Saturday, August 8, 2015

AutoCAD 2015 Certified Professional


  • The Autodesk Certified Professional exam is comprised of 35 questions 
  • Which the majority requires you to use AutoCAD to create or modify a data file, and then type your answer into an input box
  • Other question types include: 
    • Multiple choice 
    • Matching 
    • Point-and-click
  • The exam has a 2-hour time limit

Apply Basic Drawing Skills


  • Create, Open and Publish files
  • Draw circles, arcs, and polygons
  • Draw lines and rectangles
  • Fillet and chamfer lines
  • Select objects
  • Use coordinate systems
  • Use dynamic input, direct distance, and shortcut menus
  • Use Inquiry commands

Use Drawing Aids

  • Use Object Snap Tracking 
  • Use Ortho and Polar Tracking 
  • Use PolarSnap 
  • Use Running Object Snaps 
  • Work with Grid and Snap

Edit Entities

  • Create and use Arrays 
  • Create Selection Sets 
  • Use Grip Editing 
  • Use Move and Copy 
  • Use Offset and Mirror 
  • Use Rotate and Scale 
  • Use Trim and Extend

Work with Curves

  • Blend between objects with Splines
  • Draw and edit curved Polylines

Control Object Visibility and Appearance 

  • Alter layer assignments for objects 
  • Assign properties by Object or Layer 
  • Change object properties 
  • Control layer visibility 
  • Manage layer properties

Use Blocks and Xrefs

  • Define Blocks 
  • Reference external drawings and images 
  • Work with Global Blocks

Use Hatching and Gradients

  • Apply hatch patterns 

Create and Edit Text

  • Create Text Styles 
  • Write Lines of Text

Dimensioning

  • Create and apply Dimension Styles 
  • Use Multileaders

Layouts and Annotative Objects

  • Create Annotative Styles and Objects 
  • Create Layouts 
  • Use Viewports 

Printing and Plotting

  • Set printing and plotting options

Certificate download:  Certiport