AutoCAD 2008 2D Intermediate

Course Overview

This course teaches the more advanced aspects of 2D draughting techniques and gives a comprehensive introduction to MicroStation's 3D capabilities.

Audience

This course is designed to teach experienced users about many of the advanced elements of MicroStation V8.

Skills Gained

Completion of this course will teach delegates the more advanced aspects of 2D draughting techniques and give a comprehensive introduction to MicroStation's 3D capabilities.

Examinations

On completion of the course you will be presented with a CADline Authorised Training Certificate.

Prerequisites

Delegates should have attended our MicroStation 2D Essentials Module and be able to produce 2D drawings using MicroStation.

Course Outline

The primary objective of this course is to teach delegates the more advanced aspects of working in MicroStation V8. Introducing 3D techniques in MicroStation V8. During the course delegates will cover :

• Recap of Design Plane Concepts, Origins, Seed Files, Views, etc
• Design Plane Concepts- Advanced Text Techniques
• Text Nodes and Data Fields
• Graphic Groups
• Concepts and Manipulations of Grouped Entities
• Patterning- Area Patterning with Elements and Cells
• Dimensioning and Multi-Lines
• Techniques, Styles, Associative Dimensions and Multi-line Placement
• Cells, Normal, Point and Shared
• Fence Manipulations
• Locks, Spin, Move, Copy, Stretch, etc
• Level Names
• Conventions, Groups and Structures
• System Configuration, User Preferences, Function Keys
• Creating Accudraw Hot-Keys
• Reference Files, Saving and Plotting of Drawings
• 3D Concepts- Starting in 3D, Building Blocks, Precision Inputs, Auxiliary Co-ordinate Systems, 3D
• Projections and Surface of Revolutions, Rendering Concepts, B
• plines, Accudraw in 3D