Total Number of Pages: 584
Total Hours: 24
The AutoCAD® 2026: Essentials guide is designed for those using AutoCAD® 2026 with a Windows operating system. This guide is not designed for the AutoCAD for Mac software.
The objective of AutoCAD 2026: Essentials is to enable you to create, modify, and work with a 2D drawing in the AutoCAD software.
This guide covers the essential core topics for working with the AutoCAD software. The guide begins with learning the basic tools for creating and editing 2D drawings. It then continues to explore the tools used to annotate drawings by adding text, hatching, dimensions, and tables. More advanced tools, such as working with blocks and setting up layouts, are introduced to improve your efficiency with the software. Not every command or option is covered, because the intent is to show the essential tools and concepts.
Topics Covered
• Understanding the AutoCAD workspace and user interface
• Using basic drawing, editing, and viewing tools
• Organizing drawing objects on layers
• Using reusable symbols (blocks)
• Preparing a layout to be plotted
• Adding text, hatching, and dimensions
Prerequisites
• Access to the 2026.0 version of the software, to ensure compatibility with this guide. Future software updates that are released by Autodesk may include changes that are not reflected in this guide. The practices and files included with this guide might not be compatible with prior versions (e.g., 2025).
• A working knowledge of basic design/drafting procedures and terminology.
• A working knowledge of your operating system.
Course material includes access to practice files.
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