AutoCAD – Advanced Professional Skills

The AutoCAD course is divided into two blocks of six weeks, with each class lasting two hours. The first block, AutoCAD – Introduction, is delivered during the autumn and spring terms. This second block, AutoCAD – Advanced Professional Skills, is taught during the summer term.

AutoCAD – Introduction, covers the core principles and fundamental tools required to create and modify drawings using AutoCAD. Participants will develop essential skills and gain confidence in producing accurate 2D CAD drawings.

AutoCAD – Advanced Professional Skills, focuses on more advanced features and techniques. This includes developing professional-level skills to produce precise and detailed CAD drawings in both 2D and 3D, enhancing overall technical capability and industry readiness.

Why choose this course?

This course in AutoCAD is for those looking to learn the core aspects of using AutoCAD to produce quality technical drawings. It is aimed at students who have little or no experience of AutoCAD. Your work or studies may bring you into contact with CAD drawings and you require the understanding of the programme to give you the confidence to work with and use it.

Classes are taught using AutoCAD on a PC but is compatible with AutoCAD on a Mac (although you may find the interface is slightly different). After enrolment, students can use their City email account* to register and download the student version of AutoCAD for free. For information about system requirements please see the Autodesk website.

We recommend that students have AutoCAD installed on their laptops and use it during the classes. Information on downloading AutoCAD (which is free for students) can be found under the Recommended Reading tab.

* IT account instructions are sent in joining instructions email in due course after payment.

Who is it for?

This short course has been designed for those who want to learn how to create and read drawings produced using AutoCAD. Students taking this course come from a wide variety of industries including, engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, construction, electronics and product design.

Timetable

This computing short course takes place on a weekday evening over ten weeks.

City St George's Short Courses follow the academic year, delivering courses over three terms. These include:

• Autumn - October
• Spring - January
• Summer - April

Benefits

AutoCAD is the most widely used computer-aided design software for producing architectural, engineering and construction drawings. Learn the skills essential across a wide range of industries.

• Each class covers a specific topic with demonstrations and CAD tasks designed to embed skills and knowledge.

The planned content covers:

AutoCAD – Introduction (6 weeks)

• AutoCAD overview and interface
• Drawing and modification
• Drawing management and drawing styles
• PaperSpace and ModelSpace - Viewports
• Blocks and WBlocks,
• Xref drawings – enabling two or more drawings/users to be linked together and worked on at the same time.

AutoCAD – Advanced professional skills (6 weeks)

• Xref drawings – enabling two or more drawings/users to be linked together and worked on at the same time.
• Dynamic blocks and blocks with attributes
• Templates, layers, dimensions, text, annotative – creating a personal CAD template
• Line type, script files, plot styles, colour dependent plot styles
• 3D – Interface, drawing solid modelling – Boolean commands
• 3D – Rendering, view projection – materials, lighting

By the end of the course, you will be able to

Confidently produce and present 2D and 3D Drawings that are well managed and correctly drawn, dimensioned and annotated using AutoCAD features and templates.

You will be awarded an official City St George's, University of London certificate if you attend over 70 per cent of the classes. The course is not formally accredited.

Assessment

Informal assessment will take place during the classes. The classes cover specific topics during each class which is supported by Drawing activities to support and embed skills and knowledge.  We have several longer drawing tasks which combine many of the skills learnt, Students can undertake these longer drawing tasks independently which can be assessed against professional standards

Computer literacy and some involvement in a profession where CAD is used.

English requirements

Applicants must be proficient in written and spoken English.

The tutor will provide materials in class.

Students can download a free student version of AutoCAD from the Autodesk website. They will need to register with Autodesk using their City St George's and provide proof of enrolment.

https://www.autodesk.com/uk/education/edu-software/overview