Newsflash 06/15/08 : I am adding videos to assist students with the tutorials.

About the tutorials :

This site provides great tutorials / lessons for the student of AutoCAD. These lessons are designed to be as compatible with as many versions of AutoCAD as possible. They are based on AutoCAD 2008, but can be easily adapted to other versions. The lesson format was used in my CAD classes I have been teaching previously. Any feedback would be used to make these as useful as possible. Please note that these lessons are for private, individual use as well as public schools.

The advantage to these lessons is that they teach the commands in context. Many online lessons deal only with the command, and not how it fits in the "general plan". I have also added videos with most of the lessons so that you can see the commands in action, and visualize how the assignments can be done.

If you would like to purchase these lessons for private use (as well as the lessons for R14, 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2008), they are available on CD for only $20. This will allow you to access the pages much quicker and easier than over the internet. Click here to find out more.

If you do not have a copy of AutoCAD, you can download a 30 day evaluation copy from Autodesk. Follow this link, or go directly to their website.

CAD LEVEL 1- Getting Started with AutoCAD

LESSON 1-1

X-Y CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM, INPUTTING POINTS, THE AUTOCAD SCREEN, BASIC AUTOCAD TERMINOLOGY

LESSON 1-2

ASSIGNMENT 1 INTRO TO DRAWING / MODIFYING COMMANDS

LESSON 1-3

ASSIGNMENT 2 MORE MODIFYING COMMANDS / OBJECT SNAPS

LESSON 1-4

ASSIGNMENT 3 ACCURATE INPUT

LESSON 1-5

SELECTION SETS

LESSON 1-6

ASSIGNMENT 4 MODIFYING COMMANDS

LESSON 1-7

ASSIGNMENT 5 MODIFYING COMMANDS

LESSON 1-8

ASSIGNMENT 6 LAYERS / DIMENSIONING / TEXT / SCALE

LESSON 1-9

DIRECT DISTANCE ENTRY AND OBJECT TRACKING

LESSON 1-10

CHANGING THE PROPERTIES OF OBJECTS

LESSON 1-11

ZOOMING AND PANNING AROUND A DRAWING

QUIZ FOR LEVEL 1

CAD LEVEL 2 - Intermediate AutoCAD

LESSON 2-1

PLANNING A PROJECT - OFFICE FLOOR PLAN

LESSON 2-2

INTRODUCTION TO BLOCKS - CREATING AND INSERTING

LESSON 2-3

ALIGN AND ROTATE

LESSON 2-4

ATTRIBUTES - NON-GRAPHICAL INFORMATION

LESSON 2-5

HATCHING - FILLING AREAS

LESSON 2-6

WORKING WITH TEXT

LESSON 2-7

POLYLINES

LESSON 2-8

LAYOUT TABS

QUIZ FOR LEVEL 2

CAD LEVEL 3 - Introduction to 3-D

LESSON 3-1

INTRODUCTION TO 3-D

LESSON 3-2

ISOMETRIC DRAWING

LESSON 3-3

WORKING IN 3 DIMENSIONS

LESSON 3-4

VIEWING 3-D OBJECTS

LESSON 3-5

BASIC WIREFRAME MODELS

LESSON 3-6

LINE THICKNESS

LESSON 3-7

REGIONS AND 3-D FACES

LESSON 3-7a

MORE ABOUT EXTRUDING & LOFTING

LESSON 3-8

REVOLVED OBJECTS

LESSON 3-9

ADDING MATERIALS

LESSON 3-10

PRIMITIVE SOLIDS

LESSON 3-11

BOOLEAN OPERATIONS

LESSON 3-12

CHANGING FROM THE WCS TO THE UCS

LESSON 3-13

MAPPING MATERIALS

LESSON 3-14

CREATING NEW MATERIALS

LESSON 3-15

EXTRA PROJECTS AND A TUTORIAL

LESSON 3-16

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER - MODEL A BUILDING

LESSON 3-17

INTRODUCTION TO RENDERING AND LIGHTING

QUIZ FOR LEVEL 3

CAD LEVEL 4 - Advanced Topics

LESSON 4-1

AUTOCAD TEMPLATE FILES

LESSON 4-2

USING OSNAPS IN AUTOCAD

LESSON 4-3

LINETYPES AND LINETYPE SCALE

LESSON 4-4

AUTOCAD FILE FORMATS

LESSON 4-5

GRIP EDITING

LESSON 4-6

AUTOCAD'S INQUIRY TOOLS

LESSON 4-7

XREF'S (EXTERNAL REFERENCES)

LESSON 4-8

SYSTEM VARIABLES

LESSON 4-9

TABLES

LESSON 4-10

INTRODUCTION TO SET SHEETS

LESSON 4-11

MODIFYING AND CREATING DIMENSIONS

LESSON 4-12

INTRODUCTION TO CUSTOMIZING AUTOCAD

QUIZ FOR LEVEL 4

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