Learn how to draw and modify objects in 2 dimensions in AutoCAD 2023 with this free online computer-aided design course.

AutoCAD is an essential component in the engineering and construction fields. It is used worldwide by engineers, architects, and designers. In this course, you will learn to use the ribbon and the keyboard to access the various commands in AutoCAD 2023. We will guide you through the main settings, such as units and limits, and teach you basic drawing commands like lines, polylines, and circles. We explain the hatch, divide, and measure commands in detail before exploring the basic modifying commands such as rotate, mirror, and offset.

Next, the course will highlight the basic text commands and text styles. You will learn to create and edit layers and realise that changing the layer status will boost performance. This course will instruct you on the dimension style manager and linear, radius and baseline dimensions. But what happens when we want to save parts of the drawing and recall them when we need them? We will delve into the blocks and how to create, edit and save them in the current drawing or to the hard disk.

The last part presents commands such as the linetype and match properties. Finally, the course will teach you to print from the model and the layout. This free online course has many short videos that provide information and questions to assist your learning. If you are an engineer, designer, or architect who wants to learn AutoCAD or a competent user who wants to understand the latest version and review some topics, this course is for you. So why wait? Enrol today and become an expert on AutoCAD.