1

Introduction

• The new interface. New Tab page.
• Help window, animated ribbon arrow.
• Choosing tool palettes and saving workspaces.
• File formats.

2

Creating drawings

• Object creation tools. The 2D polyline and Pedit command.
• Selection methods: Rectangular, path, and properties.
• Basic editing tools: Copy, move, offset, rotate, symmetry, scale, fillet.
• Multiline, multiline scale.

3

Geometric figures and accuracy

• Object snaps: Endpoint, midpoint, center, perpendicular, parallel, nearest.
• Leaders and magnetic leaders.
• Relative/absolute and rectangular/polar coordinate systems.
• Creating plans with dimensions.

4

Managing and marking up complex plans

• Layers: Use and configuration.
• Text and styles. Linear, angular, and aligned dimensions.
• Smart dimensions. Hatching: Configuration and use.
• Creating internal blocks Customer/external libraries.

5

Blocks.

• Links between blocks and layers.
• Defining and associating block attributes.
• Design Center and blocks.
• Extracting data from block attributes.

6

Templates

• Existing templates. Creating a template.
• CAD standard manager and templates.
• Verify a file with the CAD standard.

7

Presentation and layout.

• Layout tools and DWG to PDF format. Model space and paper space.
• Use of layout viewports. Multiple windows.
• Publishing plans: Printer and plotter.
• Electronic distribution. Improved PDF files.
• Attaching PDF files to your drawings.