Price: £195 per person
Time: 9:00am-2:00pm
Available: Bridgend, South Wales or Online
Our Architectural Floor Plans course is for those wanting to understand how to prepare architectural floor plans. It is designed for anyone with a strong interest in building and design, contemplating further study, or involved in an owner builder project. This course provides a solid introduction for design of floor plans using modern CAD software.
The course provides participants with a solid introduction to standard residential building floor plan generation, drafting procedures, conventions and documentation practices. You will engage in floor plan drawing activities to develop an understanding of associated drawings and graphic techniques. The course incorporates three sections that are designed to prepare you and develop your understand of the various floor plan drawing techniques and the application of these techniques.
This Architectural Floor Plans Training covers a variety of topics which look at the most important aspects of Architectural Floor Plans. Here are the topics which feature in the course:
2D drafting tools
Modification tools
Precision drawing
Tracking techniques
Editing methods
Creating templates
Adding walls, windows and doorways
Creating and using symbols
Adding text to floor plan drawings
Dimensioning
Plotting floor plans
This course is perfect for those who are interested in learning to generate accurate floor plans. This course will be ideal for architects, designers or engineers who would like to learn about generate working with modern CAD to automate the design of floor plans or who are interested in improving CAD design and engineering drawing skills. If you are looking to retrain as an architectural draftsman/woman, then learning these core skills is a perfect starting point. If you are a trades person, designer, home improvements specialist who is interested in drafting your designs then this course will be perfect for you.
Investing in good training is a wise decision for improving productivity and also development on enhancing existing skills. As a leading training consultancy we offer tailored training to ensure that you have the high degree of skill required for today's modern Computer Aided Design related world.
Whether you are investing in a new CAD system or would just like to get up and running with CAD quickly then our courses will be perfect for you. The self-learning process of teaching yourself CAD can take a lot of time and unless structured properly can lead to lower productivity initially, or even the development of bad practices. React 2 Training Ltd is an experienced CAD training consultancy, enabling us to provide constructive and relevant tuition. All trainees are given their own dedicated touch screen workstation whilst receiving personal attention required. Our state of the art training centre is conveniently located in South Wales and within easy reach from the M4. Our training courses are led by current industry professionals who have years of hands-on experience. This means that our exercises use real-life examples and scenarios.
What is CAD?
CAD is not just a skill that permits the design of physical objects but it allows for testing of how complex assemblies are fitted together. It is used by engineers, land developers, architects, mechanical engineers and other design professionals to design, visualise, document and communicate their ideas clearly and efficiently. Two and three dimensional Computer Aided Design is used to produce accurate drawing with ease, offering the user flexibility to transform and present drawings instantaneously.
What courses do we offer?
We offer a range of CAD courses, which will suit beginners as well as experienced users. There are no qualification restrictions or age restrictions. All we ask is that you have a good understanding of basic computer use.
Entry requirements
No previous CAD experience or experience is necessary. However, any previous experience of drafting, design or engineering is a plus. It is also recommended that delegates have a working knowledge of Microsoft Windows 7.
Why CAD training?
Following College or University courses, your CAD skills will go rusty if not used. Gone are the days when you could walk straight into a job because it takes time. Lack of up to date and current CAD skills is the main reason why most students would fail a CAD skills assessment at a job interview. These skills assessments are becoming more popular with employers as they wish to avoid expensive recruitment mistakes.
What is included in the booking?
Training with an expert CAD trainer and current industry professional
A full and extensive manual for you to take home
A comfortable, state of the art, air conditioned training environment
Design exercises that you have been working on during the day, please bring a USB stick
How is the course delivered?
The course is delivered at out centre in South Wales; and has been structured to give you the most flexible training available. Tutorial books are issued so that you can work at your own pace. Forget classroom environments where everyone needs to be on the same page, as you will be able to go through the exercises until you are confident in your abilities.
In addition to this course we can deliver bespoke training to specifically cover aspects of CAD such as 2D design, 3D design, refresher courses and beginners courses. These can be tailored to suit the needs of our delegates or to achieve a specified goal upon completion.
Our training approach focuses on small groups led by friendly trainers, ensuring a non-judgemental and comfortable environment where everyone feels supported.
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Some of our courses can be delivered online with a live trainer. Checkout our guidance on online learning.
If you have any questions regarding our training courses then please feel free to call us on 01656 737349 from Monday to Thursday from 9:00am to 4:00pm. Or complete the contact form.
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