Welcome to the Learning AutoCAD 2010 and AutoCAD LT 2010 Autodesk Official Training Guide, a training guide for use in Authorized Training Center (ATC®) locations, corporate training settings, and other classroom settings.

Although this guide is designed for instructor-led courses, you can also use it for self-paced learning. The guide encourages self-learning through the use of the AutoCAD® or AutoCAD LT® Help system.

This introduction covers the following topics:
- Course objectives
- Prerequisites
- Using this guide
- Default installation
- CD contents
- Completing the exercises
- Settings for the exercises
- Installing the exercise data files from the CD
- Imperial and metric datasets
- Notes, tips, and warnings
- Feedback

This guide is complementary to the software documentation. For detailed explanations of features and functionality, refer to the Help in the software.