Mechanical Design Application Using AutoCAD®

AutoCAD® is the worldwide industry leader in PC based Computer-Aided-Design (CAD) software for mechanical design and engineering. AutoCAD® utilizes the most intuitive windows user interface in the industry and is the preferred CAD software across all Engineering and Design disciplines.

 This training program is tailored for experienced manufacturing, design, and engineering professionals who need to develop skill and speed in applying CAD techniques to create complex 2D and 3D drawings and solid models fully dimensioned and annotated for manufacturing and/or construction.

This is an 80 hours, 16 weeks class that meets one day per week for 5 hours. Our computer lab is state-of-the-art with Pentium IV computers that have been properly equipped to handle this computer RAM intensive software.

         Project Focused Subject Environment

• Getting started on your project

• Using the Command Line and Keyboard
• Using the pointing device
• Using the Cartesian Coordinate Workspace
• Creating Rudimentary Objects
• Designing with Precision
• Modifying your Design
• Organizing your Design
• Extracting Information from your Design
• Creating AutoCAD Blocks with Attribute Text
• Using Layouts with Model Space/Paper Space
• Dimensioning your Design
• Annotating your Design
• Printing/Plotting your Design

•  Applying Advanced AutoCAD Concepts and Techniques

• Using External References
• Using Raster files in your Design
• Creating 3D Models of your Design
• Using Publisher for Batch Plotting
• Using Sheet Sets
• Monitoring CAD compliance
• Using Tool Palettes
• Creating Custom Toolbars
• Application Project

The most fantastic feature of our training is that we tailor it to benefit each student’s individual AutoCAD work environment. In so doing, our students are assured that they not only learn basic AutoCAD fundamentals, but that they will also know how to apply this new knowledge to their specific work environments. Each student is encouraged to bring in actual work problems for their class projects. The more, the better!

Attend five hours per week for 16 weeks to total 80 hours of lecture/workshop training. Weekly worksite implementation projects hone your skills and additional one-on-one instruction ensures all your questions get answered! Enrollment is limited in all PDC courses. Apply Now!

Each AutoCAD participant must have a computer loaded with the appropriate software (Rel. 2000i or higher, or LT) dedicated to his/her use at work.

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Many famous people have equated their success with hard work and the ability to immerse themselves in their projects. For example, Michelangelo said: "If people know how hard I work to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all." Thomas Carlyle: "Genius is the capacity for taking infinite pains." And Alexander Hamilton: "All the genius I may have is merely the fruit of thought and labor." ("For Achievers Only," The Manager's Intelligence Report, 2000)

May we help make your hard work a little easier with hands-on, state-funded training customized to meet your specific needs?