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An Introduction to AutoCAD
- Date: 27th January 2021 (Wednesday)
- Time: 9:30 am - 5:00 pm (12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch)
- Participant: THEi staff and students
- Venue: Online Platform - MS Teams
- Speaker: Mr. Joshua Yau
- Medium of Instruction: English
- Deadline: 23rd December 2020 (Wednesday)
- Webinar Outline:
- Part 1: Introduction Session
- 1. Taking the AutoCAD Tour
- Navigating the Working Environment
- Working with Files (new, open)
- Displaying Objects
- Creating Basic Drawings
- Inputting Data
- Creating Basic Objects (line, polyline, circle)
- Using Object Snaps (os)
- Using Polar Tracking and PolarSnap™ (ortho)
- Using Object Snap Tracking
- Working with Units (units)
- 2. Altering Objects
- Trimming and Extending Objects to Defined Boundaries (trim, extend)
- Creating Parallel and Offset Geometry (offset)
- Joining Objects (join)
- Breaking an Object into Two Objects (break)
- Applying a Radius Corner to Two Objects (fillet)
- Creating an Angled Corner Between Two Objects (chamfer)
- Part 2: Advanced Session
- 1. Manipulating Objects
- Selecting Objects in the Drawing (cross/window selection)
- Changing an Object’s Position (move)
- Creating New Objects from Existing Objects (copy)
- Changing the Angle of an Object’s Position (rotate)
- Creating a Mirror Image of Existing Objects (mirror)
- Creating Object Patterns (hatch)
- Changing an Object’s Size (scale)
- 2. Annotating the Drawing
- Creating Multiline Text (mtext)
- Creating Single Line Text (text)
- Using Text Styles (styles)
- Editing Text (ed)
- Dimensioning
- Creating Dimensions (dim)
- Using Dimension Styles (dstyle)
- Editing Dimensions
- Using Multileaders text
- 3. Manipulating Objects and Data
- Working with Text
- Selecting Objects with Quick Select
- Purging Objects
- Working with Point Objects
- Dividing and Measuring Objects
- Using QuickCalc for Performing Calculations
- 4. Dimensioning and Annotation
- Introduction to Annotation Scaling
- Controlling Annotation Scale
- Working with Text
- Using Multileaders
- Dimensioning
- Creating Center Marks
- Creating Ordinate Dimensions
- Creating Geometric Dimensions and Tolerances
- Working with Dimension Substyles and Overrides
- 5. Plotting
- Working with Plotter Configuration Files
- Creating and Applying Plot Style Tables
- Publishing Drawings
- Recording:
- This online webinar will NOT be video recorded.
- How to register:
- All application should be via VTC email.
- Successful participants will receive confirmation email one week prior the webinar commence by VTC email.
- The webinar have a limited quota.
- If the webinar is overenrolled, applicants will be placed on standby list. If you do not receive our confirmation email, you may consider your enrollment unsuccessful.
- Not able to attend:
- If you have successfully registered but you cannot attend the webinar, you need to send email to thei-lc@vtc.edu.hk three days before the webinar to inform us so that we can reallocate the place to standby applicants.
- Penalty applied for this webinar:
- If you did not attend webinar and you did not inform us 3 days in advance, you will be suspended from joining other webinars in the coming three months.
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