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AutoCAD for beginners: Drafting blueprints and schematics
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AutoCAD for beginners: Drafting blueprints and schematics

razane kabbani

Instructor: razane kabbani

Learn, practice, and apply job-ready skills with expert guidance
Beginner level

Recommended experience

2 hours
Learn at your own pace
Hands-on learning
Learn, practice, and apply job-ready skills with expert guidance
Beginner level

Recommended experience

2 hours
Learn at your own pace
Hands-on learning

What you'll learn

  • Setup a new project in AutoCAD and organize the model space

  • Use AutoCAD's drafting and annotations commands.

  • Setup the project's template space and plotting settings.

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Taught in English
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March 2025

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Only available on desktop

Learn, practice, and apply job-ready skills in less than 2 hours

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  • Gain hands-on experience solving real-world job tasks
  • Build confidence using the latest tools and technologies
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About this Guided Project

Learn step-by-step

In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:

  1. Learners will open a new project in AutoCAD and set the project's units using the Units settings. In addition, they will insert the external file of a picture and scale it.

  2. Learners will create Layers using Layer properties manager. Afterwards, they will rename the layers properly, manage their properties, and use them to draft properly.

  3. Learners will use drawing and modifying commands to create the walls of the Prefab House's plan.

  4. Learners will apply their skills to real life scenarios. By managing layers, setting project units, inserting external references, using draft tools to create walls, and hatching.

  5. Learners will turn the walls they created into a block, insert blocks, and manage blocks properties. In addition, they will create detailed schemas using annotation commands and Text.

  6. Insert templates and edit it using "edit Mtext" to enter the Project's specifications, they will navigate the Layout space, set up viewports, and edit plotting settings using Plot style table.

  7. Work on a real life scenario of creating an extension for a client house. They will use drawing commands, modifying commands, and annotation commands.

Recommended experience

Architectural or Engineering drafting concepts and vocabulary such as: Plan, Line weights, Hatch, openings, tiling layout..

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razane kabbani
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  • Skill-based, hands-on learning

    Practice new skills by completing job-related tasks.

  • Expert guidance

    Follow along with pre-recorded videos from experts using a unique side-by-side interface.

  • No downloads or installation required

    Access the tools and resources you need in a pre-configured cloud workspace.

  • Available only on desktop

    This Guided Project is designed for laptops or desktop computers with a reliable Internet connection, not mobile devices.

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