This course is designed for experienced engineers and those interested in computer-aided design for electricity applications. It covers drafting and design using CAD, best practices, essential skills, and key concepts. Emphasis is placed on sketching, advanced techniques, block creation, multi-view drawing, auxiliary views, working drawings, and plotting settings, as well as using AutoCAD tools and commands.

The objective of this course is to:

· Provide participants with the skills required to effectively work with AutoCAD and produce a working drawing.

At the end of this training programme, course participants shall be able to:

· Work with the AutoCAD Interface;

· Use basic drawing and viewing tools;

· Draw with precision in AutoCAD;

· Make changes in AutoCAD drawings;

· Use advanced object types;

· Analyse models and object properties;

· Use the editing commands in AutoCAD;

· Create and Insert Blocks in AutoCAD;

· Annotate a drawing with the dimensions, labels, text, hatches and other features;

· Prepare a Layout to be Plotted.

1) Getting Started with AutoCAD

2) Basic Drawing and Editing Commands

3) Drawing Precision in AutoCAD

4) Making Changes in Your Drawing

5) Advanced Object Types

6) Analysing Model and Object Properties

7) Advanced Editing Commands

8) Inserting Blocks

9) Annotating the Drawing with the Dimensions, Labels, Text, and other Features

10) Printing Drawings.

Participant’s profile or target groups are Engineers, Maintenance planners, Facilities Managers, Technologists, Technicians, and other suitably qualified personnel.