Introduction to AutoCAD Architecture
• Introduction to AutoCAD Architecture
• Installing AutoCAD Architecture
• Launching the Application for the First Time
• Introducing the AutoCAD Architecture 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
• AutoCAD Architecture Specific Tabs in the Options Dialog Box
• Autodesk Exchange for AutoCAD Architecture
• Entering the Activation Code
Quick Start
• Introduction to Quick Start
• Creating a Small Building
• Creating Our Building Mass, Slicing Levels, and Creating a New Project
• Creating the Exterior Shell
• Creating the Ground Floor
• Creating the Column Grid
• Creating the Core
• Creati ng Views
• Creating Plan and Elevation Sheet Files
• Creating 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
• Using Grips in AutoCAD Architecture in Plan Views
• Using Grips in AutoCAD Architecture in Elevation and Isometric Views
• Using Edit in Plan, Section and Elevation with AEC Objects
• Edit Objects in Place
• Using Isolate Objects To Simplify Your Views
• Using Live Sections
• Navigating in 3D
• Using Object Viewer
• Creating User-Defi ned Palettes and Tools
Content
• Introduction to Content
• Using AutoCAD Architecture Templates
• Task-Based Palettes
• Using Design Center
• Using Content Browser
• Using the Properties Palette
• Using Style Manager
• Using Display Manager
• Using Autodesk Seek
Conceptual Design Tools
• Introduction to Conceptual Design Tools
• Massing Studies
• Using Mass Groups and Slices
• Space Planning
• Analyzing Designs
• Moving the Design Forward
• Building Geometry
• Introduction to Building Geometry
• Walls - Creating Accurately
• Walls - Introducing Justification
• Walls - Justification and Object Snaps
• Walls - Changing Justification
• Walls - Modifying and Cleaning Up Edges
• Walls - Using AutoCAD Tools
• Walls Styles - an In-Depth Look
• Walls - Understanding Cleanup Radius
• Walls - Understanding Component Priorities
• Walls - Overriding Component Priorities
• Walls - Understanding Cleanup Groups
• Walls - Understanding Location Eleva..ons
• Walls - Using Wall Modification Tools
• Walls - Understanding Wall Off set Modification Tools
• Walls - Understanding AEC Trim and Extends Tools
• Walls - Modifying a Style Assignment
• Walls - Adding and Modifying Interior Walls
• Walls - Converting Linework to Walls
• Walls - Using Renovation Mode to Create Phased Wall Styles
• Walls - Creating Phased Projects
• Creating Interior Walls in Our Project
• Walls - Using Geometric and Dimensional Constraints with Walls
• Doors - Creating
• Doors - Modifying
• Door Styles - An In-Depth Look
• Windows - Creating
• Windows - Modifying
• Window Styles - An In-Depth Look
• Openings - Creating and Modifying
• Doors and Windows - Additional Styles
• Using Multiple and Relative 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
• Creating Structure in Our Project
• Structure - Representing Bracing
• Spaces - Creating
• Spaces - Automatically Generating
• Spaces - Modifying
• Space 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
• Stairs - Creating U-Shaped and Multi-Landing
• Stairs - Creating Curved and Spiral
• Stairs - Creating Custom
• Stairs - Modifying Stairs
• Stairs Styles - An In-Depth Look
• Stairs - 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 Slab Styles - An In-Depth Look
• Roof Slabs - Applying Edge Styles
• Creating the Roof in Our Project
Adding Components
• Introduction to Adding Components
• Understanding and Using Multi -View Blocks
• Multi-View Blocks - Finding Content
• Placing Multi -View Blocks
• Multi-View Blocks - Placing Accurately
• Multi-View Blocks - Using Layout Curves and Anchors
• Ceiling Objects - Adding Fixtures
• Representing Soffi ts with Wall Objects
• 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
• Creating Eleva..ons
• Modifying Elevations
• Creating Sections from the Sections and Elevations Panel
• Creating Sections from the Callout Palette
• Modifying Sections
• 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
• Annotation - Edit Scale List
• Annotation - The Drawing Setup Dialog Box
• Annotation Scale with AEC Objects
• Annotation Scale and Hatch Patterns in AEC Objects
• Annotation Scale Within Viewports
• Text Placement
• Placing Multi-Leaders
• MText and Multi -Leaders - Setting Default Behavior
• Using Layer Key Overrides
• Modifying Layer Key Overrides
• Placing AEC Dimensions and AEC Dimension Styles
• Modifying AEC Dimensions
• Dimensioning - Other Tools
• Callouts - Creating for Annotation Only
• Applying Tags to Doors and Windows
• Applying Tags to Walls
• Applying Room Tags to Spaces
• Applying Tags to Objects
• Applying Labels to Column Grids
• Creating Schedules
• Modifying Schedules
• Using Schedules to Find Items in Your Project
• Placing Keynotes
• Sheet Versus Reference Keynotes
• Modifying Keynotes
• Placing Keynote Legends
• Placing Annotation in Our Project
Detailing
• Introduction to Detailing
• Creating a Detail View using Callouts
• Using The Detail Component Manager
• Adding Detail Components
• Modifying Details
• Using AEC Modify Tools
• Annotating a Detail
Understanding the Display System
• Introduction to Understanding The Display System
• Using the Display Manager
• Modifying Drawing Display Representations
• 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 AutoCAD Architecture 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 with Project Browser and Project Navigator
• 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
• Varying Roof Plate Heights
• Roofs - Trimming and Mitering Edges
• Adding a Dormer Roof
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
• Editing Wall Styles
• Creating Walls Using Wall Style Browser
• Understanding Wall Endcaps
• Endcap Styles for Wall Openings
• Edit In Place Wall and Wall Opening 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 and 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 and Mullions
• 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 MultiView 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 with AutoCAD Architecture
• 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
Troubleshooting
• 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