AutoCAD and Computer Aided Design: Beginner
From zero to your first complete drawing set: AutoCAD fundamentals, precision drafting, layers and dimensioning, blocks and layouts, 3D modelling, and professional plotting.
- Duration
- 8 weeks
- Level
- Beginner
- Content
- 48 lessons
- 8 modules · 14 h 28 min
- Certificate
- Included
- On completion
- Access
- Fee on request
What you'll learn
Who this course is for
- Absolute beginners who want a clear, guided path into CAD, drafting, and design documentation
- Engineering, architecture, interior design, and diploma students who need real AutoCAD skill rather than exam theory
- Graduates from any stream aiming for draftsperson, CAD technician, or design support roles
- Working professionals in construction, fabrication, or manufacturing who need to read and produce drawings
- Anyone preparing for the Autodesk Certified User pathway or CAD internships and entry level roles
Skills you'll gain
This course includes
Course content
8 modules · 48 lessons · 14 h 28 min
Getting started in CAD and design, the AutoCAD interface and drawing fundamentals, precision drafting and modify tools, layers and annotation and drawing standards, a minor project producing a fully dimensioned drawing, blocks and layouts and professional output, an introduction to 3D modelling, and a major project building a complete multi sheet drawing package.
Requirements
- None. No engineering, architecture, or design background required, and no drawing skill required, open to any graduate or student from any stream
- A computer capable of running AutoCAD, with a reliable internet connection and a mouse
- An Autodesk account and an AutoCAD licence, including the free education licence where you qualify
- Curiosity, consistency, and a willingness to redraw something until it is genuinely accurate
About this course
AutoCAD and Computer Aided Design with Ucanly, Level 1 Beginner, takes you from zero to your first complete drawing set. This is an educational program in computer aided drafting and design. Ucanly is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or an authorised training partner of Autodesk, and AutoCAD is a trademark of Autodesk, Inc. Software licences are obtained by you directly from Autodesk, including the free education licence where you qualify. Drawings produced in this course are educational exercises only, they are not construction, fabrication, or tender documents, and they carry no professional certification. Real buildings and real manufactured parts require drawings prepared and signed off by a licensed architect or a registered engineer. Nothing gets built, manufactured, or approved without drawings, and AutoCAD remains the common language of architecture, civil, mechanical, electrical, interiors, and fabrication work, while India's construction, infrastructure, and manufacturing sectors hire drafters and design technicians continuously. You will learn the AutoCAD interface and command line, precision drafting with object snaps and tracking, the full set of modify tools, and the layer, annotation, dimensioning, and template discipline that separates professional drawings from amateur ones. In your minor project in week five, you will produce a fully dimensioned 2D drawing of a real object, either a residential floor plan or a mechanical component, measured yourself and plotted to PDF at true scale. You will then learn blocks, attributes, external references, layouts and sheet sets, and an introduction to 3D solid modelling, before your major project in week eight: a complete multi sheet CAD drawing package for a real world brief, with 2D drawings, a 3D model with extracted views, a custom block library, a published sheet set, and a live design defense to Ucanly mentors.
Earn a Ucanly certificate
Complete this course to earn a Ucanly certificate with its own page and QR code. Save it as a PDF, share its link, or add it to the certifications on your LinkedIn profile.
Frequently asked questions
No. This is an educational program in computer aided drafting and design. Ucanly is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or an authorised training partner of Autodesk, and AutoCAD is a trademark of Autodesk, Inc. You receive a Certificate of Completion from Ucanly, and guidance toward the official Autodesk Certified User pathway if you choose to pursue it.
You obtain your licence directly from Autodesk. Students and educators can usually access a free education licence, and a free trial is also available. Any reasonably modern laptop that meets Autodesk's stated system requirements will handle everything in this beginner level, including the introductory 3D modelling.
No. This course requires no engineering, architecture, or design background and no freehand drawing skill, and is open to any graduate or student from any stream. Everything, including how to read a technical drawing, is taught from zero.
Yes. Your minor project is a fully dimensioned drawing of a real object you measure yourself, with correct layers, annotation, a title block, and plotted to PDF at true scale. Your major project is a complete multi sheet drawing package for a real world brief.
Both. The first five weeks build genuine 2D drafting and documentation skill, which is what most CAD jobs actually require. Module 7 then introduces 3D solid modelling in AutoCAD, including extracting 2D views from a 3D model, and your major project uses both.
No. All drawings produced in this course are educational exercises and carry no professional certification. Real buildings and real manufactured parts require drawings prepared and signed off by a licensed architect or a registered engineer.