stars
The course was very intense over the 2 days given- Maybe more days would allow me to feel more confident with the software.
11/10/2022
5/5 Stars
Gave a great insight since I've never used CAD before. It will definitely come in handy, Riccardo was excellent. We had a great time
11/10/2022
5/5 Stars
Great course, great instructor really enjoyed the course. Perfect length
11/10/2022
5/5 Stars
Ricardo was excellent, i had to ask a lot of questions but ricardo explained every time, going back and forth as required.
02/08/2022
5/5 Stars
Riccardo was very enthusiastic and knowledgeable about the course content. He was very patient and helped me learn the basics for a software I have wanted to know for years.
17/03/2022
5/5 Stars
I feel I have gained much more of an understanding of AutoCAD and how to use the platform to help me with lab designs
01/03/2022
5/5 Stars
Ricardo was very thorough and patient throughout the course! Was a great learning experience.
01/03/2022
4/5 Stars
The tutor delivered the content very well and it was easy to follow. I feel that I can take what I have learned and comfortably put it into practice.
04/11/2021
5/5 Stars
Lunch was a little too long; would have preferred a shorter day but more intensive day. Otherwise great.
04/11/2021
5/5 Stars
I feel much more rounded now on CAD and I have an understanding of how to complete my work faster and to a professional standard.
08/09/2021
5/5 Stars
Very informative and enlightening as CAD can be very overwhelming at the start. The tutor had expert knowledge and was able to answer everyones questions immediately and in the a polite manner.
08/09/2021
4/5 Stars
Whilst the course and the course instructor were very good, I would have liked to have had a bit more time allocated to actually setting up a drawing from a blank sheet, as with a complete novice,
02/06/2021
5/5 Stars
A great few dats with a very knowledgeable tutor. I feel much more able and equip now to have a go.
01/04/2021
5/5 Stars
Fully enjoyed the course
01/04/2021
5/5 Stars
very satisfied
01/04/2021
5/5 Stars
The AutoCAD course was well structured. Our instructor, Ricardo, was enthusiastic in his delivery of the course. Any questions we had were answered, and he was engaging throughout the course.
01/04/2021
5/5 Stars
Brilliant Course considering it had to be done over zoom. Well presented!
01/04/2021
5/5 Stars
Rodney was an excellent tutor. His step by step approach really allowed me to learn at my own pace, whilst simultaneously laying a very solid foundation of knowledge of AutoCAD, to which I can now continue to build upon easily in my own time. I'd like to thank him and those at Xchange training for a great experience, this will be very helpful when I start my job in a few weeks as a graduate electrical engineer.
07/08/2020
5/5 Stars
The course was well structured and provided a comprehensive overview of the basics of AutoCAD, and how this knowledge can be used in more advanced applications. The instructor (Rod) was approachable and patient, and moved at a pace that suited the whole class. The lunch voucher system may need revisiting however, as many of the outlets listed did not actually accept the vouchers.
18/02/2020
5/5 Stars
Ricardo was an excellent trainer who not only covered the points of the course but also assisted with other queries I had for day to day use of AutoCAD.
17/12/2019
5/5 Stars
Very helpful instruction, quickly picked up new skills.
10/12/2019
5/5 Stars
The course was well communicated and easily understandable. I could get additional help whenever required. Rod would slow down as needed or go over something again if I wasnt sure
11/10/2019
Whats Included:
Your choice of Windows or Mac 
Certified hands-on training 
Small class size (max 4-8) 
6 months post course support 
Quality reference manual 
Authorised Course Certificate 
Lunch and refreshments
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the course times?
For all courses in the London Centre the normal session timings are 10am to 5pm with an hour break for lunch. In addition to the hour lunch break there are also two fifteen minute coffee breaks mid morning and mid afternoon.
Daily times are:
09.45 - Registration
10.00 - Course start
13.00 - Lunch
14.00 - Afternoon starts
17.00 - Course ends
Do you offer discounts
or promotions?
We offer a range of regular discounts available for self funding individuals, charities and education along with period special offers. See our promotions page for full details.
What is provided with this course?
During the course we provide all computers for your use with choice of Windows or Mac, lunch and refreshments along with pads & pens. After the course you will receive the authorised Certificate, quality reference manual and 6 months direct post course support.
Does this course give
a qualification?
Although this course does not provide an actual qualification each delegate is provided with an official Certificate for completion of the course level.
Can you invoice my company?
In short yes we can provide 30 day invoice terms to any UK Limited company with the provision of your official purchase order and/or completing the invoice request for your booking online.
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