CAD school training courses in Austin, TX (public, in-house or online)

Use of programming language to enhance CAD software. This course builds on the topics discussed in the Advanced Computer-Aided Drafting (CAD) course (DFTG 2432). The student investigates several programming environments accessible from the CAD software to continue in the creation of a customized CAD environment. Various programming principles are introduced via AutoLISP and the Visual LISP Integrated Development Environment (IDE), including basic math and geometric functions, requesting user inp...

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This course covers civil engineering drafting principles and applications using a dynamic model based approach. Topics include: exchanging civil design data, surface modeling and analysis, site development, grading, road design, subdivision land planning, utility design and production drafting.

CAD Managers - this course should be considered as required research to best equip you to make important decisions regarding your standard workflow procedures.

Topics include: File management, layer naming, linetypes, symbol management, style management, plotting configurations, troubleshooting drawings, best practices, templates, design center, tool palettes and DWS files.

Prerequisite: AutoCAD Level I and AutoCAD Level II or instructor’s consent.

At any of the CDM Institute schools in New Jersey the 825-hour CAD Drafting Technology program is our most comprehensive AutoCAD certificate program. The goal of this program is to make you an expert CAD user across several different fields of study. First you will become an expert AutoCAD user and as the program progresses you will learn how to apply these CAD skills to different design fields. This course includes two extensive modules on AutoCAD: one on Civil drafting, and Architectural draft...

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Drafters and designers prepare technical drawings and plans used by production and construction workers to build everything from manufactured products, such as toys, toasters, and industrial machinery, to structures, such as houses, office buildings or gas pipelines. Their drawings provide visual guidelines, showing the technical details of the products and structures and specifying dimensions, materials, and procedures to be followed.

Everything around you had to be drawn first, for thi...

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