Hands on Training Program on “Auto CAD”

One Day Hands on Training Program on “Auto CAD” was organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering for non-Teaching staff members. Mr. Aditya Shinde was a Resource Person for this activity and Mrs. Ashwini Shinde was a coordinator for this activity. Mr. Aditya Shinde has over 8 years of using and teaching AutoCAD to Engineering Students.

Date and Time	21st January, 2023, 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Venue	FEA CAD CAM Lab (D-312)
Resource Person(s)	Mr. Aditya Shinde
Coordinator	Mrs. Ashwini Kadam
Department	Mechanical Engineering
Objectives	To train non-Teaching staff to understand the fundamental concepts and features of AutoCAD 2021 To train non-Teaching staff to the basic features and commands in AutoCAD 2021, and to understand techniques for creating, editing, and printing drawings

The primary objective of this activity was to teach non-Teaching staff the basic commands necessary for creating 2D drawing, design, and drafting using AutoCAD. Resource person also explained an approach to read Auto CAD drawing.

Following topics were introduced to participants under this activity.

Introduction to Autodesk AutoCAD	Basic Drawing & Editing Commands
Starting the Software	Drawing Lines
User Interface	Erasing Objects
Working with Commands	Drawing Lines with Polar Tracking
Cartesian Workspace	Drawing Rectangles
Opening an Existing Drawing File	Drawing Circles
Saving a Drawing File	Undo and Redo Actions
Introduction to Autodesk AutoCAD	Projects - Creating a Simple Drawing
Starting the Software	Create a Simple Drawing
User Interface	Create Simple Shapes
Working with Commands	Selecting Objects for Editing
Cartesian Workspace	Moving Objects
Opening an Existing Drawing File	Copying Objects
Saving a Drawing File	Rotating Objects
	Scaling Objects
	Mirroring Objects
	Dimensioning Concepts
	Adding Linear Dimensions
	Adding Radial and Angular Dimensions