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CAD Masters Training Classes

Elevate your skills and unlock new levels of design potential with our comprehensive suite of 30+ Autodesk training courses. Taught by industry-leading experts and award-winning designers, our immersive curriculum covers the full Autodesk ecosystem – from AutoCAD, Revit, Civil 3D fundamentals to advanced and specialized topics. Whether you learn in-person at our state-of-the-art Autodesk Authorized Training Centers in the Bay Area & Sacramento or join us virtually from anywhere in the world, you’ll benefit from hands-on instruction, personalized guidance, and access to the latest design technologies. Our cutting-edge training facilities are outfitted with top-of-the-line workstations, ensuring you have the tools and resources you need to thrive. Invest in your professional development and take your Autodesk expertise to new heights. Explore our course offerings and enroll today!

AutoCAD Training

From beginner lessons to advanced workshops, our comprehensive AutoCAD curriculum is designed to help you unlock new levels of productivity and design prowess.
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Civil 3D Training

Whether you're new to Civil 3D or looking to sharpen your expertise in specific topics, our hands-on workshops will empower you to design world-class civil engineering projects.
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Revit & BIM Training

From BIM fundamentals to advanced Revit workflows, our comprehensive curriculum will empower you to bring your projects to life through cutting-edge BIM techniques.
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AutoCAD-Based Training Courses

AutoCAD Level 1

3-Day Training: $1050 offered from 9am to 5pm

This introductory course is recommended for new users of all AutoCAD based products. Course emphasizes fundamental 2-D drafting skills.

Topics include: Drawing setup, units and scale, object creation and editing functions, display and zoom functions, advanced drawing functions including 2D and 3D polylines, layer creation and management, text, dimensions, accuracy issues including object snaps, blocks, dimensioning, the Cartesian coordinate system, relative coordinates, coordinate precision, and more. Through lecture and hands-on exercises, our instructors will help you develop the necessary skills for efficient and accurate drafting.

Prerequisite: None.

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AutoCAD Level 2

2-Day Training: $700 offered from 9am to 5pm

This course is recommended for users who have completed AutoCAD Level I and for existing users who wish to improve their AutoCAD skills. Course emphasizes plotting and managing drawings. Learn the commands that all experienced AutoCAD users should know and understand.

Topics include: External references, drawing file management, paper space, page setups, plotting, publishing, PDFs, DWFs, raster images, tables, text from Microsoft Word, line types, annotative objects, fields, design center, data extraction, and etransmit.

Prerequisite: AutoCAD Level I or instructor’s consent.

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AutoCAD Level 3

1-Day Training: $350 offered from 9am to 5pm

This class is regularly scheduled as an online-only class. You can take this class in person by filling out a Custom Training Request Form. 

This course is a must for advanced users who have taken AutoCAD level I and II. Realize the full potential of AutoCAD as you learn the ins and outs.

Topics include: the CUI, options, profiles, customizing toolbars, menus, keyboard shortcuts, and tool palettes. Sheet Set Manager – templates, fields, page setups, view blocks, callout blocks. Dynamic Blocks – block editor, parameters, actions, creation and constraints.

Prerequisite: AutoCAD Level I and AutoCAD Level II or instructor’s consent.

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AutoCAD 3D Modeling

1-Day Training: $350 offered from 9am to 5pm

This class is regularly scheduled as an online-only class. You can take this class in person by filling out a Custom Training Request Form. 

Learning to create beautiful 3D drawings is deceptively simple and quickly becomes much more complicated than simple 2D drafting. Learn about 3D navigation, solid models, cutting sections, visual styles, lighting, materials and rendered scenes.

Topics include: 3D navigation, solid models, cutting sections, visual styles, lighting, materials and rendered scenes.

Prerequisite: AutoCAD Level I or instructor’s consent.

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Bluebeam Revu

1/2-Day Training: $175 offered from 9am to 12:30pm

This class is regularly scheduled as an online-only class. You can take this class in person by filling out a Custom Training Request Form. 

This course is recommended for drafters, designers, engineers and managers that are new or inexperienced in Bluebeam Review.

Learn the essential workflow from receiving PDF documents to creating a cohesive deliverable complete with markups and metadata. Our course emphasizes hands-on practice, allowing you to collaborate with team members in real-time and share notes seamlessly within the PDF.

Through interactive sessions and expert guidance, you’ll gain a deep understanding of how to leverage Bluebeam Revu to enhance your productivity and streamline your document management processes; whether you’re working on design review, project coordination, or document collaboration.

Topics include: PDF Tools (combining documents, page labels, and naming sheets), Interface, Navigate, Selection, Markup Tools, Measurements, Collaborative Review, Publishing, and Signing Documents

Prerequisites: None.

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Infrastructure Design & Civil 3D Training Courses

Civil 3D Introduction

3-Day Training: $1200 offered from 9am to 5pm

This course is recommended for drafters, designers, surveyors and engineers that are new to Civil 3D. Course emphasizes the basic civil engineering tools within Civil 3D. Topics NOT covered in this course include: AutoCAD Level I, II, & Map 3D.

Topics include: Project Management, Toolspace, Styles, Points, Sites, Parcels, Labeling, Surface Creation, Intro to Alignment Design and Profile Design, Basic Corridor Modeling, Cross Sections, Fundamental Grading and Simple Volume Calculations.

Learn the Civil 3D environment including style based objects, design constraints and defaults, and reactive dynamic design. Develop a comfort level working in Civil 3D. Learn to manipulate and understand the new dynamic design objects for better control, faster design iterations, and a more accurate model. Learn to work effectively in Civil 3D across multiple drawings in a team project environment.

Prerequisites: AutoCAD Level I & II or instructor’s consent. Familiarity with the surveying and civil engineering disciplines.

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Civil 3D Advanced

3-Day Training: $1350 offered from 9am to 5pm

Civil 3D Advanced is recommended for engineers and designers. Course emphasizes site, corridor and pipe design. This course does not cover the Civil Design Companion plug-in for Land Desktop.

Topics include: Project Management, understanding and manipulating styles, smart labeling, sites, advanced alignment creation, editing and labeling tools. Advanced Profile creation, labeling and editing tools, profile design, various profile views, superimposed profiles and sheet creation tools. Corridor assemblies and subassemblies, corridor creation, corridor surfaces, vertical and horizontal transitioning, intersection tools, volume computations, advanced section creation, labeling and editing. Grading tools including feature lines, daylighting, proposed surface creation, volume computation, and volume balancing techniques. Pipe design tools including calculations, drafting in plan and profile, and labeling. Also covered will be methods and theory of working effectively with and between Land Desktop and Civil Design.

Prerequisite: AutoCAD Level I & II, and Civil 3D Level I, or instructor’s consent. Familiarity with civil engineering discipline.

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Civil 3D Advanced Corridor Modeling

1-day training: $450 offered from 9am to 5pm

This course is recommended for engineers and designers who would like to know how to build more complex corridors. Course covers advanced features of corridor design.

Topics include: Data shortcut review, alignments, offset alignments, superimposing profiles, assemblies, creating the basic corridor, adding baselines and regions, intersections, cul-de-sacs, corridor top and datum surfaces, super elevation, section editor, parameter editor, plan and production tools, sections, cut/fill volumes, volume of materials.

Prerequisite: AutoCAD Level I & II, and Civil 3D Introduction, or instructor’s consent. Familiarity with civil engineering discipline.

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Civil 3D Advanced Grading

1-day training: $450 offered from 9am to 5pm

This course is recommended for engineers who would like to learn all the tools and tricks to grading with Civil 3D. Course covers advanced features of grading, and examples go into more detail about creating finished grade models.

Topics include: Grading tools including sites, feature lines, customization to quickly access feature line editing commands, practical applications of all feature line editing commands, creating feature lines from profiles, grading criteria sets, slope patterns, proposed surface creation, volume computation, and volume balancing techniques.

Prerequisites: AutoCAD Level I & II, and Civil 3D Level I, or instructor’s consent. Familiarity with civil engineering discipline.

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Civil 3D Advanced Pipe Modeling & Analysis

1-day training: $450 offered from 9am to 5pm

This course is recommended for engineers who would like to learn how to use Civil 3D for pipe modeling and Storm Sewers (Hydraflow) to analyze the design.

Topics include: In this course, we will cover how to model pipe and pressure networks in Civil 3D. We will model networks in plan and profile view, then add labels to our networks. Next we will show how to export the pipe network to Storm Sewers (Hydraflow) to analyze the flow in each pipe. We will also give a brief overview of how to use Storm and Sanitary Analysis.

Prerequisite: AutoCAD Level I & II, and Civil 3D Introduction, or instructor’s consent. Familiarity with civil engineering discipline.

Topics include: Grading tools including sites, feature lines, customization to quickly access feature line editing commands, practical applications of all feature line editing commands, creating feature lines from profiles, grading criteria sets, slope patterns, proposed surface creation, volume computation, and volume balancing techniques.

Prerequisites: AutoCAD Level I & II, and Civil 3D Level I, or instructor’s consent. Familiarity with civil engineering discipline.

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Storm & Sanitary Sewer Analysis

1-day training: $450 offered from 9am to 5pm

This class is regularly scheduled as an online-only class. You can take this class in person by filling out a Custom Training Request Form. 

This course is recommended for engineers to supplement to the 2-day advanced course to learn how to use Civil 3D for pipe modeling, Storm and Sanitary Analysis and Hydraflow Storm Sewers to analyze the design. This course will cover setup and layout of Civil 3D pipe networks/Catchments to export to Hydraflow Storm Sewers and Storm and Sanitary Analysis to analyze the pipe network. This course will focus on Hydrology and Hydraulics within the Storm and Sanitary Analysis. The course will also cover using the Hydraflow Express for quick calculations of isolated hydraulic and hydrological problems.

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Autodesk Vehicle Tracking

1-Day training: $400 offered from 9am to 5pm

This class is regularly scheduled as an online-only class. You can take this class in person by filling out a Custom Training Request Form. 

This course cover tools used to test your road or parking lot designs by using vehicle blocks that have a specific turn radius. Test your design in plan and profile views. Display the test vehicle on your plans.

Topics Include: Vehicle swept path analysis, drawing and system settings pertaining to Vehicle Tracking, roundabout/junction creation, parking analysis and reports, custom vehicle creation, and more.

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Navisworks Manage

1-Day training: $400 offered from 9am to 5pm

This class is regularly scheduled as an online-only class. You can take this class in person by filling out a Custom Training Request Form. 

This class is recommended for all design professionals working on BIM projects or using 3D design software including Civil 3D, Revit, AutoCAD Architecture, Microstation, etc. Course emphasizes the tools required to combine models from a variety of programs and review those for consistency with the intended design.

Topics include: The NavisWorks interface, working with NavisWorks file types, model navigation tools, model insertion tools, managing coordinate systems, model sectioning, object selection tools, object modification tools, and object measurement tools. Review, query, and red-line your models as your designs progress.

TimeLiner: 4D Construction Simulations. Learn to link model geometry to times and dates for playback of construction and demolition sequences to verify viability of construction plan.

Clash Detective: Learn to use the conflict identification tools to find and resolve design problems earlier in the design process.

Prerequisites: None

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Civil 3D for Surveyors

2-day training: $800 offered from 9am to 5pm

This class is recommended for all design professionals working on BIM projects or using 3D design software including Civil 3D, Revit, AutoCAD Architecture, Microstation, etc. Course emphasizes the tools required to combine models from a variety of programs and review those for consistency with the intended design.

Topics include: The NavisWorks interface, working with NavisWorks file types, model navigation tools, model insertion tools, managing coordinate systems, model sectioning, object selection tools, object modification tools, and object measurement tools. Review, query, and red-line your models as your designs progress.

TimeLiner: 4D Construction Simulations. Learn to link model geometry to times and dates for playback of construction and demolition sequences to verify viability of construction plan.

Clash Detective: Learn to use the conflict identification tools to find and resolve design problems earlier in the design process.

Prerequisites: None

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Civil 3D in the Cloud

1/2-day training: $200 offered from 9am to 12:30pm

Discover the seamless integration of Desktop Connector, enabling you to effortlessly access your projects in the cloud. Dive into the essentials of setting up a cloud project, ensuring correct licenses, permissions, and efficient collaboration by inviting team members and organizing folders. Unearth the nuances of working in the cloud, from opening and saving files to managing versions and downloading with ease.

Topics Include: Learning the differences between BIM Collaborate Pro, Autodesk Docs & BIM 360. Using the Desktop connector to access your projects. Setting up a cloud project with correct licenses, permissions, inviting members, folders etc. Working in the cloud: opening and saving files, file versions, downloading from the cloud.

Prerequisites: Completed a Civil 3D Introduction Course or instructor’s consent.

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Building Design & Revit Training Courses

Revit Architecture

3-Day Training: $1200 offered from 9am to 5pm
3-Day training: $1125 offered from 9am to 5pm

This 3-day course is recommended for all architects and building design professionals with no formal training, those transitioning from AutoCAD to Revit, or anyone interested in BIM and parametric building modeling.

Topics include: All primary features of design development through construction documentation. Users will assemble a building model complete with walls, floor, doors, windows, openings, stairs, railings, roofs, columns, and ceiling grids. Topics will progress towards construction documentation features including annotation, tags, scheduling, symbol management, and generating sheets. Students will learn to quickly create floor plans, sections, elevations, and perspectives of the 3D building model.

Prerequisites: Some architectural or building design experience and basic knowledge of computers in a windows environment. No formal CAD training is needed.

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Revit Advanced

2-Day Training: $900 offered from 9am to 5pm
2-day training: $750.00 offered from 9am to 5pm

This 2-day course is recommended for all Revit users looking to learn more about the tools available in Revit, leverage the software and better manage their projects.

Applicable to: Revit Architecture and Building Design Suite.

Topics include: Importing/exporting files, linking files, conceptual design tools, family creation/modification, phases, design options, interference checking, color schemes, worksharing, site tools, advanced rendering tools.

Prerequisites: Completed Revit Architecture Introduction or instructor’s consent

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Revit Structure

3-Day training: $1200 offered from 9am to 5pm

This course is recommended for structural engineers and drafters who want to learn to use Revit Structure to model projects. The course emphasizes Revit basics, the structural components of building design, and exporting data to structural analysis programs.

Topics include: The user interface, views, elevations, levels, grids, columns, walls, frames, beams, slabs, roofs, foundations, stairs, ramps, sections, details, and construction documents. Develop a comfort level working in Revit Structure, while working with modeled elements. Manipulate and understand structural components for better control and a more accurate model.

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Revit MEP

3-Day training: $1200 offered from 9am to 5pm

This 3-day course is intended for Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, and Fire Protection professionals. This class covers 3D BIM modeling with Revit MEP. Students will learn design and documentation tools referencing mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection systems as examples.

Applicable to: Revit MEP, Building Design Suite

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Topics include: Overview of BIM, the user interface, basic families, navigation, views, project settings, and workflow with other professionals. Documentation features including annotation, schedules, sections, callouts, detailing, and sheets. Depending on the student population of the course, the class may focus on one or more of the following:

Mechanical Systems: zone creation, color schemes, energy analysis, terminals, ducting, primary and secondary supply systems, route conflicts, automated sizing, system color scheming, system inspections mechanical units, piping systems.

Electrical Systems: Placing electrical components, creating and modifying power circuits, wiring, panel schedules, and balancing panels.

Plumbing Systems: Piping, mechanical equipment, and system routing.

Fire Protection Systems: placing sprinklers and system layout.

Prerequisites: It is recommended that the students have some general design and computer experience. Previous experience in Revit or other Autodesk products may be useful, but is not required.

Walnut Creek

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Revit MEP

CAD Masters Walnut Creek
Mar 10 - 12 2025

Revit MEP

CAD Masters Walnut Creek
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Sacramento

May 29 - 31 2024

Revit MEP

CAD Masters Sacramento
Nov 14 - 15 2024

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CAD Masters Sacramento
May 05 - 07 2025

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Revit for Project Managers

2-Day training: $800 offered from 9am to 5pm

This class is regularly scheduled as an online-only class. You can take this class in person by filling out a Custom Training Request Form. 

This 2-day course is recommended for Associates, Project Managers, CAD Managers, or Principals managing an architectural project team planning to implement or currently using Revit.

Topics include: All essential features of Revit including the opening of projects, basic editing, viewing and printing drawings. Students will learn to navigate the software, understand the way Revit works in terms of data and file interoperability. Workflow and worksharing will also be discussed.

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Revit for Landscape Architects

2-Day training: $800 offered from 9am to 5pm

This 2-day course is recommended for landscape architects and site planners with no formal training, those transitioning from AutoCAD to Revit, or anyone interested in parametric family modeling.

Topics include: Primary outdoor features of design development through construction documentation. Users will assemble a topographic model complete with grass, pathways, plants, planting boxes, pergolas, exterior lighting, stairs, ramps, railings, and structures. The structures include walls, floors, openings, columns, porches, decks, and custom families. Topics will progress towards construction documentation features including annotation, tags, scheduling, symbol management, and generating sheets. Students will learn to quickly create floor plans, sections, elevations, and perspectives of the 3D site model.

Prerequisites: Some architectural or building design experience and basic knowledge of computers in a windows environment. No formal CAD training is needed.

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Revit in the Cloud

1/2-Day training: $200 offered from 9am to 12:30pm

This course is recommended for Revit Users who would like to learn more about collaboration using a Central Model in the Cloud.

Topics Include: Learning the differences between BIM Collaborate Pro, Autodesk Docs & BIM 360. Using the Desktop connector to access your projects. Setting up a cloud project with correct licenses, permissions, inviting members, folders etc. Creating and working with a central model. Using work sets within a shared project.

This course is recommended for Revit Users who would like to learn more about collaboration using a Central Model in the Cloud.

Topics Include: Learning the differences between BIM Collaborate Pro, Autodesk Docs & BIM 360. Using the Desktop connector to access your projects. Setting up a cloud project with correct licenses, permissions, inviting members, folders etc. Creating and working with a central model. Using work sets within a shared project.

Prerequisite: Completed a Revit Introduction Course or instructor’s consent.

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