This is hands down the best MAC AutoCad tutorial I've come across. I took a full university course on AutoCad at a prominent design academy and imagine my disappointment when the entire series of content was catered to Windows w/o the disclosure prior to signing up for the course. I learned more in the first 18 minutes of this video than the entire semester long course. I will definitely go through the entire series of videos and have signed up for the Patreon account. Thanks so much Jay!
Hello Angela - Thank you very much for the compliment! I am very happy to hear this video is helping you with your Autocad Mac studies :) Thank you for joining me on Patreon as well! I hope you find the additional resources I shared there helpful :)
I'm using your videos to self train and this specific one is perfect for learning with no experience. I just keep rewatching each section as I recreate your drawing and I'm about to start adding furniture. I'm super happy since I've been needing to do this for soooo long. Thank you!!
I am not only a beginner on AutoCAD, I bought my first Mac just for this purpose So, I am new to both. I needed to get started quickly for a specific project I need to complete as soon as possible. This is a huge undertaking for me, especially since I am not terribly computer-savvy. I found this tutorial and thought it might help me learn AutoCAD for Mac, particularly for my project. I thought it might also ease me into the Mac world. I played your tutorial on my HP and set up the Mac next to it. I practiced segments of the tutorial on the Mac as I worked my way through the tutorial on the HP. It took me several days to work through the whole tutorial. Naturally, I will have to return to it as I work on my project, but think it is going to be a great reference. Searching for a good tutorial for my needs, I test-viewed quite a few others. Nothing else compared. I really want to thank you. This tutorial was perfect for my needs.
Robert, I didn't get the chance earlier to thank you for your words - I appreciate you and I hope you are doing wonderful in life at this point - happy new year!
Just purchased AutoCad LT 2024 for Mac. Brand new user with zero experience. Spent the last two days with this tutorial and found everything I need to get me started. Thanks so much for this. Can't tell you how much I appreciate you.
Hey Rob! You made my day man, thank you for your kind words and wish you the best in your CAD journey - feel free to comment, reach out for any questions Cheers, Jay
I just wanna say I'm 2nd year at the moment and the way you teach is so concise and really easy to grasp what you are teaching. We were rushed through cad in our first semester only learning certain tools and this tutorial is the best I have come across on the internet. Definitely subscribing and recommending. Maybe a revit course in the future?
The last CAD I used was 2018 on Windows, with the rest of my time in Revit, but now I feel I can do this on Mac as well. This is a great refresher course. Thanks so much!
This is a fantastic tutorial, Jay!! Thank you so much for sharing. Will you do a detailed/tutorial video on creating and using attributes in Title Blocks?
Hi Erika Thank you so much! I am planning on doing that just haven’t had the chance to make new tutorials this time of the year Hopefully early next year All the best, Jay
Hi Jay, I loved your tutorials. Very helpful! I just don't know how to get the blocks and the other standard layers, text, etc. Can you send the download links again?
Thank you very much Jay Cad for an excellent work and a brilliant presentation, please you said the items in you design centre will be available for download and ready to use on our work, How can I get it for use, I can’t get its link.
Good tutorial but while i follow this tutorial I found many missing things in resources you provided to download (e.g. dynamic bed) that is not actually working.
Thank you. Im an old ArchitecPC user and now its not available so stepping up.Ive recently downloaded the Autocad LT Trial version for Imac and I'm trying to decide whether this is the software for me. I'm curious to know whether Autocad LT can create elevations and sections directly from the plan? Or is this a 3D feature which doesn't exist in Autocad LT. Again . Thankyou for the great tutorial.
Hi David! Took a while to get back to you but to answer you: * Correct, creating elevations and sections directly from the plan is a 3D feature - we use Revit to do exactly that . * Revit is also an Autodesk software but does not have a Mac version unfortunately, only Windows Pcs are supported. * Note that Autocad LT has no 3D features, only 2D commands I hope this all helps and glad the tutorial was helpful!
Hi, thank you for the tutorials! Could you point me towards the Layer Styles - The JC Layers Basic file. Is that part of this free tutorial? Couldn't locate.
Any idea why my inches are not working, when I want to use the foot with inches tells me that is wrong with a red square, I ALREADY Have it on units on architectural, but I don't know what else can do helpmee please!!
Hi Jay CAD. Im struggling to locate manage libraries but my drop box is not the same yours. I only have Documents, sample libraries and browse block libraries. I was wondering if there was a way to change this so I could get the manage libraries. many thanks India
Really wish there was a windows version of this video. I know the concepts are the same but for a true beginner id much rather just have the windows tutorial without the stupid mac differences.
Is there a way to see what the original floor plan units of measurement was drawn with? I have made so many changes regarding units of meansurement, scale, dimensions, etc that I cannot figure out how to fix my floor plan. It needs to be 50' x 40'. Is there a tool like in Solidworks that dimensioning can force a scale back into dimensions?
Thank you for your concise tutorial, it is really helpful. I am facing a problem when I complete the print and save as a PDF, the doors & windows are not visible despite the layers being there. Would you be able to assist with that? Thank you.
Hi, great tutorial, so in Vectorworks, they have design layers which is the model space in Autocad, but does Autocad have a function that you can draw on top of the previous drawing like a tracing paper? Because in Vectorworks you just create a new design layer and you can freeze the first one so it won't get ruined, like in photoshop.
Hi Warina So the Model space in Autocad is essentially the drawing area where you draw everything related to your project. Autocad does have a layer function where you can organize your drawing object per layer then be able to freeze some of them or lock or hide. Exactly like Photoshop & I am guessing like Vectorworks 👍🏽 I hope this helps!
Hey there - Unfortunately, I don't think there is a way to dock the ribbons to the top instead of the side - The Windows version of AutoCAD gives more flexibility for arranging & customizing the interface
I am using AutoCad version 19 Mac. Have a problem suddenly. I cant "save as" by saving an existing drawing with a different file name. How do I pay you for your help?
Hi Joe Sorry for the delayed reply - I hope you already got to resolve the problem If not, kindly contact me at info@jaycad.com and provide me with your contact information and we can hop on a phone call to figure out how I can potentially assist you Cheers
At 5:55 minute, you explain about polyline and the length to enter in it. After doing what all you said, I'm not able to draw a line by entering the units i.e 31'. It used to work before . But not working now. Do you have any suggestions?
Hi Ram! You need to set the units in the UNITS window to Architectural or Engineering - that way, Autocad will understand the inch & foot symbol. You can access the UNITS window by typing “U+N+Return” I hope this helps!
At 1:05:23 you are taking about dimensioning. I opened your dimensioning styles and applied JC-192 to my 50' x 40' drawing, but now it says 85'-9 1/4" for the 50' side. How do I change it back to 50' with bigger font size?
@@graceseamon793 hi Grace - there's a good chance that these layers are frozen in the layout - let me know if that helps you with the problem and sorry for the delay
Not very far into the video yet and do not know how to use autocad. I am on windows and he said in the description the tutorial is the same for windows. The very first thing he does in the video is load some template that only gets prompted when on mac......
Thank you very much! - Sure thing, here's the download link for the standard text styles: gumroad.com/l/TYskl - Here's the download link for the standard dimensions styles: gumroad.com/l/YWBZLX - Using both links, if you go all the way to the bottom of the page, type "0" where it says "Name A Fair Price", and then click on the button that says "I Want This" - Let me know if that doesn't work :)
Hi Shridevi, - I wrote a blog post about standard layers for interior designers & architects on Jay Cad website: www.jaycad.com/post/autocad-layers-standard-layers-settings - You will find the proper settings as well in the post. I hope this helps!
Here's our Autocad for Mac tutorials playlist:
ua-cam.com/play/PLkRa_lfE2jnuXruLVUI8y_P3TrJwIG7Yk.html
This is hands down the best MAC AutoCad tutorial I've come across. I took a full university course on AutoCad at a prominent design academy and imagine my disappointment when the entire series of content was catered to Windows w/o the disclosure prior to signing up for the course. I learned more in the first 18 minutes of this video than the entire semester long course. I will definitely go through the entire series of videos and have signed up for the Patreon account. Thanks so much Jay!
Hello Angela - Thank you very much for the compliment! I am very happy to hear this video is helping you with your Autocad Mac studies :)
Thank you for joining me on Patreon as well! I hope you find the additional resources I shared there helpful :)
I'm using your videos to self train and this specific one is perfect for learning with no experience. I just keep rewatching each section as I recreate your drawing and I'm about to start adding furniture. I'm super happy since I've been needing to do this for soooo long. Thank you!!
Hi Lucy - sorry for the delayed response but I am very happy to hear that the videos are really helping you! Best of luck with your studies :)
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I am not only a beginner on AutoCAD, I bought my first Mac just for this purpose So, I am new to both. I needed to get started quickly for a specific project I need to complete as soon as possible. This is a huge undertaking for me, especially since I am not terribly computer-savvy. I found this tutorial and thought it might help me learn AutoCAD for Mac, particularly for my project. I thought it might also ease me into the Mac world. I played your tutorial on my HP and set up the Mac next to it. I practiced segments of the tutorial on the Mac as I worked my way through the tutorial on the HP. It took me several days to work through the whole tutorial. Naturally, I will have to return to it as I work on my project, but think it is going to be a great reference. Searching for a good tutorial for my needs, I test-viewed quite a few others. Nothing else compared. I really want to thank you. This tutorial was perfect for my needs.
Robert, I didn't get the chance earlier to thank you for your words - I appreciate you and I hope you are doing wonderful in life at this point - happy new year!
Just purchased AutoCad LT 2024 for Mac. Brand new user with zero experience. Spent the last two days with this tutorial and found everything I need to get me started. Thanks so much for this. Can't tell you how much I appreciate you.
Hey Rob! You made my day man, thank you for your kind words and wish you the best in your CAD journey - feel free to comment, reach out for any questions
Cheers,
Jay
I just wanna say I'm 2nd year at the moment and the way you teach is so concise and really easy to grasp what you are teaching. We were rushed through cad in our first semester only learning certain tools and this tutorial is the best I have come across on the internet. Definitely subscribing and recommending. Maybe a revit course in the future?
Its been very busy on our end and i was hoping to release a Revit course but still didn’t get the chance 🙏
The last CAD I used was 2018 on Windows, with the rest of my time in Revit, but now I feel I can do this on Mac as well. This is a great refresher course. Thanks so much!
You are most welcome! I just started releasing fresh videos using Autocad 2023 - Cheers
Best Autocad tutorial! this was really helpful!
What a great job! Exactly what I was searching for! Now AutoCad doesn't look so complicated as I imagined and was afraid of, thank you a lot!
Very happy to hear! Glad it helped
Cheers
Jay
the best tutorial till now i have come up with
Best Autocad video! It was very easy to follow once I figured out the commands.
this was very helpful! thanks
I know tNice tutorials is an old video but I’m new and thank god I finally found you . Thank you for such an amazing and helpful video ❤️
I am very happy to hear that!
Crazy Teaching Skills ...
Thanks Soheb!
Thanks for making this tutorial. Very helpful. Also I like to mention that your explanations are very detail and easy to understand.
Thank you Miguel for your words!
Thankyou so much you have a very good pace and teaching style
I am glad to hear! Thank you :)
Your tutorial is very informative. You have a great way of explaining things, thank you.
Very happy to hear 🙏🔥
Great tutorial! Thank you so much. Very helpful.
Thank you very much sir!
It’s really perfect and a very useful information we learned much.
thank you so much! this was really helpful!
EXCELLENT VIDEO, I'VE LEARNED A LOT
Perfect video, really helpful. Could you please make a video and explain more about modifying dimension style on AutoCad2025, thanks.
This is very helpful, thanks!
Thank you very much. I am learning more...
perfect video to learn autocad
Thank you, perfect video for beginners!
Excellent teacher! Thanks for sharing your knowledge Sir.
This is a fantastic tutorial, Jay!! Thank you so much for sharing. Will you do a detailed/tutorial video on creating and using attributes in Title Blocks?
Hi Erika
Thank you so much! I am planning on doing that just haven’t had the chance to make new tutorials this time of the year
Hopefully early next year
All the best,
Jay
Hi Jay, I loved your tutorials. Very helpful! I just don't know how to get the blocks and the other standard layers, text, etc. Can you send the download links again?
Glad to hear! please visit: store.jaycad.com
Long overdue!
nice work!
Thank you Shaher! :)
Thank you very much Jay Cad for an excellent work and a brilliant presentation, please you said the items in you design centre will be available for download and ready to use on our work, How can I get it for use, I can’t get its link.
this is so helpful! thank you
I found IT! Gracias !
Glad you did!
Enjoyable and informative video.
Glad to hear!
good
thank you！
Good tutorial but while i follow this tutorial I found many missing things in resources you provided to download (e.g. dynamic bed) that is not actually working.
Thank you. Im an old ArchitecPC user and now its not available so stepping up.Ive recently downloaded the Autocad LT Trial version for Imac and I'm trying to decide whether this is the software for me. I'm curious to know whether Autocad LT can create elevations and sections directly from the plan? Or is this a 3D feature which doesn't exist in Autocad LT. Again . Thankyou for the great tutorial.
Hi David! Took a while to get back to you but to answer you:
* Correct, creating elevations and sections directly from the plan is a 3D feature - we use Revit to do exactly that .
* Revit is also an Autodesk software but does not have a Mac version unfortunately, only Windows Pcs are supported.
* Note that Autocad LT has no 3D features, only 2D commands
I hope this all helps and glad the tutorial was helpful!
Thank youu!
I hope it was helpful 🙏🏽
Thank you thank you thank you!!!!
Hi, thank you for the tutorials! Could you point me towards the Layer Styles - The JC Layers Basic file. Is that part of this free tutorial? Couldn't locate.
great job, you are the best
I am humbled - thank you
Is there a way the names of the tools can show when u hover over them please, it seems as though it only does this in the windows version
Any idea why my inches are not working, when I want to use the foot with inches tells me that is wrong with a red square, I ALREADY Have it on units on architectural, but I don't know what else can do helpmee please!!
Hi Jay CAD.
Im struggling to locate manage libraries but my drop box is not the same yours. I only have Documents, sample libraries and browse block libraries. I was wondering if there was a way to change this so I could get the manage libraries.
many thanks
India
Would love to help! What version of Autocad are you using? is it Mac or Windows?
Hi . I am trying to insert a block from your file but the scale doesn’t fit. How to fix that?
Hi so I just purchased your template and was wondering how I save it into my files as a template rather than just any other file?
Really wish there was a windows version of this video. I know the concepts are the same but for a true beginner id much rather just have the windows tutorial without the stupid mac differences.
Is there a way to see what the original floor plan units of measurement was drawn with? I have made so many changes regarding units of meansurement, scale, dimensions, etc that I cannot figure out how to fix my floor plan. It needs to be 50' x 40'. Is there a tool like in Solidworks that dimensioning can force a scale back into dimensions?
Thank you for your concise tutorial, it is really helpful. I am facing a problem when I complete the print and save as a PDF, the doors & windows are not visible despite the layers being there. Would you be able to assist with that? Thank you.
A little too late to respond but hopefully all good!
I'm working in auto cad 2017 and can't find this block library you used for the door. Any help finding it would be great. TY
Tendrá el video sin las letras abajo . Distraen . Un link ?
thanks for reaching out, can you kindly write the question again? I wasn't successful in translating it - Cheers
Hey Jay. Great tutorial! Can you send the link for the furniture blocks you mentioned?
Hi Heathers! Long overdue but here's the link in case you still need it:
store.jaycad.com/product/free-autocad-blocks-collection-imperial-units/
how do you only select one line? when i use the blue square thingy over a line nothing happens. do you have a help line?
when I insert the door from the autocad library the size came huuuge, how can I fix this?
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Wonderful tutorial! Just wondering, are the free download links free or do is there a $2 fee? Just trying to figure out the platform. Thanks!
Hi Jenelle - if you type 0, you’ll be able to get the ones marked for free 👍🏽
Sorry for the confusion
What is a good large printer for plans?
i have autocad for mac 2023, but i realized that Multiline Style doesn’t exist on mac, what do you do to deal with this problem?
i actually don't know what is a multiline style - can you show me an example?
Hi, great tutorial, so in Vectorworks, they have design layers which is the model space in Autocad, but does Autocad have a function that you can draw on top of the previous drawing like a tracing paper? Because in Vectorworks you just create a new design layer and you can freeze the first one so it won't get ruined, like in photoshop.
Hi Warina
So the Model space in Autocad is essentially the drawing area where you draw everything related to your project.
Autocad does have a layer function where you can organize your drawing object per layer then be able to freeze some of them or lock or hide.
Exactly like Photoshop & I am guessing like Vectorworks 👍🏽
I hope this helps!
Can anyone tell me how to access the other block shown in this video. My block library only has imperial
Happy to help! The links in the description to download
Let me know
Cheers
Jay
Can we move the ribbons to the top instead of the side?
Hey there - Unfortunately, I don't think there is a way to dock the ribbons to the top instead of the side - The Windows version of AutoCAD gives more flexibility for arranging & customizing the interface
Hey...what can I do if I dont have format menu on my ribbon.yes am using 2021 version. From South Africa
Give Ableton a try. IMO its more intuitive.
What is that?
XREF ONE MORE FILE HOW I CAN PATH CHANGE EXA,PLE RELATIVE PATH
hlw sir im not able to get any thing from ur description links plz tell me how to do it
I will double check the links right now
My floor plan in the layout tab is super tiny. How can I fix it?!
I am using AutoCad version 19 Mac. Have a problem suddenly. I cant "save as" by saving an existing drawing with a different file name. How do I pay you for your help?
Hi Joe
Sorry for the delayed reply - I hope you already got to resolve the problem
If not, kindly contact me at info@jaycad.com and provide me with your contact information and we can hop on a phone call to figure out how I can potentially assist you
Cheers
For some reason I can't make a line based on the measurements I type in. AutoCAD will just make it the length of wherever I clicked - can anyone help?
Hi Martine
You will need to click “Enter” or “Space” when typing measurements instead of clicking with the mouse - let me know if that doesn’t help
@@JayCad still having problem
😪even after clicking enter or space
After pulling the sorted line and typing my dimension in mm the solid white like does not pop up to the typesd in length.
Please help
Figured it out.
Thank you anyways
At 5:55 minute, you explain about polyline and the length to enter in it. After doing what all you said, I'm not able to draw a line by entering the units i.e 31'. It used to work before . But not working now. Do you have any suggestions?
Hi Ram! You need to set the units in the UNITS window to Architectural or Engineering - that way, Autocad will understand the inch & foot symbol.
You can access the UNITS window by typing “U+N+Return”
I hope this helps!
Will it work on mm if I download your blocks?
At 1:05:23 you are taking about dimensioning. I opened your dimensioning styles and applied JC-192 to my 50' x 40' drawing, but now it says 85'-9 1/4" for the 50' side. How do I change it back to 50' with bigger font size?
Hi Chris - long overdue, I hope you were able to resolve it - cheers
Why won’t my lines/poly lines (doors and walls) show up in the layout section?
Hi there! Do you see it in the model space?
Yes! It’s in the model space.
@@graceseamon793 hi Grace - there's a good chance that these layers are frozen in the layout - let me know if that helps you with the problem and sorry for the delay
Not very far into the video yet and do not know how to use autocad. I am on windows and he said in the description the tutorial is the same for windows. The very first thing he does in the video is load some template that only gets prompted when on mac......
the files you give out for free, for example blocks, dim etc., do not work to open in autocad
Which version you have?
Hi sir ,your training is awesome, you have given std dim style, std texts etc, I am not able to copy or download it. please help me on this
Thank you very much!
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Sure thing, here's the download link for the standard text styles:
gumroad.com/l/TYskl
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Here's the download link for the standard dimensions styles:
gumroad.com/l/YWBZLX
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Using both links, if you go all the way to the bottom of the page, type "0" where it says "Name A Fair Price", and then click on the button that says "I Want This"
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Let me know if that doesn't work :)
sorry not getting exactly
I feel like there is gonna be a r/whoosh joke here
was there?
can you give me std layers of ID
Hi Shridevi,
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I wrote a blog post about standard layers for interior designers & architects on Jay Cad website:
www.jaycad.com/post/autocad-layers-standard-layers-settings
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You will find the proper settings as well in the post.
I hope this helps!
''THIS PAGE DOESN'T SEEM TO EXIST.'' PLEASE HOW CAN I GET Standard Layers Settings.
Hello Idris,
Please see the updated link below, this one should work.
Best regards!
jaycad.com/autocad-layers-guide/
where are blocks?
Hey there, you can find everything I mentioned in the video description
Lesson learned, dont use the scale tool and resize a floor plan by just dragging with the trackpad. Doh.