ACP AutoCAD study plan

Configure the drafting workspace by setting up a personal template with layers, linetypes, and object snaps that you will reuse all eight weeks.

Draw a 20-object practice floor plan using only line, polyline, circle, arc, and rectangle commands, verifying each object's geometry with the properties palette.

Apply modify commands (move, copy, rotate, mirror, offset, trim, extend, fillet) to edit that plan and record which command solved each edit fastest.

Use grips and selection filters to change five objects at once without retyping a command, timing yourself against a manual-edit baseline.

Build a layer scheme with color, linetype, lineweight, and plot-style assignments, then audit it for objects left on layer 0.

Create and edit polylines, splines, hatches, and regions to represent walls, glazing, and paving in a single detail drawing.

Use object snaps, tracking, and coordinate entry to place geometry to within 1 mm of stated dimensions.

Diagnose and repair three deliberately broken drawings by finding overlapping lines, zero-length geometry, and unpurged definitions.

Set up two paper-space layouts (A3 and A1) with title blocks, viewports, and locked viewport scales.

Create annotative dimension and text styles that display correctly at 1:50 and 1:100 without manual resizing.

Define three reusable blocks with distinct base points and insert them at rotated and scaled orientations.

Add multiline and single-line dimensions to a plan and adjust their text, arrows, and extension-line gaps to office standards.

Create block definitions with attributes for room name, number, and area, then insert them across a plan.

Edit attribute values globally and individually, and reorder attribute prompts so data entry follows a logical sequence.

Build a dynamic block with at least one visibility state and one stretch parameter.

Extract attribute data to a table and verify the row count matches the number of inserted blocks.

Attach a DWG as an external reference at a known insertion point and confirm alignment against survey coordinates.

Manage xref paths by converting absolute paths to relative, then reload and repath after simulating a folder move.

Bind and insert xrefs into a deliverable drawing and document what changes in layer naming.

Create a named layer state and apply it to control xref layer visibility across multiple sheets.

Set up a sheet set with custom properties and publish a transmittal package from it.

Use data links and fields to pull a project title and revision number into multiple sheets from one source.

Purge, audit, and recover a bloated drawing, then compare file size before and after cleanup.

Export drawing data to CSV and re-import it to confirm round-trip integrity.

Configure page setups for PDF and physical plotting, including paper size, plot area, scale, and plot style table.

Plot a multi-sheet PDF from layouts and confirm lineweights, colors, and scale bars match the standard.

Create and test a plot stamp and a DWF or PDF export preset for client delivery.

Troubleshoot three common plotting faults: missing lineweights, wrong scale, and clipped viewport content.

Complete a timed full-project exercise covering drafting, annotation, blocks, xrefs, and plotting within 90 minutes.

Review every missed item from the timed exercise and write a corrective note for each.

Re-plot the final deliverable at both A3 and A1 and verify all annotations remain legible.

Consolidate a one-page personal checklist of the ten settings you most often forget.