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By: Dr. S. Sumathi

This document discusses guidelines for dimensioning orthographic views in technical drawings, including: 1) Dimensions should follow ASME standards and be placed to communicate important size and location information. 2) Different line layers are needed for hidden, center, and extension lines when creating orthographic views. 3) Dimensions should avoid being placed on hidden lines or centerlines and preferably be grouped between views. Extensions lines should not pass through dimension lines.

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By: Dr. S. Sumathi

This document discusses guidelines for dimensioning orthographic views in technical drawings, including: 1) Dimensions should follow ASME standards and be placed to communicate important size and location information. 2) Different line layers are needed for hidden, center, and extension lines when creating orthographic views. 3) Dimensions should avoid being placed on hidden lines or centerlines and preferably be grouped between views. Extensions lines should not pass through dimension lines.

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By:

Dr. S. SUMATHI
Dimensioning orthographic views

• Dimensions follows ASME


• Dimensions are needed to communicate
important information about size & location of
the featured object
• Line layers
• Tolerances ( + )
Tolerancing terminology

• Nominal size: a dimension used to describe


the general size of the feature.

• Limits: max & min sizes as defined by


toleranced dimension
– Ex: 0.5+ 0.2, upper limit: 0.52 lower limit: 0.48

• Allowance: min clearance/ max interference

• Datum: a theoretically perfect element from


which dimensional information are referred.
Analyze the sketch
Datum
Reference Dimension
Adding dimensions (dim)

• Size and location dim


Dim terminology
Guidelines

• Avoid dim. on the hidden hole/centre lines

• Whenever possible, group dimensions and


place them between views

• Avoid ext. lines through dim. lines

• Avoid placing dim. on the part unless it is


absolutely necessary
Poorly placed dim
Well placed dim
Alignment of text
• ISO standard can use both
• ASME cannot use aligned text

Unidirectional text

2.12

Aligned text
Holes & Arc
Cylindrical shapes

• Must be side by side


Line Layers

• Normally we have only 1 layer


• But to draw orthographic drawings we need
more layers
• Dimension line
• Extension line
• Hidden line
• Centre line
• Etc.
Dimension command
• Click “Annotate”
• Select Dimension
• There are many types of dimension
– Linear, aligned, arc, radius, jogged, diameter,
angular, center mark, tolerance, inspection
– ordinate – just to put dimension without line &
arrow
• Adding a leader
– Select leader
– Select multileader
– Or type “LE”
– Ortho On to draw horizontal line
Example 2
• Draw
– 3,3
– 2.5,0
– 0,-1
– 1.5,0
– 0,1
– 2.5,0
– 0,2
– 2.5 tab 127
– -2,0
– 1.5tab120
– 1.5tab120
– -1.5,0
– C
– Create circle (4,6) D= 1.0
– Create circle (4,6) R=0.3
– Create fillet R=1.0
Creating Dim New Style
• Select Dimension Style
• New
• Type file name
• Edit
– Lines= Dim line – red, Ext line - yellow
– Symbols = Arrow size – 0.35, Mark centre - 0.35
– Text = colour –yellow, height 0.35
– Fit = no changes
– Primary units = decimal, precision 0.00 scale factor -1
– Alternate = no changes
– Tolerance = precision – 0.00, upper value - 0.10
• Set current
Line Layers

• Normally we have only 1 line and this is named 1 layer


• But to draw orthographic drawings we need more
layers/more lines
• Click Home
• Select Layer Properties
• Set the required settings
• We need 3 lines/3 layers
– Object line
– Hidden line
– Centre line
Properties

• Used to change
– Colour
– Line size
– Line type
– Line weight
– Thickness
Example 1
Practical 4

• Sketch the top, front & side orthographic


views of this object using different lines
Setting:
• Drawing limit A4 ( 29.7 , 21.0)cm
• Arrow size: 0.125
• Centre mark:0.20
• Hidden line: red
• Centre line: green
• Extension & dimension line: white
• Dimension text: yellow color
• Text height: 0.25
• Precision : 0.00, tolerance ±0.01 symmetrical
• Put the following info at the title box; name, scale ,
practical no & date
FRONT
SIDE
THE END

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