Lynda - AutoCAD: Developing CAD Standards

AutoCAD is the leader in CAD drafting. In this course, author Shaun Bryant takes you through the various CAD standards available that are used by professionals worldwide. Learn how to work with the AutoCAD standard DWS file format, leverage industry standards (including US NCS and BIMuk), and use AutoCAD standards to audit and check against your work. Shaun also shows you how to develop standard AutoCAD templates—complete with title blocks and viewports—to apply your internal CAD standards.

Topics include:

Setting up standards in AutoCAD
Using layer and text, dimension, and multileaders style standards
Leveraging industry standards
Using standards (DWS) files
Creating a metric template with standard layers, units, and styles
Creating a standard layout with a title block and viewport
Developing a drawing from the standard template
Auditing a drawing using a DWS
Publishing a verified drawing