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AutoCAD III: Working Drawings

ARCH-40000

Course Duration: 2.5 weeks
Prerequisite: AutoCAD II or work experience with instructor approval.
Quarters Offered: Winter | Spring | Summer | Fall

This advanced course focuses on how professional offices create, organize, and deliver complete sets of construction documents using AutoCAD. You’ll move beyond drafting individual drawings and learn the production workflows, standards, and coordination techniques required to assemble polished, multi-sheet working drawings. Participants should already feel comfortable with core AutoCAD tools and commands.
 

Course Details

Through a hands-on residential project, you’ll draft floor plans, enlarged plans, roof plans, and building elevations while developing a custom title block and drawing labels from scratch. You’ll integrate referenced files, manage layers and scales, and coordinate model and paper space layouts to produce clear, professional documentation. Emphasis is placed on real-world practices, including file management, plotting, and organizing sheets to align with National CAD Standards.

Taught by an Autodesk Certified Instructor and working professional, the course combines demonstrations, guided exercises, and applied project work to strengthen both your technical skills and production confidence. By the end, you’ll understand not just how to draft—but how to think like a professional preparing deliverables for clients, consultants, and contractors.

What You'll Learn

  • Create custom title blocks and sheet templates for professional document sets
  • Develop coordinated floor, roof, and elevation drawings for a complete project
  • Integrate referenced files and manage layers for efficient, organized workflows
  • Use model and paper space to produce multi-scale, presentation-ready layouts
  • Assemble and plot a standards-based construction document set suitable for real-world use

Course Information

Online
2.50 units
$575.00
Notes:
  • This is an accredited course and is open to all adult learners that meet the prerequisites.
  • Students must be enrolled by 5pm PT, one day prior to the course start date, due to the enrollment process and the short duration of the course.
  • This course is administered through the Virtual Design & Construction Institute's (VDCI) online portal: ucsdextension.matrixlms.com.
  • Once enrolled, students have access to course video instruction for 30 days.

Hardware, Software Requirement: 

  • Students should have a basic knowledge of computers including knowledge of how to download files. A PC with a supported, current version of Windows is required.
  • Autodesk AutoCAD Software
    • Students enrolled in the CAD/BIM Certificate program will have free access to the student software. Proof of certificate enrollment is required (certificate verification PDF available through MyExtension).
    • Students enrolled in individual courses will not have free access and can sign up for a free trial or purchase the software.
    • Instructions for downloading Autodesk AutoCAD software will be provided on the first day of class.

Textbook

  • No textbook is required but there may be recommended texts for additional study. 

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This course applies to these programs

CAD/BIM

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Section ID:

196731

Class type:

Online Asynchronous.

This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.

Textbooks:

All course materials are included unless otherwise stated.

Policies:

  • No refunds after: 5/19/2026
  • Early enrollment advised
  • No visitors permitted
  • Pre-enrollment required

Schedule:

No information available at this time.
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Instructor: David Sellers

David Sellers

David Sellers received his Professional Bachelor of Architecture degree from Penn State University and is the Curriculum Manager at Virtual Design and Construction Institute. At VDCI, David works extensively with Autodesk software, and has 10+ years working with AutoCAD. In addition to teaching with UC San Diego Extended Studies, David is also regularly teaching at VDCI and Makerplace, a local maker space in San Deigo. David is an Autodesk Certified Instructor and is actively working with NCARB to receive his Architectural License in California.

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