Architectural Desktop 2004 Level 1
AutoCAD Training Overview

This course will enable students to create basic floor plans, including walls, doors, and windows; use Design Content to add furniture, fixtures, and equipment; create specialty objects like column & ceiling grids, stairs, and roofs; generate elevations and sections; add marks, dimensions, tags, and schedules; understand the 3D capabilities of Architectural Desktop.

AutoCAD Training Topics

  • Floor Plans
  • Design Content and Viewing Tools
  • Specialty Objects
  • Floors and Roofs
  • Elevations, Sections and Perspectives
  • Documentation
AutoCAD Training Course Duration

24 hours

AutoCAD Training Course outline

Module 1: Floor Plans
    Section 1: Walls

    • Introduction to Architectural Desktop
    • Adding Walls
    • Modifying Walls
    • Self Check: Walls
    Section 2: Doors and Windows

    • Adding Wall Openings
    • Modifying Wall Openings
    • Self Check: Doors and Windows
    Section 3: Curtain Walls

    • Adding Curtain Walls
    • Modifying Curtain Walls
    • Self Check: Curtain Walls
    Project Exercise
Module 2: Design Content and Viewing Tools
    Section 1: Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment

    • Inserting Blocks Using DesignCenter
    • Adding Blocks to the Tool Palettes
    • Self Check: Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment
    Section 2: Viewing Tools

    • Thinking and Working in 3D
    • Display Configurations
    • Object Viewer
    • Self Check: Viewing Tools
    Section 3: Introduction to Drawing Management

    • Project Concepts
    • Using the Project Navigator
    • Self Check: Introduction to Drawing Management
    Project Exercise
Module 3: Specialty Objects
    Section 1: Structural Design

    • Creating Column Grids and Columns
    • Modifying Column Grids
    • Labeling Column Grids
    • Dimensioning Column Grids
    • Adding Beams and Braces
    • Self Check: Structural Design
    Section 2: Reflected Ceiling Plans

    • Creating Ceiling Grids
    • Modifying Ceiling Grids
    • Adding Ceiling Fixtures to the Grid
    • Self Check: Reflected Ceiling Plans
    Section 3: Stairs and Railings

    • Adding Stairs
    • Modifying Stairs
    • Adding Railings
    • Modifying Railings
    • Self Check: Stairs and Railings
    Project Exercise
Module 4: Floors and Roofs
    Section 1: Floors

    • Creating Floor Slabs
    • Modifying Floor Slabs
    • Editing Slabs Using Slab Tools
    • Self Check: Floors
    Section 2: Roofs

    • Creating Roofs
    • Modifying Roofs
    • Working with Roof Slabs
    • Modifying Roof Slabs
    • Roof Slab Tools
    • Self Check: Roofs
    Project Exercise
Module 5: Elevations, Sections, and Perspectives
    Section 1: Creating Elevations and Sections

    • Creating Elevations and Sections
    • Modifying Elevations and Sections
    • Live Sections
    • Self Check: Elevations and Sections
    Section 2: Generating Perspectives

    • Adding a Camera
    • Adjusting Camera Views
    • Creating a Video
    • Self Check: Generating Perspectives
    Project Exercise
Module 6: Documentation
    Section 1: Annotation

    • Setting the Drawing Scale
    • Adding Leaders
    • Adding Marks
    • Other Annotation Tools
    • AEC Dimensioning
    • Adding Labels (Optional)
    • Self Check: Annotation
    Section 2: Tags and Schedules

    • Adding Door and Window Tags
    • Editing Tag Data
    • Creating Schedules
    • Editing Schedules
    • Self Check: Tags and Schedules
    Project Exercise
Skills Assessment
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