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Autodesk Certified Professional in AutoCAD for Design and Drafting

Professional certification recognizing proficiency in AutoCAD design and drafting skills.

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Autodesk Certified Professional in AutoCAD for Design and Drafting
Age
Candidates attest to meeting minimum age requirements; a parent or guardian agrees on behalf of a candidate below the applicable age of majority. The agreement excerpt supplies no numerical minimum.
Application
Complete the candidate application and accept the candidate agreement and program policies; schedule and pay using an Autodesk Account.
Award
Pass the named AutoCAD Professional examination; the issued credential is valid for three years. This credential duration does not establish an examination retirement date.
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Delivery
Choose an available Pearson testing-center appointment or an online Pearson OnVUE appointment; identity verification and proctoring apply. Online candidates must satisfy the linked system and testing-environment requirements. Appointment availability during the requested horizon is individual and has not been booked or guaranteed.
Preparation
The objectives describe typically at least two years of regular AutoCAD use, approximately 400 hours minimum to 1,200 hours recommended, and expected prior drafting, interface, navigation, references, drawing management, geometry, precision, annotation, organization, collaboration and output skills. This typical-experience wording is retained rather than converted into an independently enforced training-course or earlier-certification requirement.

Autodesk Certified Professional in AutoCAD for Design and Drafting

Provider
Pearson VUE
Format
English selected-response examination; no access to AutoCAD software; proctored at a Pearson testing center or online through OnVUE.
Exam questions
Total questions: 45–60.
Examination outline
  • Application and drawing management (22%)
    • Create and manage layers
    • Manage user coordinate systems
    • Query and manage drawing object properties
    • Manage the application environment
    • Maintain and manage drawing health
  • Design annotation and detailing (20%)
    • Create and apply annotation styles
    • Apply annotative scaling to design content
    • Add annotations to designs
  • Author and edit drawing content (29%)
    • Reuse and leverage existing design content
    • Create and edit geometry
    • Edit geometry with grips and multifunctional grips
    • Draw and edit with precision
  • Configure and manage design output (16%)
    • Configure production drawing output
    • Plot and/or publish production drawing output
    • Use the Sheet Set Manager
  • Collaboration (13%)
    • Provide design feedback
    • Manage references and underlays
    • Incorporate external design data into project drawings
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