AutoCAD Architecture 2021 Essential Training

Course details

AutoCAD is the leader in CAD drafting, and architects around the world use AutoCAD Architecture for modeling their buildings. This course was designed to help you get up and running with the AutoCAD Architecture toolset. Instructor Shaun Bryant covers the tools and techniques used by professional architects to build amazing structures with this product. Learn how to lay out simple floor plans with wall objects, which automatically form clean joints, and add windows and doors that intelligently cut wall openings. Discover how to create and modify roofs and furnish your model with fixtures, furniture, and equipment. Plus, learn how to create documentation like elevations and sections, complete with schedules and tags.

Concepts

Introduction

Using AutoCAD Architecture (the Architecture toolset)
What you should know before watching this course
Using the exercise files
The new AutoCAD 2021 interface
Prerequisite courses you should consider
Using the AutoCAD Architecture profiles

Overview of AutoCAD Architecture

Understanding the software
Exploring the user interface
Viewing in 3D
Using the profiles

Using Fixtures, Furnishings, and Equipment

Furnishing the building design
Adding blocks to the tool palette
Project Management
Setting up a simple project
Setting up constructs
Modifying constructs
Building Model Views
Locating your project

Creating views in the project

Creating elevations
Creating sections
Creating sheets

Annotation

Locating your project
Using annotation scales
Adding text and leaders

AEC dimensioning

Other annotation tools
Scheduling
Locating your project
Using door and window tags
Editing tag data

Adding schedules

Editing schedules
Creating Details
Locating your project

Creating details from tool palettes

Using the Detail Component Manager
Visualization
Locating your project
Working with cameras

Managing camera views

Changing camera settings
Placing lights in a model
Basic rendering concepts

Working with the environment

Page Setups and Plotting
Locating your project
Working with page setups
Plotting your project sheets
Using the Interface

The application menu

The ribbon
The Quick Access Toolbar (QAT)

The info bar

The status bar
The drawing area
The command line

The shortcut menu

Basic Wall Construction
Adding walls
Modifying walls
Creating curtain walls
Creating Wall Openings

Adding wall openings

Accessing different wall opening styles
Modifying wall openings
Structural Design
Creating custom column grids
Modifying custom column grids

Annotating custom column grids

Working with structural members
Working with standard column grids
Reflected Ceiling Plans
Creating ceiling grids
Modifying ceiling grids

Inserting ceiling fixtures

Vertical Circulation
Adding stairs
Modifying stairs

Adding railings

Modifying railings
Working with Floors
Creating floor slabs
Modifying floor slabs
Editing slabs using slab tools
Working with Roofs
Creating roofs

Modifying roofs

Using flat roofs
Working with roof slabs
Modifying roof slabs

Conclusion

Next steps