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AutoCAD for Design and Drafting Professional Certification Prep

Outline

1

Getting started

Module overview

Course overview

Get the software

Course resources

2

About the certification

Module overview

Sample test questions

Test taking tips

3

See where you stand

Module overview

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Application and drawing management

Module overview

Assign and manage layer properties

Apply layer property overrides in viewports

Create and manage layer filters

Determine the origin of xref layers

Manage user coordinate systems

Modify objects using the Properties palette

Analyze and query values of geometric objects

Analyze quantities of blocks in a drawing

Use common tool palette interface behaviors

Customize content on the user interface

Perform drawing maintenance

Use the purge tools to manage content

Use the Drawing Recovery Manager

Practice Exercise: Manage layers and query objects

Practice Exercise: Manage drawing health

Challenge Exercise: Configure a paper space viewport and apply furniture

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Design annotation and detailing

Module overview

Create and manage annotation styles

Create and manage table styles

Create and manage drawing scales

Add and manage scales assigned to annotative objects

Create and modify annotations

Create and modify tables

Practice Exercise: Manage and create annotations

Challenge Exercise: Create annotation styles, apply annotation scales, and work with tables

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Author and edit drawing content

Module overview

Create, manage, and edit block definitions

Write blocks or objects to an external drawing

Access blocks and block libraries

Access and use the clipboard

Create arcs with different values

Create polylines from existing objects

Apply an offset to existing geometry

Define boundaries for creating hatches

Define and edit associative arrays

Access modify commands using grips

Edit geometry using multiple grips

Edit using dynamic input and multifunctional grips

Create and edit objects using dynamic input

Create and edit objects using object snaps

Use multiple coordinate entry methods

Practice Exercise: Create geometry and reuse design content

Practice Exercise: Draw with precision and edit with grips

Challenge Exercise: Edit a block definition

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Configure and manage design output

Module overview

Configure and apply named page setups

Create layout viewports

Manage layout viewports

Define and manage a sheet list

Configure an Electronic Transmittal package

Create a new sheet within a sheet set

Modify sheet and sheet set properties

Practice Exercise: Configure and manage design output

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Collaboration

Module overview

Collaborate and use shared files

Create and manage Traces

Compare objects between drawings

Manage xref types

Manage xref paths

Manage image and underlay frames

Create and manage PDF imports

Create and manage tables using data links

Display dynamic data using fields

Practice Exercise: Collaborate and work with external data

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Course challenge

Module overview

Course challenge: Create a new layout for a furniture plan

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Practice test

Module overview

Start your practice test

Get the software

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