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General Purpose CAD

AutoCAD software is the industry leader, delivering features to increase speed and accuracy while saving time. It is also the world’s leading customisable and extendable CAD application - an application that with each new release increases in power, features and usability.

Despite its categorisation as "general purpose", depending on its version it provides powerful features for design from concept to detailing, for design in 3D, for rendering and walkthroughs, for sophisticated annotation, for linking with external data (Excel) and many more capabilities that go beyond what might be expected from a basic drafting tool.

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Software

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AutoCAD 2010
AutoCAD 2010 is the latest version of the leading CAD software product for design professionals
AutoCAD 2010 Feature
AutoCAD 2011
AutoCAD 2011 is the latest version of the leading CAD software product for design professionals
AutoCAD 2011 Feature
AutoCAD LT 2010
AutoCAD LT 2010 - the leading low cost 2D CAD solution for designers and professionals requiring occasional CAD use
AutoCAD LT 2011
AutoCAD LT 2011 - the leading low cost 2D CAD solution for designers and professionals requiring occasional CAD use
AutoCAD LT 2011 Feature
AutoCAD Raster Design 2010
The raster editing and conversion application for all AutoCAD 2010-based products
Factory Design Suite 2011
Accelerate your factory layout process.
LandXplorer Suite
Create, analyse and visualise your city.
LandXplorer Suite Feature
SketchUp Pro
An amazingly powerful software tool for creating, viewing, modifying and communicating 3D design concepts
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Presentations

See relevant presentations and demonstrations. Note that you may need to register on the Excitech web site to gain access depending on the presentation selected.

Autodesk Product Videos For Excitech videos on Autodesk products refer to our video portal.
Webinar Recordings For recordings of previous Excitech web seminars refer to our event list.

 

Case Studies

Each Excitech project profile provides a case study in technology for design; its implementation and use, highlighting the perceived need, solution and actual results achieved through the use of products identified above or related services such as training.

The following Excitech clients have gained benefits from these design solutions. Click on the pdf image to see the project profile.

  Project Company
Managed Assessment of CAD Skills
HOK
HOK needed to assess CAD skills and experience to form a new project team. Excitech provided the structured programme, supported staff during the tests and produced reports on training requirements.
Civil Engineering Visualisation
Hyder
Hyder make major road junction designs more understandable for the public through the use visualisations including fly-through and walk-through videos.
Document Collaboration
LCC
LLC uses Autodesk DWF Composer (now Design Review) to streamline the management of drawing distribution, review and return in order to reduce costs and accelerate the process.
Implementing New Design Technologies
Pell Frischmann
Pell Frischmann wished to develop their design tools for the future which required consideration of the latest technologies, licensing options, training and implementation processes.
Building a Successful CAD Infrastructure
Bellway Homes
Housebuilder Bellway Homes upgrade their IT systems and CAD software, standardising on AutoCAD.

Training Courses

Training (as well as an initial review of what training is appropriate and subsequent certification) is an essential element of the introduction of new design technology software and processes as well as a valuable way to develop staff, increase quality, reduce errors and improve productivity.As the UK's leading Autodesk Training Centre and ATC of the year you can rely on Excitech to deliver on the promise.

The following Excitech training courses relate to these design solutions. Click on the course name for more details including course content and course schedules.

Course

Description

AutoCAD \ AutoCAD LT 2011 Essentials

Provides foundation-level training for the new AutoCAD 2011 user. Includes tuition on commands, and techniques required to create, edit and print drawings.

 

AutoCAD 2009 Creating and Presenting 3D Models

This course is designed to explore the fundamental concepts and workflows for creating 3D models.

 

AutoCAD 2009 Essentials

On this training course, learn the features, commands, and techniques for creating, editing and printing drawings.

 

AutoCAD 2009 Transitioning from 2008

The primary objective of this course is to bring delegates up to date with the new features introduced in AutoCAD 2009.

 

AutoCAD 2009: Intermediate

This Intermediate course is designed for the experienced user who requires additional learning.

 

AutoCAD 2010 - Creating 3D Models

This course explores the fundamental concepts and workflows for creating 3D models.

 

AutoCAD 2010 - New Features

AutoCAD 2010 builds on the improvements made in the 2009 version with major new 2D and 3D design features to further enhance product functionality.

 

AutoCAD 2010 Intermediate

This course is designed for the experienced user who wants to go further with AutoCAD.

 

AutoCAD 2011 New Features

This course introduces delegates to the new features of AutoCAD 2011

 

AutoCAD LT 2010 - New Features

A single day looks at the new features as well as some of the more significant features introduced in 2008 and 2009, combining these enhancements into a single, highly focused course.

 

AutoCAD LT 2011 New Features

This course introduces delegates to the new features of AutoCAD LT 2011

 

CAD Management

Designed to help delegates understand the technical side of CAD Management

 

Learning AutoCAD 2010 and LT 2010

On this course, learn the features, commands, and techniques for creating, editing and printing drawings.

 

Learning AutoCAD and LT 2010 - Module 1

Designed as a single-day introduction which can be taken as an individual day, to learn the very basics, or combined with Modules 2 and 3 to form a complete essentials level programme of study.

 

Learning AutoCAD and LT 2010 - Module 2

Designed as the second part of the three-day course which is ideally taken as part of the three day modular course, but can be taken as a standalone course provided that the course pre-requisites are met.

 

Learning AutoCAD and LT 2010 - Module 3

Designed as the final part of the three-day course which is ideally taken as the last part of the three day modular course, but can be taken as a standalone course provided that the course pre-requisites are met.

 

Learning AutoCAD and LT 2011 - Module 1

Designed as a single-day introduction which can be taken as an individual day, to learn the very basics, or combined with Modules 2 and 3 to form a complete essentials level programme of study.

 

Learning AutoCAD and LT 2011 - Module 2

Designed as the second part of the three-day course which is ideally taken as part of the three day modular course, but can be taken as a standalone course provided that the course pre-requisites are met.

 

Learning AutoCAD and LT 2011 - Module 3

Designed as the final part of the three-day course which is ideally taken as the last part of the three day modular course, but can be taken as a standalone course provided that the course pre-requisites are met.

 

MicroStation to AutoCAD Migration

This course is designed to enable the experienced MicroStation user to quickly migrate to AutoCAD.

 

SketchUp Advanced Landscape Course

Landscape Design is a discipline that encompasses many workflows that result in designs ranging from human-scale site fixtures to regional masterplans.

 

SketchUp Advanced Skills

The advanced topics course is designed for experienced SketchUp users who want to investigate advanced topic areas including working with CAD, creating curved surfaces and employing advanced presentation techniques for SketchUp models.

 

SketchUp Essentials One and Two

The SketchUp Essentials One and Two, Training course provides delegates without prior experience, with a grounding in the use SketchUp.

 

SketchUp for Geomodeling

The Mastering 3D Using SketchUp: Geomodeling Training course provides students with a comprehensive overview of the process and benefits of exploring the interoperability of SketchUp and Google Earth, and a deeper look into the Google 3D Warehouse.

 

Transitioning from AutoCAD 2008

Training for the AutoCAD 2010 user migrating from 2008.

 

Appropriate Workstations

Getting the best out of powerful application software needs appropriate workstations with the capacity and performance to keep up with your demands and the software requirements.

Click the image to the right to see recommendations and visit our workstations page for details.

 

 

 

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