For bookings from established businesses, we do not require payment at the point of booking.
We will send you an invoice which you can submit to your accounts payable system.
Purchase Orders
If your employer uses a purchase order (P.O.) system to manage supplier invoices that is no problem.
If you already have a P.O. number when booking add it to the PO number box on the booking form, and we will include it on your invoice.
If you need an invoice to generate a P.O. number in your accounts system, please book the course as normal and add a note in the PO number box – to be provided
We will send you an invoice (without a P.O.) which you can use to generate a P.O..
We will then re-issue your invoice with your P.O. included when you provide us with it
PAYMENT METHODS:
You are not able to pay directly online at the time of booking, we issue an invoice for all bookings.
We accept payment either via direct bank transfer or card
Our invoices contain our bank details if you would like to pay by bank transfer and there is also information on how to pay by card.
Please note, if you are using a business card there is a surcharge of 2% to cover the payment processing charges.
Master the basics of AutoCAD on our beginners’ AutoCAD course.
Learn all of the core skills and techniques you need to become a proficient, independent AutoCAD user.
This is a very hands-on course. Our expert AutoCAD trainers will quickly get you working independently in AutoCAD. It includes lots of time to practise what you are being taught and try things out for yourself.
By the time you finish, you’ll be comfortable using a wide range of AutoCAD’s features.
You will learn to confidently:
Open and navigate AutoCAD.
Create, edit and manipulate simple plans and drawings.
Use layers, templates and dimensions to speed up your work.
The Trainer
Simon is one of our regular trainers for this course. He is an Autodesk certified instructor.
He has been using AutoCAD for 35 years when he started work in an architectural practice.
He has been training people to use AutoCAD (and other Autodesk products) for 30 years.
Am I Ready For This Course?
You do not need any previous experience of using AutoCAD 2D to attend this course.
The Training Day
Our courses run from 9.30am to roughly 4.30pm with refreshments throughout the day and a break for lunch.
We offer a relaxed, fun learning environment and comfortable, fully air-conditioned training facilities.
Also, you’ll receive:
✔ A full-colour electronic manual. ✔ Your course exercises so that you can practice at home. ✔ A Certificate of Attendance.
The introductory session in this course explains the set up of AutoCAD and also introduces creating, saving and closing new drawings. It also gets you editing a simple existing drawing for the first time.
The key topics covered include:
Understanding the AutoCAD 2D Environment
Create, Save and Close a New Drawing
Editing an Existing Drawing
Now that you have been introduced to AutoCAD we get started on the basics of drawings. We explain how co-ordinate systems work, how to create simple shapes and also how to snap objects together. We look at the basics of creating a new AutoCAD drawing.
The key topics covered include:
Basic commands – LINE, ARC, CIRCLE
Co-ordinate systems – UCS & WCS
Precision Input
Using Absolute, Relative and Polar Coordinates
Object Snapping
Selecting Groups of Objects
Controlling the AutoCAD Environment
Using GRIPS
This session focuses on editing a drawing once it has been created. We walk you through lots of the simple commands that AutoCAD contains. Examples include erase, copy and rotate but there are lots more that we cover in this session as you can see.
The key topics covered include:
Erase
Copy
Move
Mirror
Array
Rotate
Scale
Stretch
Fillet Chamfer
Trim End
Break
Change
Offset
Chamfer
Fillet Erase
New
Zoom
Limits
Dim
Divide
Insert
Now that we’ve introduced creating and editing drawings we move onto higher level controls on drawings. We show you how to use layers, annotate your drawing and how to use templates to speed up your work.
The key topics covered include:
Using Layers
Adding Free Text
Using Drawing Templates
Adding Dimensions
Dimension Style Families
This final session focuses on the various ways that you can output your drawing from AutoCAD.
The key topics covered include:
Selecting a plotter / printer
Generating Output
Online Training Requirements
To attend this AutoCad course online, you will need:
✔ AutoCad on your Windows PC with a camera, speakers & microphone ✔ A stable internet connection capable of running Zoom ✔ To be a confident computer user and able to use Zoom
If you have access to a second screen, we would encourage you to use it as it improves the experience.
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