Training & Documentation for ARES Commander

Whether you are just starting your journey with ARES Commander, or willing to discover new features, we are summarizing below the many resources that we created for you.

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Pro tip: When you are using our CAD software and using any command you can always press the F1 key to show the help file of the command in your language (14 languages available in ARES Commander.

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Training & Tutorials

----- For beginners -----

• Essential Training guide - 193 pages
  => Download English version with exercises
  If you have little experience of CAD software you will find in this ebook lessons and exercises to learn the fundamentals to get started including the user interface, layers, blocks, properties, most frequently used drawing features, dimensions, printing features... etc. The exercises will guide you step by step instructions and sample drawings.
  The corresponding training examples can be downloaded from here.

----- For experienced users -----

• Basics of Custom blocks - Tutorial 1
  => Read article + video in English
  => Download tutorial and exercises in English
  In ARES Commander you can use Dynamic blocks created with AutoCAD or create your own "Custom blocks". Discover in this tutorial how to turn your blocks into smarter entities with grips to adjust their size and shape.

• Basics of Custom blocks - Tutorial 2
  => Read article + video in English
  => Download tutorial and exercises in English
  Explore further the power of custom blocks in this tutorial. After mastering the features shown in the Tutorial 1, you can learn in the Tutorial 2 how to use the visibility states to show different version of your block. The visibility states help to show / hide different configurations of your block, eg. a product available in different shapes and materials.

• How to draw in 3D
  => See our playlist with videos showing key features and step-by-step tutorials

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New features videos

• How to use our Trinity concept to significantly improve collaboration around your projects:

More videos:

• New features in ARES Commander
  => Discover each feature in our playlist on Youtube

• Plugins for ARES Commander
  => Discover each feature in our playlist on Youtube

• ARES Kudo - Online CAD in your Internet Browser
  => See the benefits with our playlist on Youtube

• ARES Touch - Mobile CAD for Android and iOS
  => See the benefits with our playlist on Youtube

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Tips & Tricks for Frequently Asked Questions

• Get Started: The Construction Aids (1): Snap, Grid, Ortho, Esnap

• Get Started: The Construction Aids (2): Polar tracking, Entity tracking 

• Get Started: Customizing Alias commands (Keyboard shortcuts)
  

• How to create new files?

• How to set and use the smart-new template?

• Saving in a specific file format or version (eg. older versions of DWG or DXF)
  

• Settings (1) Overview

• Settings (2) How to change system and user settings

• Settings (3) Drawing-specific settings

• Set the unit system (Metric, Imperial...) for your drawing
  

• Displaying and positioning toolbars

• How to switch between different workspaces?

• Change background color / Set colors for the application elements and UI

• How to customize the Quick Access Toolbar?

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Take a deeper dive with the ARES eBooks and white papers

• "Inside ARES" by Ralph Grabowski - in English, 652 pages
  => Get it for free if you subscribe to our newsletter OR like our page on Facebook (see section free eBook for fans)
  Ralph Grabowski is an expert in the field of computer-aided design, with 30+ years experience.  He is the author of over 200 books related to CAD, graphics, and the Internet. In this eBook the author is taking a deep dive into the features of ARES Commander, ARES Kudo and ARES Touch.
  

• White paper "AutoCAD Web vs ARES Kudo" by Ralph Grabowski
  => Download English version
  Compare Cloud-based technologies from Autodesk and Graebert in details with this white paper written by independent industry expert Ralph Grabowski.

• ARES COMMANDER Basic Customization Guide - in English, 145 pages
  => Download English version

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More resources from the Graebert blog

• Tip & tricks published in the blog

• Featured videos

• Featured articles and white papers