Ideal Beginners AutoCAD 2010 tutorial video. Narrated by a leading AutoCAD expert, this video based training CD covers AutoCAD 2010 in a practical and easy to follow format.
AutoCAD 2010: Mastering 2D Concepts Training Video
This just in: a solid new AutoCAD 2010 Mastering 2D Concepts Training Video that you can watch online or buy on CD / DVD. Taught by Autodesk Approved Instructor (AAI) Shaun Bryant, it covers many of the new features included in the latest version but dedicates the bulk of the course to showing users how to use the software to master basic drawing, plotting and editing within the program interface. As every serious CAD project starts with drawing, this course is a smart, hands-on way to jump into the software.
While it’s extremely helpful for a beginner, the training incorporates the same modular approach that has been proven to work well in the past. Videos are split up by specific subjects, so more experienced users can skip around and review lessons in any order they want.
AutoCAD 2010: Better Work Through Better Communication
While it’s a well known workhorse for designers working one on one with their projects, AutoCAD has traditionally not performed as well as it should when it comes to collaboration. Finally, new features show that Autodesk engineers are taking steps in the right direction, helping users share drafts of their designs and receive feedback in new ways.
PDF Integration
One major item on wishlists for some time has been solid PDF support directly within AutoCAD. Finally, the calls have been answered. Export menus allow a variety of quality settings and advanced options, with the ability to export true-type fonts as text instead of graphics and image quality up to 600dpi for extremely precise renderings.
The new PDF support doesn’t stop at exporting, either. Users can now import PDF designs sent by others, with adjustments to show and hide layers and adjust the PDF layer transparency so that plans can be overlaid for tracing and comparison. Finally, it’s easy for users to share their diagrams and drafts in a compact and widely accessible file format.
DWG Format
The longstanding DWG file format has been updated to resolve common complaints and expand its range of capabilities. AutoCAD 2010 is fully backwards compatible, though, and can open older DWGs without a hitch. The format is practically an industry-recognized standard in and of itself, as it allows extremely complex creations to retain necessary information between different users and versions.
Advanced Rendering
Photorealistic imaging and effects means that what you design appears onscreen exactly as it will look once it reaches production. New and improved rendering technology allows clients and colleagues to see your ideas as they are meant to be seen and allows you to become more creative and effective in managing your own expectations.
With new access to collaborative possibilities, it’s all the more important that you understand the way AutoCAD works. The ability to easily share ideas and content with multiple people means it’s important that your project looks the way you want it to before you send it out, and this extensive 2D-focused training can give you the instruction you need to get your skills where they need to be.
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