AutoCAD Facilities Management: Returning to the Workplace

1h 45mBeginner2021-12-06

Authors

Shaun Bryant

Autodesk Certified Instructor in both AutoCAD and Revit Architecture

Course details

Returning to work after the pandemic presents a host of complex challenges. How do you stay safe on the job? How do you rearrange your workplace to accommodate sanitization and routine cleaning? In this course, instructor Shaun Bryant provides critical insights into how AutoCAD can be a tool to help you and your colleagues return to work safely.

Discover how to redevelop your workplace, using AutoCAD to revise your floor plans and facilities management drawings and layouts. Learn more about how to keep you and your colleagues healthy by reducing workplace capacity, increasing distancing, hybridizing your boardroom, and repurposing your spaces and air. Returning to work after the pandemic requires careful planning and consideration. Shaun gives you tips on how to use AutoCAD to redesign your post-COVID workspace in the interest of safety and public health.

Skills covered

Construction ManagementAutoCAD2D Drafting and DrawingBIMAutodesk3D ModelingVisualization and Real-TimeAECProduct and ManufacturingAnimation and IllustrationDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Returning to the workplace
02 - Develop your workplace for the post-COVID return to work
03 - Working with your workforce
04 - What you should know
05 - Using the exercise files
06 - The new AutoCAD interface
07 - The AutoCAD web and mobile apps

1. Changing Your Spaces Post-COVID

08 - The typical CAD floor plan before COVID
09 - The typical CAD floor plan after COVID
10 - Utilizing AutoCAD blocks to your advantage
11 - Repurposing your workplace areas for staff to use

2. Using AutoCAD to Your Advantage

12 - Revising your space for your staff to remain healthy
13 - Increasing distancing in the workplace with AutoCAD
14 - Reducing your room capacities in AutoCAD
15 - Managing your post-COVID space and capacity
16 - Working with a hybrid environment in the boardroom

3. Re-purposing Your Spaces and Your Air

17 - Reutilizing outdoor spaces at work to encourage fresh air
18 - Leveraging your HVAC systems
19 - Maintaining a good balance in the workplace

4. Converting Your Space to Suit Your Needs

20 - Defining your room areas
21 - Developing working spaces
22 - There is no one size fits all, so develop what you need
23 - Listen to your staff about what they need

5. Working with AutoCAD Apps

24 - Saving to web and mobile folders
25 - Utilizing AutoCAD web
26 - Making changes with traces
27 - Implementing the workplace changes
28 - Using the Autodesk Viewer for collaboration

Conclusion

29 - What are your next steps