AutoCAD 2016

AUTODESK CERTIFICATION EXAM PREP SHEET

Professional Exam Objectives

AutoCAD 2016 Certified Professional Exam Objectives

AUTOCAD 2016
COURSEWARE

The following table will help you to locate the exam objectives within the chapters of the AutoCAD
2016 training guides to help you prepare for the AutoCAD 2016 Certified Professional exam.
Certified Professional Exam Objectives

ASCENT offers the following 2016

Autodesk Official Training Guides
to help AutoCAD users prepare for
the AutoCAD 2016 Certification
exam:

Training Guides & Chapters

Draw Objects
Draw lines and rectangles

Fundamentals Part 1 (Essentials): Ch. 2.1, 2.3, 2.4

Draw Circles, Arcs, and Polygons

Fundamentals Part 1 (Essentials): Ch. 2.5, 8.1, 8.4

AutoCAD/AutoCAD LT 2016
Fundamentals
The objective of this guide is to
enable students to create a basic
2D drawing in AutoCAD. To make
the process easier and provide
flexibility for instructors and
students, the guide is divided into
two parts that can be taken
independently:

Draw with Accuracy

Use object-snap tracking

Fundamentals Part 1 (Essentials): Ch. 4.3, 4.4

Fundamentals Part 2 (Beyond the Basics): Ch. 2.2

Use Coordinate Systems

Fundamentals Part 1 (Essentials): Ch. 1.4

Fundamentals Part 2 (Beyond the Basics): Ch. 2.1

Make isometric drawings

Fundamentals Part 1 (Essentials): Ch. 4.5

Modify Objects
Move and copy objects

Fundamentals Part 1 (Essentials): Ch. 5.2, 5.3

Fundamentals Part 2 (Beyond the Basics): Ch. 1.5

Rotate and scale objects

Fundamentals Part 1 (Essentials): Ch. 5.4, 5.5

Create and use arrays

Fundamentals Part 1 (Essentials): Ch. 11.5

Trim and extend objects

Fundamentals Part 1 (Essentials): Ch. 11.1

Offset and mirror objects

Fundamentals Part 1 (Essentials): Ch. 5.6, 11.4

Use grip editing

Fundamentals Part 1 (Essentials): Ch. 5.7

Fundamentals Part 2 (Beyond the Basics): Ch. 1.6

Fillet and chamfer objects

Fundamentals Part 1 (Essentials): Ch. 11.3

Part 1: Essentials covers the

essential core topics for working
with AutoCAD. The guide enables
students to create and edit a
simple drawing, and then continue
to develop these skills.
Part 2: Beyond the Basics
continues with more sophisticated
techniques that extend your
mastery of the program.

Use Additional Drawing Techniques

Draw and edit polylines

Fundamentals Part 1 (Essentials): Ch. 8.2, 8.3

Blend between objects with Splines

Fundamentals Part 1 (Essentials): Ch. 8.3

Apply hatches and gradients

Fundamentals Part 1 (Essentials): Ch. 18.1, 18.2

AutoCAD 2016 Advanced

This guide introduces advanced
techniques and teaches you to be
proficient in your use of the
AutoCAD software.

Organize Objects
Change object properties

Fundamentals Part 1 (Essentials): Ch. 9.1

Alter layer assignments for objects

Fundamentals Part 1 (Essentials): Ch. 7.4

Control layer visibility

Fundamentals Part 1 (Essentials): Ch. 7.3

Advanced: Ch. 14.3

Assign properties by object or layer

Fundamentals Part 1 (Essentials): Ch. 7.2

Manage layer properties

Fundamentals Part 1 (Essentials): Ch. 7.3

Fundamentals Part 2 (Beyond the Basics): Ch. 1.7, 7.3
Advanced: Ch. 14.1

Reuse Existing Content

Work with blocks

Fundamentals Part 1 (Essentials): Ch. 12.112.6

Fundamentals Part 2 (Beyond the Basics): Ch. 5.1, 5.2,
5.4, 5.5
Advanced: Ch. 5.15.4

Manage block attributes

Advanced: Ch. 6.16.5

Reference external drawings and images

Fundamentals Part 2 (Beyond the Basics):

Ch. 11.111.3

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AutoCAD 2016

AUTODESK CERTIFICATION EXAM PREP SHEET

Professional Exam Objectives

AutoCAD 2016 Certified Professional Exam Objectives

AUTODESK OFFICIAL
TRAINING GUIDES
from ASCENT

The following table will help you to locate the exam objectives within the chapters of the AutoCAD
2016 training guides to help you prepare for the AutoCAD 2016 Certified Professional exam.
Certified Professional Exam Objectives

ASCENT is an Authorized Author,

Publisher and Developer and the
sole provider of Autodesk Official
Training Guides.

Training Guides & Chapters

Annotate Drawings
Add and modify text

Fundamentals Part 1 (Essentials): Ch. 17.217.4

Use dimensions

Fundamentals Part 1 (Essentials): Ch. 19.119.4

Add and modify multileaders

Fundamentals Part 1 (Essentials): Ch. 17.5

A building block approach

Create and assign annotative styles

Fundamentals Part 1 (Essentials): Ch. 17.1

Fundamentals Part 2 (Beyond the Basics): Ch. 8.4,
9.19.3
Advanced: Ch. 2.1

Use tables

Fundamentals Part 1 (Essentials): Ch. 17.6, 17.7

Advanced: Ch. 3.1, 3.2

Extensive illustrations
and lab exercises

ASCENT Offers:

Real-world drawing projects

Layout and Printing

Create layouts

Fundamentals Part 1 (Essentials): Ch. 14.2, 14.3

Fundamentals Part 2 (Beyond the Basics):
Ch. 8.1, 8.2

Use viewports

Fundamentals Part 1 (Essentials): Ch. 14.4

Fundamentals Part 2 (Beyond the Basics): Ch. 8.3

Set printing and plotting options

Fundamentals Part 1 (Essentials): Ch. 15.1, 15.2

Advanced: Ch. 8.1, 8.3

Drawing files to complete

practice exercises
Choice of ordering Student
Guides, eBooks, or annual
licenses to print on-demand
Instructor Tools in PDF format
for those teaching the course

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