Introduction
Construction drawings: The industry standard
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What you should know before watching this course
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Using the exercise files
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The new AutoCAD 2022 interface
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1. Why Construction Drawings?
Communicating your design intent
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Typical construction drawings
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2. Drawing Sizes in AutoCAD
Metric drawing sizes: UK and Europe
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Imperial drawing sizes: USA
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Deciding on the appropriate drawing size
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The Page Setup Manager
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Using page setups to maintain drawing standards
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3. Title Blocks and Attributes
Developing a suitable title block
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Setting up the right layers on the title block
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Setting up attributes on the title block
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Saving the title block as an AutoCAD block
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Creating an appropriate page setup in Page Setup Manager
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Saving a title block as a drawing (DWG) or a template (DWT)
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4. Setting Up Your Layers to Industry Standards
Various industry standards for layers in AutoCAD
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Working with the Layer Properties Manager
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Setting layers to an optimum
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Setting up layers that should not be plotted
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The Defpoints layer when annotating
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5. Working with Coordinate Systems
Cartesian coordinates in AutoCAD
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The World Coordinate System (WCS)
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The User Coordinate System (UCS)
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Using the UCS origin
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Setting up a named UCS
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Modifying a viewport with a UCS
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Using preset views with the ViewCube
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6. Creating Plans and Elevations
Setting up your units and your limits
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Making sure the UCS is correct
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Using a named UCS where needed
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Developing a roof plan in the Model tab
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Developing elevations in the Model tab
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Setting up named views for easy navigation
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7. Creating Sections
Developing section markers in the Model tab
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Developing sections in the Model tab
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Setting up named views for easy navigation
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Using 3D section tools: A perfect excuse to get into 3D
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8. Creating Detail Views
Developing detail views in the Model tab
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Using multileaders and quick leaders as detail markers
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Adding detail markers to plans, elevations, and sections
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Tabulating details in an AutoCAD table
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Annotating details
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Using a 3D flatshot: Another excuse to get into 3D
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9. Setting Up Viewports and Scales
Checking the viewport's layer settings
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Drawing viewports in the Layout tab
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Setting up the views in the viewports
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Scaling the viewports with the scale list
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Using annotative scaling
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10. Creating Standard Layouts
Setting up sheet sizes and layout tabs
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Setting up Page Setups for your layouts
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Overriding Page Setups in your layouts
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11. Setting Up for Printing and Publishing
Printing individual layouts
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Publishing and batch plotting
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Printing out to a DWF file
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Using Autodesk Design Review
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Working with the Markup Set Manager
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Using the Shared Views palette
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Sharing designs to the AutoCAD web app
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Ex_Files_AutoCAD_Construction_Drawings.zip
(4.5 MB)