Essential 2D AutoCAD

(Architectural & Engineering friendly course)

7/4/08-12/5/08

7/10/08-18/11/08

Intermediate 2D AutoCAD

(Architectural & Engineering friendly course)

During this unit you will learn further productivity tools and procedures of CAD using Autodesk’s AutoCAD 2008 software. Areas covered include:

• Layout Space
• Hatching
• Dynamic Blocks
• Block Attributes & Attribute Extraction
• Fields & Tables
• Importing/exporting
• External References
• Design Centre.

Essential 3D AutoCAD

(Engineering friendly course)

During this course you will learn the basics of 3D CAD using Autodesk’s AutoCAD 2008 software. Through a mix of theoretical and practical classroom sessions you will work towards producing 3D sketch plans and working drawings; these drawings will include linework, dimensions and notations and 3rd Angle Projections

Intermediate 3D AutoCAD

(Engineering friendly course)

During this unit you will learn further productivity tools and procedures of 3D CAD using Autodesk’s AutoCAD 2008 software. Areas covered include:

• Views
• Adding Lighting
• Adding Materials
• Raytracing
• Animations/Walkthroughs.

CAD Standards

(Architectural & Engineering friendly course)

During this unit you will learn the basics of CAD Management. Areas covered include:

• Layer structure
• Creating Templates
• Customising
• Cad Office standards
• Inter-office CAD standards transfer

Revit Essentials

(Architectural friendly course)

During this unit you will learn the basics of Parametric Design using Autodesk’s Revit Building 9 software. Through a mix of theoretical and practical classroom sessions you will work towards producing 3D sketch plans and working drawings; these drawings will include linework, dimensions and notations, perspective & orthogonal views and will be plotted (printed) to drawing sheets at scales. Areas covered in the classes will include:

• Creating projects using suitable line weights, line types and fonts
• Editing commands
• Moving around your drawings
• Dimensioning Adding notations
• Saving & backing up files
• Importing and exporting different file formats & drawings
• Adding drafting views
• Creating schedules
• Printing completed drawings to scale.

8/4/08-13/5/08

15/7/08-19/8/08

Revit Intermediate

(Architectural friendly course)

During this unit you will add to your knowledge of Parametric Design using Autodesk’s Revit Building 9 software. Areas covered in the classes will include:

• Creating multi-use components
• Creating sheet templates
• Adding drafting views
• Rendering 3D views (internal/external)
• Perspective views
• Animated Walkthroughs.

Inventor Essentials

(Engineering friendly course)

During this unit you will learn the basics of Parametric Engineering Design using Autodesk’s Inventor R11 software. Through a mix of theoretical and practical classroom sessions you will work towards producing 2D & 3D sketch plans and working drawings; these drawings will include line work, dimensions and annotations and will be plotted (printed) to drawing sheets at scales. Areas covered in the classes will include:

• Creating drawings using suitable line weights, line types and fonts
• Editing commands
• Moving around your drawings
• Dimensioning your drawings
• Adding notations
• Saving & backing up files
• Adding layers to your drawing
• Printing completed drawings to scale.

Kitchendraw

(Architectural friendly course)

During this unit you will learn the basics of 3D Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) using Kitchendraw software. Through a mix of theoretical and practical classroom sessions you will work towards producing 2D/3D plans and working drawings; these drawings will include linework, dimensions and notations, renderings, perspective & orthogonal views and will be plotted (printed) to drawing sheets at scales. Areas covered in the classes will include:

• Editing commands
• Placing components
• Moving around your drawings
• Dimensioning your drawings
• Adding notations
• Saving & backing up files
• Creating Bills of Material & Cutting Lists
• Printing completed drawings to scale.