Autodesk AutoCAD®

This course provides you with the skills required to effectively use AutoCAD 2012. Autodesk certifications are industry-recognised, and will help you succeed in your design career — whether you’re in manufacturing, civil engineering or architecture. There are hundreds of thousands of Autodesk Certified Professionals around the world.

Firebrand is an Autodesk Authorised Training Centre (ATC). This means that we have the best instructors, who use projects and exercises that emphasise real-world, practical applications. Our course includes official Autodesk courseware and exams.

Gaining an Autodesk AutoCAD 2012 certification also provides you with:

• Electronic certificate
• Certification logo - you can use the official Autodesk certification logo to prove that you're Autodesk certified. This can be used on your business cards, CV and letterheads
• Immediate exam feedback
• Listing in the Certified Professionals Database - you can have your contact information and certifications listed on the publicly-available Autodesk database. Show off your new certification here

This course contains the AutoCAD 2012 Certified Associate and Certified Professional certifications. You will take both exams, and study the following content, on the course:

AutoCAD 2012 Certified Associate

Altering Objects

• Create a radius between objects
• Trim and extend objects
• Break and join objects

Annotations

• Work with Text: text styles, text justification, and multi-line text
• Set the Annotative property for objects
• Create and use Multileaders

Create Template Content

• Hide and isolate objects

Creating Additional Drawing Objects

Create polylines

Creating Basic Drawings

• Use Draw commands to create geometry
• Use object snap tracking
• Use polar snap tracking

Dimensioning

• Create dimensions
• Work with dimension styles

Drawing Organization and Inquiry Commands

• Calculate the area of objects
• Change object properties
• Use layers

Isolate or Hide Displayed Objects

• Use grips

Manipulating Objects

• Copy, Move, Mirror, and Rotate objects
• Use selection set methods
• Describe and use arrays
• Use rotation reference angles

Layouts and Visibility

• Create and Manage Layers

Printing and Plotting

• Use page setup for plotting

Reusable Content

• Create, insert, and edit blocks

AutoCAD 2012 Certified Professional

Altering Objects

• Stretch objects
• Offset objects
• Trim and extend objects
• Break and join objects

Annotations

• Work with Text: text styles, text justification, and multi-line text
• Set the Annotative property for objects
• Create and use Multileaders

Create Template Content

• Hide and isolate objects

Creating Additional Drawing Objects

• Edit polylines

Dimensioning

• Edit Dimensions
• Work with dimension styles

Drawing Organization and Inquiry Commands

• Calculate the area of objects
• Change object properties
• Use layers

Hatching Objects

• Use hatching

Insert and Manage External References

• Apply External References

Isolate or Hide Displayed Objects

• Isolate and hide objects

Manipulating Objects

• Copy, Move, Mirror, and Rotate objects
• Describe and use arrays

Layouts and Visibility

• Create and use Viewports
• Create and Manage Layers

Reusable Content

• Create, insert, and edit blocks

As an Autodesk user, you will gain a competitive edge within your industry with Autodesk AutoCAD 2012 certification. These certifications will demonstrate your software skills and advance your career opportunities. We’ll prepare you for, and test you in, the following exams:

AutoCAD 2012 Certified Associate exam:

The AutoCAD 2012 Certified Associate exam consists of 30 questions that assess your knowledge of the tools, features, and common tasks of AutoCAD 2012. Question types include multiple choice, matching, and point-and-click (hotspot). The exam has a 1-hour time limit.

AutoCAD 2012 Certified Professional exam:

The AutoCAD 2012 Certified Professional exam is a performance-based test. The exam is comprised of 20 questions. Each question requires you to use AutoCAD 2012 to create or modify a data file, and then type your answer into an input box. The answer you enter will either be a text entry or a numeric value. The exam has a 90-minute time limit.

Already AutoCAD 2011 certified?

You can recertify from AutoCAD 2011 Professional to AutoCAD 2012 Professional in just three days. You only need to pass the AutoCAD 2012 Certified Associate exam.

Included:

• AutoCAD Essentials - ISBN 9781118016794
• AutoCAD 2012 and AutoCAD LT 2012: No Experience Required - ISBN 9781118016770
• Mastering AutoCAD 2012 and AutoCAD LT 2012 - ISBN 9780470952887