AC105 AutoCAD Essentials for AV and Media Systems Overview
Build the AutoCAD skills needed to create, modify, organize, and deliver professional AV and media-system drawings. AC101 moves beyond generic drafting exercises by applying foundational AutoCAD tools to real-world AV plans, device layouts, standardized symbols, title blocks, sheets, plotting, and quality control.
Through guided instruction and hands-on labs, participants learn to work confidently with architectural backgrounds, AV equipment layouts, layers, blocks, external references, annotations, viewports, and PDF deliverables. By the end of the course, students will produce a complete basic AV drawing using established documentation standards.
Class Details
Objectives
- Navigate the AutoCAD interface and work effectively with common drawing tools
- Understand DWG, DWT, DXF, and PDF file types
- Use model space, paper space, layouts, and viewports appropriately
- Create and modify basic geometry using essential AutoCAD commands
- Add AV devices, pathways, and equipment locations to an architectural background
- Apply layer standards, colors, linetypes, and lineweights consistently
- Insert, edit, and manage standardized AV symbols and blocks
- Work with text, dimensions, leaders, annotations, and title blocks
- Attach and manage external reference files
- Set up sheets, scale viewports, and produce clean PDF drawing sets
- Organize drawing files, revisions, and deliverables
- Perform basic drawing cleanup and quality-control checks before submission
Audience
This course is designed for:
- Entry-level AV engineers and technicians
- Systems integration team members
- Project engineers and coordinators
- CAD operators supporting AV, broadcast, production, and media-system projects
- Technical staff who need to read, mark up, update, or create AV drawings
- Organizations seeking a consistent internal drawing and documentation workflow
Prerequisites
No previous AutoCAD experience is required.
Students should be comfortable using a Windows or Mac computer, managing files and folders, and working with basic technical documentation. Participants should have access to AutoCAD for hands-on practice, though a temporary license is also available.
