AutoCAD tutoring for landscape architecture and design
Clean, organized drawing sets are a skill, and nobody teaches them well. I help students and professionals draft faster and produce drawings that are easy to edit, share, and print.
From messy drawings to a set you trust
AutoCAD is still the backbone of construction documents in most landscape and site design offices. The difference between struggling and fluent usually isn't knowing more commands. It's understanding how a drawing set is organized.
Whether you're a student preparing for an internship or a professional inheriting someone else's files, we'll work on the habits that make AutoCAD fast and predictable.
$80/hour, billed only for time used · Online anywhere in the U.S. · In person in Durham, Raleigh, Chapel Hill, and RTP
What we can cover
Pick one, or bring whatever you're stuck on.
Layers & standards
Layers, linetypes, lineweights, and setting up drawings that follow a standard.
Xrefs & organization
Base files, xrefs, and organizing a project so changes flow through the set.
Paper space & viewports
Layouts, viewports, annotation scale, and title blocks that work.
Blocks
Blocks, dynamic blocks, and attributes for plants, furnishings, and details.
Hatches & planting plans
Hatches, plant symbols, and pulling schedules out of your drawing.
Speed & cleanup
Keyboard workflow, fixing messy inherited drawings, and plotting reliable PDFs.
AutoCAD tutoring questions
I'm completely new to AutoCAD. Is that okay?
Absolutely. We'll start with the interface, drawing and editing basics, and model space versus paper space, then build toward a small drawing set you can be proud of.
Can you help me get ready for an internship or first job?
Yes. We can focus on the skills offices expect on day one: working with xrefs, following layer standards, using viewports at scale, and plotting cleanly.
Mac or Windows?
Either works. AutoCAD for Mac differs in a few places, and I'll point those out as we go. Civil 3D is Windows only.
Other tutoring topics
Surfaces, feature lines, grading, and sheet production for site design.
Learn moreTerrain models, fabrication files, and parametric design.
Learn moreSite analysis, terrain and hydrology, and presentation-ready maps.
Learn moreGrading, construction documents, planting plans, and studio work.
Learn moreBook a AutoCAD session
Bring your file and your question. We'll work through it together.