AutoCAD for Plant 3D users

You have to work with AutoCAD Plant 3D but you don’t have any experience using AutoCAD, or it has been a long while since you used AutoCAD in your daily work. To ensure that you will be able to follow our AutoCAD Plant 3D Basic training we advise to follow this pre-AutoCAD training. In this training we will bring you up-to-speed with regards to the AutoCAD functionalities and environment, so that you will have no problems when joining the AutoCAD Plant 3D Basic training.

After the course the user will have sufficient knowledge of AutoCAD and the AutoCAD environment to be able to follow one of our AutoCAD Plant 3D or AutoCAD P&ID courses.

Required entry level

The user should be able to read and understand technical process drawings, next to that basic knowledge of Microsoft Windows is recommended.

Course duration

The AutoCAD for Plant 3D Design course is a 2 day course where the user will learn all basic functionalities of AutoCAD necessary to be able to join one of our AutoCAD Plant 3D or AutoCAD P&ID courses.

Course content

Day-1 Day-2
- Introduction to AutoCAD
- The user interface
- Navigating in AutoCAD 2D and 3D
- Visibility options and visual styles
- Drawing commands
- Dimensions and text
- Layer functionalities
- Modifying a drawing
- Blocks and external references
- External references
- UCS and WCS
- Lay-out and Model space
- Drawing templates
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Van Zijtveld Consulting, started in 2009 as a small independent engineering and consultancy company, specializing in supporting and training users in the mechanical and process market who work with Autodesk software. In the meantime, we bring over 30+ years of experience in different phases of designing installations. Planning, design, production, implementation, integration and support is in our blood.

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