CAD Learning Lab IA 2025

Started: December 9, 2025

Ended: December 9, 2025

Location: New Orleans, LA

Register for the CAD Labs

Ready to jump into CAD design? Join Land F/X Irrigation Specialist and CAD Guru Jake Lott for two hands-on training sessions, where you'll actually use CAD in a live workshop setting, at this year's Irrigation Association (IA) Show in New Orleans. Sign up in advance, then show up with just your excitement to take your CAD game to the next level – we'll provide the laptops and everything else you'll need.

Jake Lott will be your instructor for the IA 2025 CAD Learning Labs.

Available Classes

CAD Basics Training

Tuesday, Dec. 9, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.

New Orleans Earnest N. Morial Convention Center - Meeting Room 393

Are you just getting into CAD design, or need a refresher? This interactive lab will provide you with the fundamentals of CAD. We'll go over the essentials plus give you a rundown of blocks and how to use them in your designs. Upon completing the course, you'll be able to attach images and other files to your drawings as external references (Xrefs) and set up your irrigation plan properly.

Hands-On Irrigation Lab

Tuesday, Dec. 9, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

New Orleans Earnest N. Morial Convention Center - Meeting Room 393

If you’ve attended our CAD Basics training class or already have some CAD familiarity, pick up some more hands-on experience in this higher-level lab. You’ll exit this course with a thorough understanding of tools for placing and designing within AutoCAD. Advanced Irrigation design in CAD such as piping, hydraulics, and revisions will also be covered.

Past CAD Learning Labs

The IA CAD Learning Lab in 2024 was a big hit.

Jake Lott orchestrates the IA CAD Learning Lab in 2023.