AutoCAD Essentials for Mechanical Engineers
A comprehensive course on drafting using AUTOCAD. This course is highly suited for beginners
12 weeks long course | 100% Online
Learn from leading experts in the industry
Project based learning with 2 industry level projects that learners can showcase on LinkedIn.
Learn Key Tools & Technologies AutoCAD
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Syllabus
This course is full of best-in-class content by leading faculty and industry experts in the form of videos and projects
Course Overview
- In this course you will get hands-on experience on AutoCAD
- You will learn all major tools of AutoCAD from line to polyline to trims and many more
- This course will help you in understanding the perspective, limits and units which is required for drafting a 2D drawing with AutoCAD
- You will also cover advanced tools like pedit and fillet, you will also learn tools that you can use to improve your productivity
Course Syllabus
On a daily basis we talk to companies in the likes of Tata Elxsi and Mahindra to fine tune our curriculum.
Week 01 - Course Introduction
- In this session, you will learn
- Overview of AutoCAD & drafting principles
- The interface of AutoCAD – New file, Save, and open DWG files.
- Drafting fundamentals: Line, circle, arc, ellipse, erase, oops
Week 02 - Coordinate Systems & Editing Fundamentals
- In this session, you will learn
- Introduction to coordinate systems
- Absolute, relative rectangular, relative polar coordinate systems
- Perspectives
- Drafting settings
- Object snap
- Dynamic inputs
- Limits and units
- Editing fundamentals: Move, copy, array, break, Mirror, offset, etc.
Week 03 - Navigation & Selection Techniques
- In this session, you will learn
- Navigation techniques – Zoom, pan, steering wheels
- Selection techniques – Box, fence, group, multiple, single, auto
- More drafting: Solid, donut
Week 04 - Emend
- Here is a list of features that you will learn in this course.
- Editing techniques: Text, mtext, styles, color, line type, line weight
- Editing with grips -Stretch, scale, extend, join, trim, rotate, trim, lengthen
Week 05 - Manufacturability
- The following key concepts are covered to teach you how to implement techniques that make your designs manufacturable.
- Bhatch, Pline, Pedit, Fillet, chamfer, spline
- Inquiry techniques: Id, list, dist, radius, angle, area, volume
Week 06 - Quality Assurance
- In order to produce quality parts, a set of specifications that are logical, needs to exist.
- These are called GD&T requirements.
- In this module, we will first give you an overview of GD&T and teach you different Dimensioning techniques that need to be followed to make designs more readable by the Manufacturing, Assembly and Quality Control teams.
- We will also teach you additional quality and file management tools such as, Tolerance, Leader, multileader, revcloud, Dimensioning edits
Week 07 - Collaborate effectively, Broadcast your work and Productivity Enhancements
- Once we have completed the core fundamentals, we will teach you tools that you can use to focus on improving your productivity.
- The following key tools and techniques are covered to help you with this.
- External referencing - xref, xbind, AutoCAD design centre, tool pallets, Xplode
- Plotting, plot styles and publish drawings
- Layout management, model space and paper space, floating viewports
Our courses have been designed by industry experts to help students achieve their dream careers
Industry Projects
Our projects are designed by experts in the industry to reflect industry standards. By working through our projects, Learners will gain a practical understanding of what they will take on at a larger-scale in the industry. In total, there are 2 Projects that are available in this program.
Draw the components of a Screw jack and Assemble it
Captsone Project - Venturi Sub Assembly Creation
Our courses have been designed by industry experts to help students achieve their dream careers
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Instructors profiles
Our courses are designed by leading academicians and experienced industry professionals.
Our instructors are industry experts along with a passion to teach.
5 years in the experience range
Instructors with 5 years extensive industry experience.
Areas of expertise
- Automotive design engineering
- Design Engineering
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