ACP AutoCAD case studies
ACP AutoCAD · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Autodesk Certified Professional (ACP) is the third of four Autodesk certification levels, sitting above Certified User and Certified Associate and below Certified Expert. Autodesk describes the professional tier as being for candidates with advanced skills who can solve complex challenges, and positions it as a way to stand out in a competitive job market. In the AutoCAD context, the ACP exam is a multiple-choice test of professional-level drafting and design workflow knowledge rather than a hands-on drawing exercise. Candidates should expect coverage across drawing and editing precision tools, layouts, viewports and annotation, block creation and attribute management, external references and drawing data management, and plotting and publishing output. The ACP AutoCAD case studies are 5 cases and about 2,192 words.
1The Shrinking Corridor After a Scale Change
A junior drafter is laying out an accessible corridor in a floor plan drawn at 1:50 in model space. The clear corridor width must be at least 1500 mm.
454 words, about 2 min2Viewport Scale Drift on a Multi-Sheet Layout
A drafter has one layout tab containing four viewports for a building's four elevations, each intended at 1:100 on an A1 sheet (841 x 594 mm). She sets each viewport's standard scale to 1:100 using the viewport scale list.
407 words, about 2 min3Title Block Attributes Reset After a WBLOCK Round Trip
A firm's title block is a block named TITLE-A1 containing attributes for SHEET NO, SHEET TITLE, and REV. The block also contains a nested block for the company logo.
465 words, about 2 min4Overlay Versus Attach in a Nested Reference Chain
A project has three drawings: SITE.dwg, BUILDING.dwg, and SHEET.dwg. BUILDING references SITE as an xref, and SHEET references BUILDING as an xref.
415 words, about 2 min5Plot Style Table Choice Changes Lineweights
A drafter plots a plan to PDF from a layout at 1:100 on A1. The drawing uses layers with colors 1 through 7 and lineweights assigned ByLayer, mostly 0.25 mm, with structural walls on a layer set to 0.50 mm.
451 words, about 2 min