TurboCAD 2D Fundamentals Online Student Training Package

Course Content

TurboCAD 2D Fundamentals

TurboCAD Training and Support is an accredited IMSI Training facility.

Module 1

1. Graphics editor and user interface
   Model space; cursor / crosshairs; Toolbars, menus and palettes; Inspector Bar – data fields; Properties sheet; Keyboard shortcuts for snap modes.
2. Standard drawing settings
   Layer Management – Create, add colour, line type; Orthographic and Isometric grid; User defined Templates.
3. Coordinate Systems
   Relative, Absolute and Polar coordinates.

Module 2

Drawing Tools

1. Line Geometry
   Line; Polyline; Polygon; Irregular polygon; Rectangle; Rotated Rectangle; Perpendicular line; parallel line; Lines tangent to and from arcs; Multiline.
2. Circle and Ellipse Geometry
   Circle – Radius; Circle – Diameter; Circle – 3 Point; Circle Tangent to Arc; Circle Tangent to Line; Circle Tangent to 3 Arcs; Circle Tangent to Entities.
3. Arcs
   Arc – Radius; Arc – Diameter; Arc – Length; Arc – 3 Point; Arc Tangent to Arc; Arc Tangent to Line; Arc Tangent to 3 Arcs; Arc Tangent to Entities.
4. Ellipses
   Ellipse; Rotated Ellipse; Fixed Ratio Ellipse.
5. Curves
   Spline; Bezier curves; sketch curve; revision cloud.

Module 3

1. Construction entities
   Horizontal / vertical / angular construction lines; parallel and perpendicular construction; circle construction entities.
2. Points of Geometry
   (Object snap modes)
   Centre; Intersection; Project; Middle; Nearest; Quadrant; Vertex; Centre of Extents; Grid; Opposite; Extended orthogonal; apparent intersection.
3. Object Selection & Handling
   Selection:
   Single and multiple object selection, window, crossing, fence selection. Selection by specific criteria.
   Object handling:
   Copy; move; rotate; scale; transform.

Module 4

1. Object Modification
   Line Length; Meet 2 Lines; Shrink/Extend line; Chamfer; Fillet; Object split; Stretch.
2. Object Duplication
   Copy, Mirror, Radial Copy, Rectangular Array, Linear Array.

Module 5

1. Measurement tools
   Coordinate of a point; distance (linear and delta); Angle; Area; Perimeter; Information palette with radius, specific length info.
2. Annotation: Dimensions
   Orthographic (horizontal and vertical); including entity / segment dimensioning; Radial–radius and diameter; Angular; Parallel; Rotated; Continual; Baseline; Datum Tolerances; Leader Arrows.
3. Annotation: Cross Hatch
   Path hatch, object and region hatching using standard vector or ANSII hatch
   patterns.
4. Annotation: Text
   Standard, scalable and flexible single and multi-line text.

Module 6

1. Group Blocks and Symbols
   Create, insert modify, import.

Module 7

1. Model and Paper space layout
   Prints multiple view drawing to true scale.

Module 8

1. Architectural Tools
   Walls; Doors; Windows; Roof; Style Manager Palette.