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Hello and welcome to this introduction to the beginner's AutoCAD course using the architectural example.

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So the way this course will work is throughout the course we'll be working in two phases.

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We'll be learning core skills, which is your commands, your modifying tools and just in general,

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how to use them will then be doing a project which will progress as we learn new skills.

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So we'll be switching between a blank drawing, learning the core skills of creation and modification.

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And then in the project chapters we'll be completing this building layout step by step as we learn,

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new skills will then be putting it onto a title block, adding text and dimensions and getting it ready

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so we could print it out and present it to someone as you would in the real world.

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But we're not just going to learn all the core skills in one go.

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That tends to become not just a bit boring, but you can easily forget skills you've learnt when you've

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just bombarded with skill after skill.

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So the way I like to teach is to first teach the core elements that you need to get going and so you

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don't get too overloaded and forget what you taught well then switch to doing some of our project and

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beginning the project and actually putting that into practice.

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Once we've got the basic elements of a project, we'll move back to learning some more advanced core

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skills and then switch back to a project and put those into practice.

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And by doing it this way, learning the core element and then putting it into practice and switching

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between the two throughout the course, you don't get too overloaded with the knowledge before you've

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put it into practice and and learnt to use it.

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A lot of courses will teach you every command and just go through them all and you just don't understand

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why you're learning it and why you would do that way.

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By switching to your project and then putting that skill into use, you will learn not just how to do

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it, but why you do it and why you would do something a particular way.

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And it helps to set that skill in your mind and really learn to use the software properly.

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So by the end of the course you will be able to produce a standard layout of a floor plan using correct

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CAD techniques, using blocks, layers and all the type of CAD management and you'll know enough to

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be able to work as a CAD technician in kind of a junior.

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Newly trained role with all the skills you need.

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Going forward, we won't just teach you in this course how to use the software, but how to use it in

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industry.

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I myself have over 20 years in this industry in a variety of disciplines.

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I've worked on all sorts of projects so I can bring real world knowledge to this course and teach you

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how it is actually used out there in the real world.

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There's a big difference between someone who's taught themselves AutoCAD and someone who's used it in

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industry and knows how to use it properly.

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And that is down to the CAD management tools and the way your drawings are presented.

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So after you've done this course, your drawings will look professional.

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So as you work through this course, you can create just work on a blank drawing just while you follow

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along and and do the core skills modules as we learn in those techniques.

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And then you can have another file open, which is your project.

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And when we get to the end of the project chapters, you can save that.

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Go back to a blank drawing to learn the further techniques and come back to your project and continue

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working on it.

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And by the end you will have a finished model and drawing done to a professional standard.

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So let's get started.

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The first thing we need to do is begin just learning the basics, learn about the software and how to

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use it and get started.