AutoCAD for Theatre Syllabus

AutoCAD versions currently available

  2000/2000i       2002            2004

Part 1

Understand and use the AutoCAD Drawing Editor
Draw Lines, Circles, Ellipses and Arcs
Edit and Modify Drawings
Create and manage Layers and Object Properties
Plot (Print) Drawings to Scale
Create Blocks and Attributes
AutoCAD Design Center

Part 2

Draw Rectangles, Polygons, More Circles and Donuts
Use Polylines and Sketch mode
Edit and Modify Drawings using Fillet, Chamfer, Extend, Trim and Explode
Single and Multiline Text
Text Styles
Drawing Templates

Part 3

Draw More Arcs, and Points
More Editing; Rectangular and Polar Array, Stretch, Break, Scale,
Using the WCS/UCS Icon
More on Layerts and Object Properties
External References (XRefs)

Part 4

Dimensioning Drawings
Dimension Styles
Inquiry Commands; ID, List, Distance and Area
System Variables
Attribute Extraction (2002 onwards only)

Part 5

Isometric and Orthogonal Projections
Views, VPOINT and Viewports
Hatching
Divide and Measure
Options and Profiles
Grips

Part 6

Direct Distance Entry
Tracking and Polar Drawing Methods
Purging Drawings
Transparent Commands
Modifying and Matching Properties
Paper Space and Layouts

Bonus for those completing the Course

3D Drawing and Rendering in AutoCAD

3D Drawing using the Z Axis, Extruding and Solids
Moving and Creating new UCS’s  in 3D
3D Editing Commands
Adding Materials
Shading and Rendering the model
Lighting the Model
Using 3D Orbit
Changing Projection mode
Exporting 3D Images