AutoCAD Architecture 2011 Training AutoDesk Course
 Our video based, instructor led AutoCAD Architecture 2011 training DVD course is designed to teach Architects a faster way of
working in the AutoCAD Architecture 2011 software environment. Learn the features and functions of AutoDesk's latest software for Architects. Create building designs and
construction drawings, extract views and annotate models, use and create content and work in the drawing management system. You'll learn the basics to the advance levels during your training.
Utilize our training to help design and shape the world around you by using one of the world's leading CAD programs. Explore ideas more intuitively in 3D, speed documentation, share
ideas seamlessly, and customize for your specific needs.
Your Instructor
Reid Addis, received his Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University and his Master of
Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. Reid taught architectural design and history courses at the Boston Architectural Center and University. He currently teaches CAD courses
at Moore College of Art in Philadelphia. He has been working with AutoDesk Software's since 1987, and had worked with Architectural Desktop since its first release
AutoCAD Architecture 2011 Training Course on DVD for Architects
Learn to Work in the familiar AutoCAD environment, using tools that are purpose-built tools for architectural drawing and design. Draw on your skills to start creating architectural
documentation, drawings, and schedules faster and with minimal training. Smooth collaboration: Exchange information with the extended project team more easily with industry
-leading DWG™ technology. Help accelerate project review cycles by publishing directly to DWF™ or DWFx file formats
Course Outline
Introduction
- Introduction
- Installing
- Launching the Application for the First Time
- Introducing the Interface
- Application Menu Contents
- The Ribbon, Quick Access Toolbar and InfoCenter
- Terminology and Helper Tools
- Status Bars
- Introduction to the Display System
- Layer Management
- Differences Between Color‐- and Style-Based Template Files
- The Role Materials Play in Object Display
- Introduction to Project Navigator
- Specific Tabs in the Options Dialog Box
- Entering the Activation Code
Quick Start
- Introduction to Quick Start
- Creating a Small Building
- Creating Our Building Mass, Slices, Levels and Creating a New Project
- Exterior Shell
- Ground Floor
- Column Grid
- Core
- Creating Views
- Plan and Elevation Sheet Files
- Section and Enlarged Plan Sheet Files
Productivity Tools
- Introduction to Productivity Tools
- Configuring Your Personal Workspace
- Learning to Use Dynamic Input
- Using Right-Click Menus
- Grips in Plan Views
- Using Grips in Elevation and Isometric Views
- Edit in Plan, Section and Elevation with AEC Objects
- Edit Objects in Place
- Isolate Objects To Simplify Your Views
- Using Live Sections
- Navigating in 3D
- Object Viewer
- Creating User‐-Defined Palettes and Tools
Introduction To Content
- Introduction to Content
- Using Templates
- Task-Based Palettes
- Design Center
- Content Browser
- The Properties Palette
- Style Manager
- Display Manager
- Using Seek
Conceptual Design Tools
- Introduction to Conceptual Design Tools
- Massing Studies
- Mass Groups and Slices
- Space Planning
- Analyzing Designs
- Moving the Design Forward
Building Geometry
- Introduction to Building Geometry
- Walls: Creating Accurately
- Introducing Justification
- Justification and Object Snaps
- Changing Justification
- Modifying and Cleaning Up Edges
- Using Tools
- Styles - an In-Depth Look
- Understanding Cleanup Radius
- Understanding Component Priorities
- Overriding Component Priorities
- Understanding Cleanup Groups
- Understanding Location Elevations
- Using Wall Modification Tools
- Understanding Wall Offset Modification Tools
- Understanding AEC Trim and Extends Tools
- Modifying a Style Assignment
- Adding and Modifying Interior Walls
- Converting Linework to Walls
- Using Renovation Mode to Create Phased Wall Styles
- Creating Phased Projects
- Creating Interior Walls in Our Project
- Walls: Using Geometric and Dimensional Constraints with Walls
- Doors: Creating
- Doors: Modifying
- Doors: Styles an In-Depth Look
- Windows: Creating
- Windows: Modifying
- Windows: Styles an In-Depth Look
- Openings: Creating and Modifying
- Doors and Windows: Additional Styles
- Using Multiple and Relative to Grid Options with Doors and Windows
- Creating Doors and Windows in Our Project
- Column Grids: Rectangular
- Column Grids: Radial
- Column Grids: Modifying
- Column Grids: Annotating
- Structure: Adding Columns to Grids
- Column Grids: Irregular Column Grids
- Column Grids: Enhanced Custom Grids
- Structure: Understanding the Display of Structural Members
- Creating Column Grids in Our Project
- Structure: Structural Member Catalog
- Structure: Content Browser Styles
- Structure: Structural Member Wizard
- Structure: Custom Columns
- Structure: Add and Modify Columns
- Structure: Adding Beams
- Structure: Modifying Beams
- Structure: Adding Beam Layouts
- Structure: Representing Bracing
- Creating Structure in Our Project
- Spaces: Creating
- Spaces: Automatically Generating
- Spaces: Modifying
- Spaces: Styles ‐- An In-Depth Look
- Spaces: Dividing
- Creating Spaces in Our Project
More Geometry
- Introduction to More Geometry
- Curtain Walls: Creating
- Curtain Walls: Modifying
- Curtain Walls: Styles - An In-Depth Look
- Curtain Walls: Convert from Other Objects
- Creating Curtain Walls in Our Project
- Curtain Walls: Edit In Place
- Door/Window Assemblies: Creating
- Door/Window Assemblies: Modifying
- Door/Window Assemblies: Styles
- Door/Window Assemblies: Converting from Other Objects
- Creating Door/Window Assemblies in Our Project
- Slabs: Creating
- Slabs: Modifying
- Slabs: Styles - An In-Depth Look
- Slabs: Applying Edge Styles
- Slabs: Edge Styles - An In-Depth Look
- Creating Slabs in Our Project
- Stairs: Creating Straight
- Creating U-Shaped and Multi-Landing
- Curved and Spiral
- Creating Custom
- Modifying Stairs
- Styles - An In-Depth Look
- Creating Ramps
- Railings: Creating
- Railings: Modifying
- Railings: Styles - An In-Depth Look
- Adding Stairs and Railings in Our Project
- Ceiling Grids: Creating
- Ceiling Grids: Modifying
- Ceiling Properties of Spaces
- Ceiling Materials
- Creating Ceilings in Our Project
- Roofs: Creating
- Roofs: Modifying with Grips
- Roofs: Modifying with Properties
- Roof Slabs: Creating
- Roof Slabs: Converting from Other Objects and Adding Holes
- Roof Slabs: Applying Edge Styles
- Creating the Roof in Our Project
Adding Components
- Introduction to Adding Components
- Understanding and Using Multi--View Blocks
- FF&E: Finding Content
- FF&E: Placing Multi-View Blocks
- FF&E: Accurate Placement Of Components
- FF&E: Anchoring and Setting Location Relationships
- Ceiling Objects: Adding Fixtures
- Ceiling Objects: Representing Soffits
- Creating and Using Object Profiles
- Adding Components to Our Model
Sections and Elevations
- Introduction to Sections and Elevations
- Assembling the Building Model
- Setting Your Building on a Site
- Elevations: Creating
- Elevations: Modifying
- Creating from the Section and Elevation Panel
- Sections: Creating from the Callout Palette
- Sections: Modifying
- Sections and Elevations: Updating Changes
- Sections and Elevations: Adding Visual Depth
- Sections and Elevations: Styles - An In-Depth Look
- Sections and Elevations: Using Component and Design Rules
- Sections and Elevations: Working with Materials
- Creating Sections and Elevations in Our Project
Annotation
- Introduction to Annotation
- General Concepts: Edit Scale List
- General Concepts: Annotation: The Drawing Setup Dialog Box
- General Concepts: Annotation Scale with AEC Objects
- General Concepts: Scale and Hatch Patterns in AEC Objects
- General Concepts: Annotation Scale Within Layouts
- Text: Placing
- Text: Placing with Leaders
- Text: Setting Default Behavior
- Text: Using Layer Key Overrides
- Text: Modifying Layer Key Overrides
- Dimensions: Placing AEC Dimensions and AEC Dimension Styles
- Dimensions: Modifying AEC Dimensions
- Dimensions: Other Tools
- Callouts: Creating for Annotation Only
- Tags: Applying to Doors and Windows
- Tags: Applying to Walls
- Tags: Applying Room Tags to Spaces
- Tags: Applying to Objects
- Labels: Applying to Grids
- Schedules: Creating
- Schedules: Modifying
- Schedules: Using Schedules to Find Items in Your Project
- Keynotes: Placing in Views
- Keynotes: Sheet Versus Reference Keynotes
- Keynotes: Modifying
- Keynotes: Placing a Keynote Legend
- Placing Annotation in Our Project
Detailing
- Introduction to Detailing
- Creating a Detail View using Callout Tools
- Using The Detail Manager
- Adding Detail Components
- Modifying Details
- Using AEC Modify Tools
- Annotating a Detail
Undersyanding The Display System
- Introduction to Understanding The Display System
- Using the Display Manager
- Modifying System Display Representation
- · Modifying Style Display Representation
- · Modifying Object Display Representation
- · Understanding the Properties Palette Display Tab
- · Understanding Display Sets
- · Understanding Display Configurations
- · Display Control and Multi‐-View Blocks
- · Using Materials to Affect Display Representations
Using AutoCAD Architecture Layer Tools
- Introduction to Using Layer Tools
- Layer Management
- Understanding Layer Standards
- Understanding Layer Key Styles
- Layer Filters
- Layer States
- Loading Layer Key Styles
- Creating a Layer Standard
Layout Design Objects
- Introduction to Layout Design Objects
- Using AEC Modify Tools
- Layout Grids
- Using Layout Curves
- Using Anchors
Organizing Projects with the Drawing Management System
- Introduction to Organizing Projects with the Drawing Management System
- Unique Benefits of Project Management
- Project Browser
- Options for AEC Project Defaults
- Create a New Project
- Understanding Project Navigator
- The Project Tab
- The Constructs, Views and Sheets Tabs
- Adding Existing Drawings To Project Navigator
- Creating Constructs from Objects in Existing Drawings
- Creating Constructs from Other Constructs
- Creating Elements
- Creating Plan Views
- Creating Elevation Views
- Creating Section Views
- Annotating Views
- Creating Schedule Views
- Manage Sheet Set Properties
- Creating Sheet Subsets
- Creating Sheets
- Create Named Model Space Views and Link to Sheets
- Using Callouts to Create Named Model Space Views and Linking to Sheets
- Insert Sheet List Table
Advanced Building Geometry
- Introduction to Advanced Building Geometry
- Using Advanced Wall Tools
- Interference Conditions and Walls
- Interference Conditions ‐- Stairs and Slabs
- Roofs: Varying Roof Plate Heights
- Roofs: Trimming and Mitering Edges
- Roofs: Adding a Dormer
Publishing from the Project Navigator
- Introduction to Publishing from the Project Navigator
- Publish Your Project
- Publish with Subsets
- Publishing Sheets Sections
- Publish with Overrides
Creating Custom Styles and Components
- Introduction to Creating Custom Styles and Components
- Walls: Editing Styles
- Walls: Creating New Walls with Existing Wall Components
- Walls: Understanding Endcaps
- Walls: Endcap Styles for Wall Openings
- Walls: Edit In Place Endcaps
- Door and Window Styles - Design Rules
- Door and Window Styles - Adjusting Dimensions
- Door and Window Styles - Creating Custom Shapes
- Door and Window Styles - Adding Muntins
- Door/Window Assembly and Curtain Wall Design Rules and Terminology - Primary Grids + Element Definitions
- Door/Window Assembly and Curtain Wall Design Rules and Terminology - Nested Grids
- Door/Window Assemblies - Creating a Custom Door/Window Assembly
- Door/Window Assembly and Curtain Walls - Modifying the Frames
- Creating a Custom Curtain Wall Unit
- Creating a Custom Curtain Wall
- Door-Window Assembly and Curtain Walls - Creating Style Overrides
- Creating a Custom Curtain Wall in Our Project
- Creating Components for a Multi - View Block
- Multi-View Blocks - Assigning Component Visibility
- Annotation Scaling with Multi - View Blocks
Graphic Presentation and Visualization
- Introduction to Graphic Presentation and Visualization
- Visual Styles
- Adding a Camera
- Slicing the Model
- Using Napkin Sketch
- Using Display Themes
- Rendering
- Sun and Location Settings
- Adding Lights
- Adding a Camera and a Background
- Rendering Settings
- Using Materials on AEC Objects
- Fine Tuning Curved Objects
Working with Others
- Introduction to Working with Others
- Importing Geometry and Data from Other Programs
- Exporting Geometry and Data
Troublehooting
- Introduction to Troubleshooting
- Why Are Walls Not Cleaning Up?
- Why Are There Question Marks in My Schedules?
- How do I Restore Panels and Tabs to the Ribbon?
- How Do I Restore Hidden Messages and Tool Tips?
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