2D Training Guide for TurboCAD

This training guide teaches common 2D CAD skills through easy to use, step-by-step sessions. It’s designed for anyone wishing to learn TurboCAD in a self-paced, structured session format, but is also appropriate for students learning CAD for the first time in a classroom setting, whether at school, college, university or any educational institution.

The Easiest Way to Learn 2D Computer-Aided Design with TurboCAD
All key 2D features in TurboCAD are presented in this learning system. Following basic introductory sessions are 14 learning sessions that introduce the following activities:
• Session 1 ­­– the graphic editor, toolbars and palettes, the Design Director, select tool, entity layers, and brush pattern fill
• Session 2 – starting a new drawing, grid display features, drawing tools and duplication methods
• Session 3 – line and circle geometry, the edit node tool, the fillet modification tool, and using the selector shell’s stretch handles
• Session 4 – the intersection snap mode, tangent lines, parallel lines, and orthogonal & radial dimensioning
• Session 5 – chamfer, parallel lines, entity dimensioning, model and paper space layout, viewport scale, and viewport borders
• Session 6 – shrink/extend line, parallel construction, object trim and radius dimensions
• Session 7 – circle tangent to entities, chamfer with distances of zero, and angular dimensions
• Session 8 – quadrant snap mode, using points as center marks, radial copy, open window mode and viewport scale
• Session 9 – mirror, line tangent from arc, split, and extended ortho snap mode features
• Session 10 – edit reference point, multilines, groups and blocks, rotated ellipse, polyline, polyline arc, and 2D intersect
• Session 11 – center of extents snap mode, polygon, stretch, offset, inserting a block, and using the pick point hatch method
• Session 12 – region, inserting a symbol from a library, using the edit content feature to modify a block, and floating model space
• Session 13 – relocate the origin and instructs on the wall tool, wall split, and convert to wall features
• Session 14 – introduces many new features and touches on 3D design in TurboCAD

Over 220 videos are spread throughout the 14 sessions to demonstrate the activities being presented. Each session begins with a task worksheet with specific instructions about the session. All sessions are single session, from start to finish, which means drawings can easily be completed in the recommended timeframe. Projects and practical sessions are also included so you can build your own projects from scratch.

What’s Included?
• Introduction and TurboCAD Basics to put you on the fast-tract for learning TurboCAD
• 14 training sessions and over 220 task-specific videos
• Session summaries for a concise review of progress
• Rapid Reference Index for quick location of specific topics
• Google Dictionary & Google Translate support
• Audio Assist is provided for hearing impaired users, or for PC’s on which there is no audio equipment.

How it’s delivered:
• Fully indexed and cross-referenced 429 page printed workbook (physical orders only)
• A PDF version of the workbook
• A new browser based (HTML) electronic version of the workbook that’s easy to navigate, links to relevant videos, and allows you to save pages to ‘favorites’. You can even right click to look up terms in Google Dictionary, or use Google Translate to translate phrases or entire pages into your own language.

System Requirements:
• Pentium IV Processor
• Internet Browser Fire Fox or Internet Explorer
• Microsoft® Windows® XP 512 MB RAM, Microsoft Windows Vista® or Windows 7 1 GB
• 300 MB Free Hard Drive Space, 64 MB of Swap Space
• Super VGA (1024 x 768) display
• High Color (16 bit) graphics card
• DVD drive