AutoCAD Level 2 Training Course

Where is the school located?

New York City Location
545 8th Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10018
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Washington, DC / Virginia Location
1901 N. Fort Myer Drive, Suite 1020
Arlington, VA 22209
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What materials does the course comes with?

The courses will come with a great textbook, which is yours to keep.

What is your refund or rescheduling policy?

You can get a 100% refund if you cancel up to 2 businesses before the start of your class. You can reschedule a class any time before the class starts.

Can I retake this class if I need to?

Yes you can, as long as we have an available seat in our upcoming class. You can come back and retake the course as many times as you like for up to 1 year.

Is this an online class or a classroom course?

This is a live in classroom course held at our New York City location.

Why is the tuition much lower than other schools?

Our tuition is much lower than other training providers because we have optimized our business processes to ensure quality training at a reasonable price. As a smaller school with lower overhead we are able to provide a great class and better value to our students. We believe that education should be affordable and not break your bank account.

What are your instructors like?

We only hire the best instructors. Our instructors are all Autodesk Certified Instructors with over 10 years of experience using and teaching AutoCAD. We guarantee that you will love the instructors or your money back.

Why should I choose your training over other Providers?

Choosing a training provider can be tough choice. We all claim to offer the best value, in terms of price, passing rates, and guarantee. The Technical Institute of America offers the lowest price, one of the best passing rate, and an excellent guarantee. As a New York State licensed school and Better Business Bureau Accredited business we can honestly say what we offer is the truth and you can verify it. It’s the reason why we offer the money back guarantee.

Do you ever cancel a class because you don’t have enough students?

If unforeseen circumstances arise such as bad weather, instructor health or family problems and we have to cancel a class, we will offer all students a 100% refund or reschedule to another class.

I might miss one or more classes, can I make it up?

Yes we offer the most flexible schedule of all training centers. If you miss one or more of your classes you can attend a weekend, evening, or weekday class to make up your class.

LESSON 1 – Defining Standard Settings within the Drawing File

• Discussion of the importance of Company Standards.
• Creating and Editing Text Styles within the drawing.
• Creating and Editing MultiLeader Styles.
• Creating and editing various Dimension Styles

LESSON 2 – Working with Blocks

• Creating Blocks
• Inserting Blocks into the drawing
• Modifying blocks using the Block Editor
• Understanding Insertion point Presets.
• Using Otracking to position blocks more accurately

LESSON 3 – Using the Design Center to import settings from drawing to drawing

• Understanding Design Center and its options.
• Browsing the various categories within the Design Center
• How to import Drawing Settings from other files.
• Inserting Blocks from the Design Center

LESSON 4 – Methods for downloading Blocks from the Internet

• Accessing Manufacturers’ Symbol Libraries.
• Practicing efficient techniques in preparing downloaded Blocks for storage.
• Adding Hyperlinks to blocks.

LESSON 5 – Applying “Dynamic” Features to blocks to make them more flexible

• Understanding the Parameters Palette and how to use it.
• Overview of the Actions Palette and how to use it.

LESSON 6 – Adding Attributes to Blocks as to add real world information

• Issuing the Attribute Definition Command
• Understanding the Attribute Definition Dialog box and it’s settings.
• Inserting blocks and adding Attribute Information.
• Working with the insert Attribute dialog box.
• Editing Attribute values and their display settings.

LESSON 7 – Extracting Attribute Information for creating a Schedule

• Using the Table Command to extract attribute information.
• Overview of the Table Command Dialog box.
• Understanding the Extraction process.
• Creating a Data Extraction file.
• Inserting a Table into the drawing
• Editing Attribute information and updating Tables.

LESSON 8 – Working with Fields

• What are Fields and how are they used within AutoCAD.
• Understanding the Field Dialog box.
• Placing Fields and how to Edit them.

LESSON 9 – How External References can help in a multi-user project.

• What are External References and how are they used in AutoCAD.
• Understanding the process of inserting an External Reference.
• The editing process for External References.
• Understanding the differences between Binding and Inserting and External References
• The External Reference Manager and its Settings.

LESSON 10 – Creating ETransmittals for emailing AutoCAD files

• Using ETransmittals to create zip files for easy emailing.
• Understanding the ETransmit dialog box and its settings.
• Creating various etransmittals for saving files under different formats.

LESSON 11 – Working with Tool Palettes

• What are Tool Palettes and how can they save you time?
• Using AutoCAD’s default Tool Palettes.
• Creating Tool Palettes
• Adding content to your Tool Palette.
• Customizing Tool Palettes
• Exporting and Importing Tool Palettes.
• Creating Palette Groups.