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Free CAD courses with certificate

AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Fusion 360 and Revit MEP, free and complete: 2D drafting, 3D modelling, assemblies, drawings and building services design, with notes, quizzes and an optional verifiable certificate.

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4 courses · 53 modules · 86h 20m of video

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AutoCAD 2D and 3D Fundamentals

The drawing tool every engineering office expects: interface, files and navigation, drawing commands, drawing aids, modify commands, blocks, layers and properties, text, dimensions, tables and plotting, a complete beginner course, floor plan, elevation, mechanical and title block exercises, 3D basics, and the intermediate techniques that stop you staying a beginner.

Navigate the interface, files, units and selection
Draw with lines, arcs, polylines, circles and hatch using snaps
Modify with trim, extend, offset, fillet and arrays

11 modules 16h 14mView course

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SOLIDWORKS 3D Modelling, Assemblies and Drawings

Mechanical CAD the way machine builders use it: interface, settings, units and planes, sketching with relations, extrude and revolve, sweep, loft and boundary, fillets, shells, ribs and drafts, patterns, hole wizard and threads, timed practice parts, assemblies and mates, drawings with BOM and exploded views, sheet metal, advanced surfacing, configurations and equations, materials, mass, import and export, and complete beginner courses.

Set up SOLIDWORKS and sketch fully defined profiles
Build parts with extrude, revolve, sweep, loft, fillet, shell, rib and patterns
Assemble parts with standard, advanced and mechanical mates

14 modules 27h 27mView course

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Autodesk Fusion 360: 3D Design, Modelling and Manufacturing Prep

Cloud CAD for makers and product designers: the workspace and the eight terms that matter, sketching with constraints, extrude and revolve, fillets, shells, threads and holes, loft and sweep transitions, patterns and text, thin walls, user parameters, joints and assemblies, surfaces and T-spline forms, mesh and STL repair, moulds, sheet metal, rendering, 2D drawings and animations, with thirty-plus practice exercises.

Master the Fusion workspace, components, bodies and the timeline
Sketch with constraints and build parts with extrude, revolve, loft and sweep
Shell, fillet, thread, pattern and parametrise designs

14 modules 13h 28mView course

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Revit MEP: Electrical BIM, HVAC, Plumbing and Documentation

Building services in BIM the way consultants deliver it: starting an MEP project and template, linking the architectural model with levels, grids and scope boxes, building envelope, spaces and zones, HVAC air terminals and systems, electrical families for sockets, panels and isolators, panels, switchboards and circuiting, panel schedules and load calculations, lighting plans, data, CCTV and access control, cable trays, power drawings and one-line diagrams, plumbing, piping and fire protection, views, annotations, sheets and printing, and worksharing.

Start a Revit MEP project and link the architectural model correctly
Place spaces, zones, air terminals and HVAC systems
Build electrical families and circuit sockets, lighting and panels

14 modules 29h 11mView course

Why learn CAD and 3D design in India

Every automation and electrical engineer in India is handed a drawing tool on day one; these courses make it the tool you already know.

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Is the software free?: Autodesk gives education licences; SolidWorks has education and trial options; every course names what it needs.