Floor plan to standard
Deliverable: A dimensioned floor plan drawn to scale with a proper layer structure, annotation and a title block, plotted to PDF at the correct scale.
Course
AutoCAD
CAD taught to drawing office standard rather than as a tour of commands, because employers judge a drawing on layers, dimensioning and whether it plots correctly.
- Duration: 3 months
- Classroom · Online live
- Level: beginner to advanced
What you will be able to do
- Draft accurate 2D drawings using precise coordinate and object snap input
- Organise a drawing with a layer standard someone else can work in
- Dimension and annotate to a consistent, readable standard
- Build and use blocks and attributes instead of redrawing repeated elements
- Create and edit 3D models and generate 2D views from them
- Set up layouts, viewports and plot to scale as PDF or paper
- Read an existing drawing and identify what is wrong with it
Who this course is for
- Diploma and degree students in civil, mechanical, electrical or architecture
- Draughtsmen moving from manual drawing to CAD
- Interior designers and contractors producing their own drawings
- No prior CAD experience required
Syllabus
7 modules · 3 months
Module 1. Interface and precision
- Workspace, ribbon and command line, and why the command line matters
- Units, limits and setting up a drawing correctly from the start
- Absolute, relative and polar coordinate entry
- Object snaps, tracking and ortho
- Why drawing to scale from the beginning saves everything later
Module 2. 2D drafting
- Lines, arcs, circles, polylines and splines
- Modify tools — trim, extend, offset, fillet, chamfer
- Array, mirror, rotate and scale
- Hatching and fills
- Construction techniques for accurate geometry
Module 3. Organisation
- Layer standards, colours, linetypes and lineweights
- Why a drawing with everything on layer zero is unusable
- Templates that carry your standard into every new drawing
- Blocks, attributes and dynamic blocks
- External references and managing a drawing set
Module 4. Annotation
- Text styles and readable sizing across scales
- Dimension styles and configuring them once, properly
- Linear, aligned, angular, radial and baseline dimensioning
- Leaders, tolerances and drawing notes
- Tables and bills of material
Module 5. Layouts and plotting
- Model space versus paper space, explained clearly
- Viewports and setting a viewport scale
- Title blocks and drawing borders
- Plot styles, lineweights and what actually prints
- Publishing to PDF and to a plotter
Module 6. 3D modelling
- 3D navigation and coordinate systems
- Extrude, revolve, sweep and loft
- Boolean operations — union, subtract, intersect
- Editing solids and surfaces
- Generating 2D views and sections from a 3D model
- Visual styles and basic rendering
Module 7. Drawing office practice
- Reading and interpreting an existing drawing set
- Revision control and drawing numbering
- File exchange, DXF and sharing with other software
- Checking a drawing before it goes out
Tools and technologies you will use
- AutoCAD
- Layer standards and templates
- Blocks, attributes and dynamic blocks
- Paper space layouts and viewports
- Plot styles and PDF output
- DWG and DXF exchange formats
Projects you will build
Mechanical part drawing
Deliverable: A multi-view orthographic drawing with sections, correct dimensioning and tolerances, produced to a consistent dimension style.
3D model with derived views
Deliverable: A 3D solid model with 2D orthographic and section views generated from it, laid out on a single sheet with annotation.
Drawing review exercise
Deliverable: A supplied drawing containing deliberate faults, corrected with a written note identifying each problem — layer misuse, dimensioning errors, plot scale — and what it would have cost on site.
Where this course can take you
- CAD Draughtsman
- Design Engineer (junior)
- Architectural Assistant
- Interior Design Assistant
- Civil Site Engineer support
Duration, modes and fees
- Duration
- 3 months
- Delivery modes
- Classroom · Online live
- Fees
- Share your details for the current fee
- Fees vary by batch and delivery mode. Share your details and an advisor will confirm the current fee.
Placement assistance
Every student gets placement assistance — that is what 100% placement assistance means. It is support for all, not a job for all. We do not promise a specific salary, a specific number of interviews, or placement at any named company, and you should be wary of anyone who does.
What is included
- A place in the monthly placement drive, held every third Saturday
- The readiness programme every second Saturday — mock interviews and preparation
- CV review against the specific roles you are targeting
- Portfolio review, so your project work is presented the way a reviewer will read it
- Access to the vacancy pool employers send directly to the Samyak network
- Guidance on which roles realistically fit your background and which do not
- A place in the next drive, with coaching, if you are not selected in this one
What is not included
- Any guarantee of a job, an interview, or a particular salary
- Placement at a named or partner company
- Applying to jobs on your behalf
- Support before you have completed the course and its project work
- Visa, relocation or overseas placement assistance
Drawing office standards, not a command tour
Most CAD courses teach commands. Line, trim, offset, array — a tour of the ribbon, ending with a learner who can produce geometry that looks right on screen and is unusable as a drawing.
Employers do not judge a drawing on whether the lines are in the right place. They judge it on whether the layers are structured so someone else can work in it, whether the dimensioning is consistent and readable, and whether it plots to the correct scale.
That is why organisation and annotation get full modules here, before 3D.
Everything on layer zero
This is the single most common fault in drawings produced by self-taught CAD users, and it makes a file effectively unusable in a team.
Layers control what prints, what is visible, what colour, what lineweight. A drawing with everything on one layer cannot be selectively hidden, cannot be plotted with correct line weights, and cannot be handed to a colleague.
Module three fixes this properly, including building a template so your standard carries into every new drawing rather than being rebuilt each time.
Model space and paper space
The concept that confuses nearly every beginner, and the one that separates a drawing that plots correctly from one that does not.
Draw at full size in model space. Present at a scale in paper space through viewports. Once that is clear, plotting stops being trial and error and the question “what scale is this drawing” has an answer.
The review project
The fourth project hands you a drawing with deliberate faults and asks you to find them.
It is the least enjoyable exercise and the closest to real work. On a site, nobody tells you the dimension is wrong — a contractor builds it and the error surfaces expensively. Learning to check a drawing before it goes out is what makes someone trusted with a drawing set rather than supervised on every sheet.
Questions
AutoCAD — frequently asked questions
Do I need an engineering background for AutoCAD?
For the software, no — it is taught from the interface upward. For the work, some technical context helps, since a draughtsman is drawing something that will be built. Civil, mechanical, electrical and architecture students are the most common learners, though interior designers and contractors take it regularly too.
Is AutoCAD still used, or has it been replaced by Revit and SolidWorks?
Both are widely used and AutoCAD remains standard for 2D drafting and drawing exchange across Indian construction and manufacturing. DWG is still the common format everyone can open. Many roles want AutoCAD plus a discipline-specific tool, so this is a sound foundation rather than a competing choice.
Should I learn 2D or 3D?
2D first, without question. The majority of production drawing office work is 2D, and drawings are how a design is actually communicated and built. 3D is covered in module six and is genuinely useful, but a candidate strong in 2D standards is more employable than one who can model and cannot dimension.
Why does a whole project involve fixing a bad drawing?
Because that is what the job tests. Anyone can draw a rectangle. What separates a draughtsman is spotting that everything is on layer zero, the dimension style is inconsistent, or the plot scale is wrong — errors that cost money on site. Learning to review is what makes you trusted with a drawing set.
Enquire about AutoCAD
Three details is all we need. A course advisor will call you back.
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