In this course, you’ll create an abbreviated set of CAD construction documents for a real Habitat for Humanity project, working through floor plans, roof plans, foundation plans, electrical plans, and building elevations. The focus is on building efficient workflows by learning when and how to create, insert, link, and externally reference drawings. You’ll reinforce your core AutoCAD skills while expanding into more advanced applications, using real project data to understand how construction documents come together in practice.
Instruction emphasizes advanced AutoCAD commands and drafting conventions, specifically with layers and file management, external references, user coordinate systems, and dynamic viewing. You’ll develop intermediate-level skills such as creating and managing blocks, organizing model and layout environments, setting up sheet layouts, and plotting completed drawings. By the end of the course, you’ll have a clear understanding of best-practice workflows for producing coordinated, professional CAD construction documents.
What You Will Learn
- Create an abbreviated set of construction documents, including floor plan, foundation plan, electrical plan, and building elevations for a small residential project.
- Create and insert blocks, externally reference files, and determine the appropriate times to apply those skill sets to optimize project efficiency.
- Demonstrate layer and file management, external file referencing, use of model/layout environments, and user coordinate systems.
- Apply intermediate-level skills including layer management, user coordinate system development, creating sheet layout environments, and plotting.
This course is available for 30 days. You can choose when to start your access period. Once you activate, you will have 30 days to complete it (access the course materials, quizzes, projects and videos). You may request one extension of seven (7) days. Other extension requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Videos are not downloadable.
