AutoCAD for Beginners - Full University Course

Learn basic architectural 2D drafting techniques using Autodesk Autocad in this complete university course. You will learn Autocad by creating architectural drawings for a small single-room cabin.

⭐️ Course Contents ⭐️
⌨️ (0:00:00) Part 1
⌨️ (1:45:40) Part 2
⌨️ (3:43:27) Part 3

⭐️ Additional Resources / Useful Links ⭐️

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[jaimegallegos]

6:44 Basic Commands
7:25 2D and 3D
8:20 Moving
9:06 Select
9:49 Command Line
14:20 Units
15:45 Line Tool (Drawing)
18:25 Selection Tutorial (Blue v Green Rect)
22:10 Ortho MOde (F8)
25:13 Polyline Tool
26:45 Exploding + Joining Lines
29:00 Advanced Polyline (Arcs)
32:55 Circle
34:26 Arc Tool
36:55 Rectangle Tool
39:49 Object Snapping

59:40 Move Tool
1:01:00 Copy Tool
1:02:00 Scale Tool
1:03:17 Mirror Tool
1:06:15 Trim
1:10:30 Extend
1:12:03 Fillet
1:15:57 Zoom Navigation

1:21:08 Intro to Layers
1:29:05 Offset

3:30:12 Text
3:33:07 Hatch

[nomad]

God bless you team. you have no idea how many young but poor people benefit from courses like these.

[steve_hall]

0:00 PART 1
0:01 introduction
0:45 opening window
1:30 drawing window
2:32 learn to use keyboard shortcuts, not GUI (Tip: This is the truth.)
7:27 main drawing window, view
8:30 Pan and Zoom [middle mouse button] and [mouse wheel]
9:07 selection and settings
13:43 modelspace and paperspace tabs
13:50 status bar settings
14:06 start drawing
14:20 Units
15:46 Line [L] (Tip: Make sure mouse right-click acts as the Enter key instead of a right-click menu unless objects are selected—don't rely on the keyboard Enter key which is very slow.)
18:39 selection window types, inside and crossing
20:16 Delete [Delete] / Erase [E] (Note: [E]+[right click] is usually faster than finding the keyboard [Delete] key.)
21:00 drawing to specific dimensions
22:04 Ortho [F8]
24:50 Polyline [PL]
27:22 Explode [X]
28:17 Join (Tip: Add a keyboard shortcut [J][J] mapped to join.)
29:08 polyline with arc
32:18 Arc [A] and Circle [CI] (Tip: Change your Circle keyboard shortcut to [CC].)
35:45 Rectangle [REC]
39:21 snapping
59:02 modifying geometry
59:34 Move [M]
1:00:26 Ortho [F8]
1:00:56 Copy [CO] (Tip: Modify your keyboard shortcuts so Copy is [C].)
1:01:56 Scale [SC]
1:02:10 Mirror [MI]
1:05:49 Trim [TR]
1:10:30 Extend [EX]
1:11:56 Fillet [F] (Note: the correct pronunciation is FIL-it, like a fillet weld. Also, please do not say fil-EH. Completely different. ;)
1:15:44 Zoom Extents
1:16:13 Select All [CTRL+A]
1:19:30 drawing a floor plan, introduction
1:19:39 Layers
1:25:52 drawing a floor plan, cut plane height
1:27:42 drawing a floor plan
1:29:05 Offset
1:35:34 Join
1:38:36 Trim
1:39:53 cut plane and objects below
1:43:11 (camera died)
1:43:32 (restored)
1:45:41 PART 2
1:46:42 drawing window with detail
1:52:27 drawing door with detail
2:00:15 adding furnishings and interior components
2:15:20 adding a new window
2:18:55 drawing new window's frames
2:26:13 adding a sink
2:28:20 improving toilet component
2:32:56 improving sink component
2:34:02 improving shower
2:34:55 improving the kitchen and living space components
2:48:42 drawing a section
2:53:10 Construction line [XLINE]
3:30:11 Text
3:32:58 Hatch
3:43:27 PART 3
3:43:43 drawing an axonometric
3:46:10 axonometric drafting settings
3:47:20 axonometric illustration
3:52:08 axonometric drawing of example building
4:27:17 Paperspace and Layouts
4:29:33 page setup manager
4:32:19 layout, viewports, and scale
4:36:28 adjusting viewport size and scale
4:41:21 creating a title block
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5:01:41 adding more items in model space
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6:02:12 Plotting
6:07:12 Photoshop re-touching
6:13:49 combining PDFs
6:16:33 course completed

Please comment on any typos below and I'll update.

[dilshacp]

You could teach something in 6hrs that our university couldn't in 4 years. Respect!

[LisaBocchini]

As someone who really needs to learn the basics of CAD and can't afford to take a class, this tutorial was amazing. So good. Thank you!

[jokerdog]

I have searched and watched several different autoCAD tutorial videos from different creators. This one is by far the best one. Easy to follow, easy to understand, and very educational and instructive. Thank you very much for your efforts in making this video.

[tochukwuchukwure]

Just completed this course and I am so grateful to the instructor and freecodecamp for this platform to learn things like this for free. I recently started my internship and I learned that AutoCAD is an important tool used in engineering design. This prompted me to go online to search for courses to learn and this course has met my expectations as a beginner. Looking forward to the amazing designs I would do as I continue building my design knowledge and powress. Thank you so much for this opportunity once again to learn.

[gwappo]

0:55 Start
3:00 Tabs
4:44 Autocad 2019
6:14 Explanation
6:30 Course Website
6:44 Basic Commands
7:25 2D and 3D
8:20 Moving
9:06 Select
9:49 Command Line
11:20 Explanation
14:20 Units - Measurements
15:45 Drawing
17:45 Unselect Command - Select Command
18:25 Selection Tutorial

20:00 Continue

[jjfitzgerald]

By far the best tutorial I have come across. I've learned more in the first hour than I have anywhere else in a week's time. I find Gediminas very easy to listen to/learn from compared to a lot of other monotoned tutorials I've tried in the past.

[neerajbabu]

Wow I was looking to learn CAD and found out there wasn't any good resources and here is my Organization to the rescue. Really love you guys❤️

[dawulqamar]

this is the best AutoCAD course I have seen so far thanks a lot.

[greenthumb]

going through the comments before i could watch, made me plan properly and set aside a whole 8hrs to in the night just for this invaluable contend. God Bless you very

[hvqvzbt]

Thanks so much for providing this free training! I have been tasked with making some drawing updates/modifications to a specification book at my company. I have no experience with AutoCAD so was starting from ground zero. This course provided me with all of the necessary tools and skills to do what I need to do for this project.

[glenmiller]

love your tutorial, Gediminas!!! thanks a million! you made it so easy and understandable.
and thank you for freecodecamp for getting such good tutorial videos

[joseguzman]

Very excellent course! Very professional and simple/easy to understand and the objective of every single command. Very organized and precised. God bless the teacher for his time.

[walkingmachine]

i just watched the first part and i found it really instructive and i hope i can finish it in four days. thank you so much

[ashipchaudhary]

Gediminas Kirdeikis Sir you are just amazing. The way you teach is just exceptional.

[failist]

Ahhhh, I remember my dad used to design using AutoCAD back around 2008. He taught me basics but I never learnt it properly. I guess now is the time to learn.

[vitoralexandresantosdasilv]

You have no idea how amazing your work is, thank you so much for this channel! A huge thanks from Brazil!

[sandiwyszynski]

Yes- I’m retired and living on social security- so happy to have found this!