Scott Onstott has been using AutoCAD for 24 years and has witnessed its evolution into the most popular industry-standard computer-aided drafting and design application. This course is your detailed introduction to the 2016 version of AutoCAD. Scott begins with the basics of the user interface and leads you step-by-step to learning how to draw the kind of precise, measured 2D drawings that form the basis of design communication the world over.

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Along the way, you'll learn how to create and modify geometry, layers, blocks, attributes, dimensions, layouts, and how to share your drawings with others.

Topics include:
* Changing workspaces
* Converting drawings to new units
* Drawing lines, circles, splines, polygons, and more
* Moving, copying, rotating, and scaling objects
* Mirroring, lengthening, trimming, and joining objects
* Drawing accurately with coordinates and snapping
* Creating gradients
* Making dimension objects
* Managing object and layer properties
* Reusing content
* Making external references (including xrefs)
* Adding annotations
* Packaging and publishing CAD data