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In this Advanced AutoCAD 2013 training course, expert author Brian Benton will teach you more advanced features and concepts that you can apply to your CAD drawings, allowing you to complete more complex projects. This course is aimed towards the student that already has a basic working knowledge of AutoCAD, or has completed the Learning AutoCAD 2013 course from Infinite Skills.
Throughout the tutorial, you will cover an array of detailed advanced AutoCAD subjects that include Dynamic Blocks, Parametric Constraints, Best Practices, Cloud Services, 3D Design, Sheet Sets and more. Brians teaching style is centered around practical examples intermixed with detailed instruction that explain the more advanced technicalities of using AutoCAD in a commercial environment.
By the conclusion of this AutoCAD 2013 video tutorial, you will be working at an advanced level, able to produce and output complex CAD drawings with great efficiency. Included with the course are extensive working files that allow you to follow along with the author, using the same files as he is using throughout the training course.
01. Getting Started
0101 What You Will Learn
02. Drawing Navigation
0201 See What You Want, When You Want To - Named Views
0202 Changing The Way You Look At Things - DVIEW
0203 Tiled Viewports In Model Space
0204 Advanced Navigation Tools
03. Advanced Operations
0301 Doing More With The Application Menu
0302 CAD With Both Hands - Windows Based Keyboard Shortcuts
0303 A Little Help Goes A Long Way - Construction Lines And Rays
0304 Solids And Donuts
0305 Draw Twice As Much In Half The Time - Multi Lines
0306 Advanced Polyline/Spline Editing - Part 1
0307 Advanced Polyline/Spline Editing - Part 2
0308 Groups: They Are Like Blocks, But Different
0309 Using The User Coordinate System
04. Advanced Tools
0401 Align And 3D Align: Line Up Complex Objects
0402 Lengthen: Make Objects Longer
0403 Join: Bringing Two Objects Together
0404 Revision Cloud: Show Others Where Your Drawing Changed
0405 Quick Select: Quickly Apply Selection Filters To Get What You Want
0406 Filters: Create And Save Filter Lists For Your Selections
0407 Rename Tool: A Block By Any Other Name, Is Still A Block
0408 Divide - Measure: Not What You Would Think
0409 Quick Calculator
0410 Select Similar: Pick It Once
0411 Add Selected: Why Start A Command When You Do Not Have To
0412 Chapter Project
05. Object Visibility
0501 Hide/Isolate/End Isolation On Selected Objects
0502 Transparency: Old Things Just Fade Away
0503 Linetype Scale: Scale Size Is Relative
0504 Draw Order
06. Annotation
0601 Advanced Text Features
0602 Import Text: Can I Copy Your Notes?
0603 Fields: If You Link It, The Text Will Come
0604 Advanced Table Features - Part 1
0605 Advanced Table Features - Part 2
0606 Annotative Scaling: One Text To Rule Them All
0607 Chapter Project
07. Sheet Sets
0701 What Are Sheet Sets And How Do I Use Them
0702 Creating Sheet Sets
0703 Using Fields To Get SS Data
0704 Drawing Properties: Even More Chances To Use Sheet Sets
0705 Advanced Sheet Set Features - Printing, Creating New Files
0706 Publishing From Sheet Sets
08. Output
0801 Plotting With PC3 Files
0802 Plotting With CTB Files
0803 Publisher-Batch Plotting: Plot Everything At Once
0804 Animation: Camera Views, Pathways, Create, Output
09. Using Data
0901 Xref: What, When, How?
0902 Attach/Overlay - Circular References
0903 Visually Displaying Your Referenced Data
0904 Binding: When Your Reference Is Not A Reference Anymore
0905 Xclip: Getting Picky About Your Reference
0906 Managing Xrefs: DWF, DGN, JPG, TIF, PDF, DWG
0907 Linking Data From OLE Objects
0908 Reference Manager: An Often Unknown Tool
0909 Linking Data, Extracting Data
10. Dynamic Blocks
1001 Know The Power Of Dynamic Blocks
1002 Implementing Dynamic Blocks In Your Drawing
1003 Creating Dynamic Blocks
1004 Action, Parameters, Parameter Sets, Constraints
1005 Testing In The Block Editor
1006 Chapter Project
11. Parametric Constraints
1101 Constraining Your Data To Ensure Its Quality
1102 Exploring The Different Types Of Constraints
1103 Creating Constraints In Your Model
1104 Using Constraints In The Design Process
1105 Managing Constraints In Your Files
12. Action Recorder
1201 Action Recorder: Do It Once Why Do It Again?
1202 Editing, Running, And Managing Recorded Actions
13. Customization
1301 Customizing AutoCAD With The CUI
1302 Create Commands
1303 Create And Customize Toolbars And Menus
1304 Customizing The Ribbon
1305 Customizing Workspaces And QAT
1306 Mouse Buttons: Get Five If You Can
1307 Quick Properties
1308 PGP File - Keyboard Commands
1309 Script Files
1310 Tool Pallets: Using, Adding Content, Loading
1311 Custom Linetypes
14. File Management
1401 New Features Workshop: You Do Not Know What You Do Not Know
1402 Template Files: Working With And Creating Them
1403 Saving Files: There Is A Lot To It
1404 Help: Communication Center, Infocenter And More And Other Services
1405 CAD Standard Files: Keep Track Of Your Settings
1406 Drawing Security: Security Options, Digital Signatures
1407 Errors And Crashes: Audit, Recover, Recover All
1408 Backup Files And Autosave
1409 Design Center
15. Introduction To 3D Design
1501 3D Modeling: Solids, Primitives, Surfaces, Meshes
1502 3D Operations: Boolean Edits, Extrude, Sweep, Loft, Revolve, Slice Section
1503 Working With 3D Surfaces
1504 Navigating In 3D: Dynamic UCS, Gizmos, 3D Orbit
1505 Visual Styles
1506 Rendering: Materials, Process, Time, Output
1507 Material Library
1508 3D Selections
1509 3D Associative Array
1510 Point Clouds
1511 Fusion
1512 Model Documentation: Base Views
1513 Model Documentation: Drawing Views-Sections And Details
1514 Chapter Project - Part 1
1515 Chapter Project - Part 2
16. Autodesk Cloud Services
1601 What Is The Cloud?
1602 Online Account And Documents
1603 AutoCAD WS
1604 Sharing And Collaboration
1605 Cloud Manager Controls
1606 Rendering In The Cloud
1607 Autodesk Exchange Applications - Autodesks Little App Store
17. Free Software Tools
1701 Trueview
1702 Design Review
1703 Drawing Markup Manager
1704 Content Explorer
18. File Collaboration And Best Practices
1801 Working With Others - And Yourself
1802 Working With Outsiders
1803 Handling Received Files
1804 Discussing Drawings Electronically
19. Conclusion
1901 About The Author