Getting Started

Welcome to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to AutoCAD Basics—your guide to the basic commands that you need to create 2D drawings using AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT. This guide is a great place to get started if you just completed your initial training, or to refresh yo

Creates multiple types of dimensions within a single command session. Find When you hover over an object for dimensioning, the DIM command automatically previews a suitable dimension type to use. Select objects, lines, or points to dimension and click an

How to publish multiple drawing sheets to a single multi-page PDF file or to multiple single-page PDF files. If the list of drawings to publish is not displayed: Click Output tab > Plot panel > Batch Plot. Find In the Publish dialog box, click . In the L

Revision clouds are polylines that consist of sequential arcs. They are used to call attention to portions of a drawing. A revision cloud is a polyline of sequential arcs to form a cloud-shaped object. If you review or redline drawings, you can increase

You can attach any drawing file as an external reference or xref in the current drawing. Attached xrefs are links to the model space of a specified drawing file. Changes made to the referenced drawing are automatically reflected in the current drawing wh

A realistic rendering of a 3D model can often give a product team or prospective client a clearer vision of a conceptual design than a plotted drawing. Rendering is the process of creating a raster image based on the 3D objects in a scene. A renderer is

Use environmental features to set up image-based lighting (IBL), lighting exposure, or a background image. You can enhance a rendered image with environment effects such as image-based lighting or by adding a bitmap image to a scene as a background. Imag

A point cloud is a large collection of points acquired by 3D laser scanners or other technologies to create 3D representations of existing structures. Point cloud files support the design process by providing real-world context where you can recreate the

A coordination model is a model used for virtual coordination of various trades through the pre-construction and construction phases of a project. It specifically refers to an NWD or NWC file. NWD and NWC are native file formats of Autodesk Navisworks. A

This video shows the key enhancements in this release for revision clouds, dimensions, PDF output, and more. This video shows the key enhancements in this release for attaching coordination models, working with point clouds, and rendering

View a demo of the basic tools in the user interface