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AutoCAD Fundamentals*

This course is for the new user of either AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT. Topics include: Getting Started … Display Commands... Drawing Setup … Coordinates & Drafting Tools … Basic Draw Commands … Basic Edit Commands … Introduction To Layers … CAD Construction Techniques … Introduction To Tracking … Creating Text & Defining Styles ...Blocks & Drawing Import/Export Options ...Introduction To Dimensions… Crosshatching

 

AutoCAD Architecture Fundamentals**

This course introduces ADT’s capabilities in Commercial and Residential design. Setup ... Scaling ... Layers ... Mass Modeling … Conceptual Design … End caps … Creating Wall Styles … Wall Modifiers … Walls ... Doors … Windows ... Stairs ... Railings … Roofs ... Symbols ... Dimensioning … Schedules … Elevations ... Sections ... 3D viewing … Multi-View Blocks … View Dependant Viewports

 

Revit Architecture Essentials Course 

The Revit Architecture User Interface, The Design Bar, Revit Elements and Families, Revit Projects … Starting a Design, Creating a Basic Floor Plan, Creating and Modifying Levels … Basics of the Building Model, Adding and Modifying Walls, Using Editing Commands, Adding and Modifying Doors, Adding and Modifying Windows … Additional Building Components, Adding and Modifying Component Families … Viewing the Building Model, Managing Views, Controlling Object Visibility, Working with Section and Elevation Views… Using Dimensions and Constraints, Placing Dimensions and Tags, Applying and Removing Constraints … Developing the Building Model, Creating, adding and Modifying Floors, Ceilings,  Roofs, Stairs and Railings … Detailing and Drafting, Creating Callout Views, Creating and Reusing Detail Views … Construction Documentation, Creating and Modifying Schedules... Presenting the Building Model

 

AutoCAD Map Fundamentals**

This course explores its capabilities in Mapping and GIS, Facilities Management, Civil Engineering, Surveying and Planning applications. Topics include: Editing and conversion ability to interchange data with other CAD/GIS systems, and to produce smaller, geometrically correct drawings… Access to Multiple Drawing Files … Multi-user Access to Drawing Files ... Managing Save Back to Source Files … Coordinate Systems … Drawing Cleanup Utilities … Drawing Edit Tools … Object Data Creation and Attachment … Querying, Takeoffs and Estimating … Node, Network and Polygon Topologies … Topology Queries and Analysis ... Database Attachment, Links and ASE … SQL Queries and Reports … Thematic Queries and Drawing Production

 

Civil 3D Essentials ** 

This class introduces the model based design technology, and provides the core for its application in civil engineering and survey projects of any type.  It examines the Civil 3D interface and environment, the management of settings and styles, and the development of civil project data, both from information developed within Civil 3D and from interaction with other products. Topics include: Civil 3D Concept and Environment, Points & Point Management, Importing & Creating Point Data, Point Description Keys, Styles & Groups, Controlling Civil 3D Objects with Styles ... Digital Terrain Modeling, Concepts and Applications, Terrain Data Types, Controlling Terrain Model Display, DTM Data Interchange, Volume Calculations ... Horizontal Geometry & Baseline Alignments, Alignment Creation, Controlling Civil 3D Objects with Style Sets, Alignment Labeling ... Parcels and Lots, Parcel and ROW Creation, Parcel Labels and Display, Parcel Sizing and Layout, Parcel Reports ... Civil 3D Project Management and Workshare

  

Advanced Civil 3D – Pipe Drafting ##

This class explores the pipe layout and drafting tools in Civil 3D , their application in typical projects, and their interaction with pipe design and analysis software.  The class will also explore Civil 3D’s pipe annotation capabilities and the ability to produce design deliverables. Representative Topics include: Pipe and Structure Parts and Catalog, Pipe System Layout, Layout – Design – Analysis Interaction, Dynamic Editing of Pipe Data in Plan and Profile, Pipe Rules and Pipe Drafting, Style Development and Management, Civil 3D Project Management and Workshare

 

Advanced Civil 3D – Corridor Applications ##

This class explores the applications of the Civil 3D corridor tools beyond the basic to more complicated applications typically found in highway, boulevard, and reconstruction and improvement applications.  The class will examine corridor assembly applications involving turn lanes, medians, superelevation and widening, as well as mill/overlay operations. Representative Topics include: Lane Widening and Stretching, Simple and Complex Superelevation, Slope Control, Independent Vertical Lane Control, Intersection Design, Widening and Cross Slope Control, Mill-Leveling-Overlay Calculations, Creating Finished Surfaces, Corridor Visualization, Civil 3D Project Management and Workshare

 

Civil 3D Site Grading and Corridor Design Fundamentals # 

This 3-day class in the Civil 3D training series continues in the use of model based design through the application of road and street profiles and their grading applications, as well as general site grading. Building from the alignment tools introduced in Civil 3D Essentials, the class examines a variety of grading options for basic road and street geometry, as well as other corridor applications. The session then examines site grading applicable to building pads, parking lots, cul-de-sacs or other non-linear grading applications. Representative Topics ... Profiles... Cross Sections... Street & Road Profiles from Baseline Alignments... Corridor Section Drafting...   Profile Display – Style Sets, Bands & Styles...   Controlling Profile Annotation...  Profile Gradeline and Vertical Curve Tools...  Proposed Profile... Annotation & Styles... Site Grading... Corridor Modeling... Civil 3D Grading Objects...   Corridor Concepts... Grading Object Targets & interaction...   Corridor... Assemblies...               Grading Output...   Corridor Assembly Design Application...   Corridor Output & Grading...  Civil 3D Project Management and Workshare

 

Raster Design Fundamentals

This course examines the Raster Design tools for managing and editing raster data used in AEC design, analysis and presentation drawings.  Techniques applicable to scanned line drawings, digital photos and other image types are presented. Topics include: Image Data Types and Management … Raster Design Capabilities and Enhancements … Inserting and Correlating Images … Image Insertion and Correlation Sources … Matching and Rubber Sheeting Images … Saving and Inserting Georeferenced Images … Manipulating and Editing Photographic Data … Adjusting the Image Contrast and Brightness … Converting Image Types … Removing Image Areas … Cropping and Saving Images … Working with Raster Line Drawings … Creating and Manipulating Binary Images … Converting Raster to Vector – Tax Maps … Converting Raster to Vector – Contour Maps … Line Following Extension (LFX) versus Manual Methods … Hybrid Drawings … Combined Raster and Vector Data … Editing Raster Entities … Managing and Plotting Hybrid Documents

*   Prior knowledge of Windows required

**  Prior knowledge of AutoCAD required

*** Prior knowledge of Land Desktop (LDT) required

#   Thorough familiarity With AutoCAD is essential.  Completion of Civil 3D Essentials class is required.

## Thorough familiarity With AutoCAD is essential.  Completion of Civil 3D Essentials and Intermediate Civil 3D classes is required.