Introduction
Welcome
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What you should know before watching this course
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Using the exercise files
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1. Exploring the User Interface
Exploring the user interface
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Using the ribbon
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Changing workspaces
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Using the status bar
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Using the drawing tabs
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Using the navigation bar
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Using the ViewCube
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The shortcut menu
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File navigation dialog boxes
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Drafting Settings dialog box
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Quick Access Toolbar (QAT)
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2. Managing Files and Options
Opening, saving, and closing files
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Setting drawing units
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Converting drawing units
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Editing and managing options
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Using template files–DWT
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3. Navigating Drawings
Using Zoom commands
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Using pan
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Using the mouse
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Using the ViewCube
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Using the navigation bar
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Model and layout
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Saving and restoring views
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4. Drawing Objects
Lines
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Circles
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Arcs
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Ellipses
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Polylines and splines
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Rectangles and polygons
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Points and donuts
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5. Modifying Objects
Selecting objects
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Using Move and Copy
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Using Scale and Rotate
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Creating and using arrays
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Using Offset and Mirror
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Using Trim and Extend
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Using Stretch and Lengthen
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Using Break and Join
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Using grips and grip editing
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Using boundaries
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Using Fillet and Chamfer
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Using Divide and Measure
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Editing Polylines and Splines
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Using off-screen selection
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Using linetype gap selection
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6. Drawing Accurately
Using Grid and Snap
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Working with coordinates
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Using Polar Tracking
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Using Dynamic Input
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Using object snaps
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Using object-snap tracking
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Using ISODRAFT with isometric drawings
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7. Hatching and Gradients
Using the Hatch command
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Using the Gradient command
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Editing hatches and gradients
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8. Using Text
Working with text styles
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Single-line text
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Multiline Text (MTEXT)
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Aligning text
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Framing text in a title block
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Settings for changing text to MTEXT
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Selecting text objects
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Justification
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Numbered and lettered list formatting
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Uniform line spacing
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9. Dimensioning
Working with dimension styles
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Using dimensions
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Editing dimensions and dimension overrides
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Breaking dimensions
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Spacing dimensions
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Continue dimensions
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Baseline dimensions
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Automatic dimensioning
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Using multileaders
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10. Object and Layer Properties
Working with object properties
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Changing the linetype scale
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Using Hide and Isolate
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New layers and the layer dropdown menu
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Using the layer tools
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Other layer tools
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11. Reusing Content
Grouping objects
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Creating and using blocks
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Redefining block definitions
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Using the Explode command
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Creating a simple dynamic block
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Using WBLOCK
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Accessing external blocks from the Internet
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12. Attributes and Tables
Working with attribute definitions
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Creating a block with attributes
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Working with table styles
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Designing a table
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Adding fields to a table
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13. External References
Working with XREFs
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Attaching and overlaying XREFs
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Clipping XREFs
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Editing XREFs
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Editing XREFs in place
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Unnamed drawings
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Updating reference paths
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Missing reference files
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Changing path type
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Finding and replacing reference files
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Renaming unloaded references
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14. Layouts and Annotation
Creating a layout and adding a viewport
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Locking viewports
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Freezing viewport layers
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Adding a title block: Part 1
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Adding a title block: Part 2
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Using annotative text styles
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Using annotative dimensions
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Using revision clouds
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15. Creating Output
Page setups
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Plotting from Model and Layout tabs
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Packaging with eTransmit
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Batch plotting
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Outputting to different file formats
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Sharing design views from AutoCAD
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16. Using PDFs in AutoCAD
Setting a PDF layer
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Using the PDFIMPORT command
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SHX text recognition with the PDFSHXTEXT command
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Using the PDFATTACH command
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17. Technology and Performance
High-resolution monitor support in AutoCAD
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Improved DWG save performance
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3D DWG file performance in AutoCAD
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Enhanced 2D display performance
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