Overview
AutoCAD II builds on your foundational skills and prepares you to produce accurate, efficient, and professional 2D drawings using Autodesk® AutoCAD® 2026. This intermediate SAIT Micro-credential course expands your technical abilities with tools, workflows, and industry-standard practices that improve productivity, drawing organization, and output quality.
In this course, you’ll explore techniques for creating and managing increasingly complex drawings. You'll customize your workspace, apply precise positioning methods, use parametric constraints, and organize drawings using blocks, templates, and layers. You'll also learn advanced layout, plotting, and external reference techniques that support professional documentation and collaborative design workflows.
Delivered online in a self-paced format, the course combines practical exercises, applied assignments, and a portfolio project that reinforces drafting accuracy, efficiency, and design intent. Throughout the course, you'll receive instructor feedback and support as you refine your technical skills and work through real-world drafting challenges.
By the end of the course, you'll be prepared to create and manage complex 2D drawings, apply industry-standard drafting practices, and produce professional-quality documentation for design and production environments. These intermediate AutoCAD skills can support further advanced study or help you contribute to drafting, design, and technical documentation projects across architecture, engineering, and manufacturing settings.
This course is ideal if you:
- want to advance from beginner to intermediate-level AutoCAD proficiency
- work in or plan to enter fields such as architecture, engineering, or manufacturing
- are a designer or drafter who needs to apply industry-standard practices to improve accuracy and workflow
- seek practical AutoCAD experience to support project collaboration or technical documentation.
You must complete CADD 112 AutoCAD I before registering for this course.
Upon successful completion of this course, you'll be able to:
- use the AutoCAD workspace to improve drafting time and drawing production
- accurately position objects using coordinates, tracking, construction lines, and reference points
- create and modify parametric constraints to control the relationship between objects in your drawings
- use, edit, and add blocks to a palette to employ symbols within a drawing
- create templates, layers, and layouts to maintain standards when producing a drawing
- create advanced layouts for plotting and print production using named views and multiple viewports, adding layer overrides, and modifying annotative scales to manipulate layouts in paper space
- open, attach, and work effectively with reference files to share information between drawings within a project
- create a 2D Isometric Drawing.
To request a course outline, contact ConEdAdvising@sait.ca.
Individuals with AutoCAD training and industry experience can take exams through Autodesk to become a Autodesk Certified User (ACU) or Autodesk Certified Professional (ACP) in AutoCAD. The SAIT AutoCAD certificate program will help you build relevant skills and experience that support preparation for these certifications. Learn more about Autodesk certification.
Upcoming dates
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Registration closes seven days before the start date for on-campus, online scheduled, and blended courses, and one day before the start date for online self-paced courses.
After you've completed this course
Upon successful completion of this course, you'll be able to self-print a proof of completion document from your Continuing Education student account.
Micro-credential
SAIT Micro-credentials develop practical skills aligned to current industry standards and include competency-based testing. Earning a SAIT Technical Skills Micro-credential demonstrates to employers that you have the required competencies — combining knowledge, skills and abilities — to get the job done. Learn more.
Students who complete this course with a final grade of A- (80%) or higher will earn the Micro-credential and receive a shareable digital badge that validates their achievement.
Costs
Textbook and reading list
Included in the purchase of this course, you'll receive:
- Access to online course content in Brightspace (D2L)
- Free access to Autodesk®AutoCAD® 2026 software using Autodesk’s Educational Plan. Software download instructions will be provided in the D2L shell.
The following textbook is required and can be purchased from the SAIT Bookstore website:
- AutoCAD 2026 Tutorial First Level 2D Fundamentals by Luke Jumper and Randy H. Shih, SDC Publications, 2025.
Note: Make sure the book you purchase matches the AutoCAD version used in your course section. The SAIT Bookstore carries the current and most recent previous versions.
Technology
To be successful in this course, you’ll need:
- Access to your own Windows-based computer or laptop that meets system requirements for AutoCAD 2026 and standard hardware/software requirements to use D2L
- Internet access.
Financial support
Financial opportunities are available to help pay for your course fees. Learn more about how to reduce your education or training costs with available awards, bursaries, loans and grants, including the Canada Alberta Productivity Grant.
Applicable certificates
This course applies to the following certificate programs:
- Certification type
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Certificate of Completion
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