Welcome to the CAD LAB. A place to learn AutoCAD, AutoCAD MEP, and general design concepts through both written and video lessons. The CAD LAB is a place where the design community can come together through the All Things CAD blog pages, and the Ask the Cad LAB Question and answer page

Learn Beginning AutoCAD -

A place to learn AutoCAD and it’s applications

The links below will take you to written and video lessons on the subjects listed. For insights into AutoCAD and the design world, and for notifications when new material is posted to the CAD LAB, subscribe to the newsletter by entering your email address in the form in the tittle bar

Every CAD project begins with starting a new drawing. click on the Starting a new drawing link below for the lesson page, and a free AutoCAD video tutorial

Starting a new drawing

Learn to start a new AutoCAD drawing

The Graphical User Interface or GUI for short is the on screen environment where we interact with AutoCAD. Click on the Tour The GUI Link below to learn your way around

Graphical User Interface

A tour of the AutoCAd Graphical User Interface

Layers allow us to isolate objects so that we can work with them independently, allowing us to assign them colors and line types, and temporarily remove them from the graphical display. Follow the link below to learn how to work with AutoCAD Layers

Working with Layers in AutoCAD

Fundamentals are the backbone of your AutoCAD skill set. For an overview of a good fundamental skill set check out this post on my All Things CAD blog page

Fundemental AutoCAD Skill Set

This is a List of fundamental AutoCAD skills that should be learned, and understood to build a solid AutoCAD drafting foundation

Fundamental AutoCAD Tools video lesson series

Fundamental AutoCAD Tools is a Free Video Tutorial series that will walk you step by step through building your CAD drafting tool set.

All Things CAD

All Things CAD is a place where we can come together and explore the world of Computer Aided Design Drafting