Basic Principle of Technical Drawing
Basic Principle of Technical Drawing
ENGINEERING
An engineer needs universal language to communicate with all parts of engineering system
The picture of house has deeper understanding than the word of house
House
MANUFACTURING SYSTEM
Product We cant order the operator to make a product only use picture without standard Operator
Design Drafter
No size size
Which one is the best picture in your opinion ? Explain your answer !
Object
Word language
./TIS
ANSI American National Standard Institute Japanese Industrial Standard British Standard Australian Standard Deutsches Institut fr Normung International Standards Organization
JIS
BS AS DIN ISO
a size A0 ~ A4.
Standard sheet size (JIS) A4 A3 A2 A1 A0 210 x 297 297 x 420 420 x 594 594 x 841 841 x 1189
A1
A0
(Dimensions in millimeters)
Border d lines
Drawing space
Title block
2. Type Y (A4 only) d
Drawing space
Title block
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Scale is a ratio between the linear dimension of a drawn representation of an object and the actual object.
Drawing
Actual
Recommendation
Texts style on the drawing Examples
GOOD Not uniform in style.
Uniformity
- Size (or text height)
- line thickness
BASIC STROKES
Straight Slanted Horizontal Curved
Examples
I letter
1
A letter
1
2 1
B letter
4 5
3 3 2
Lower-case Letters
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Word Composition
Space between the letters depends on the adjacent
DRAWING
D R A W IN G
Word Composition
DRAWING
Contour
Contour can be denoted as straight, slant and curve. Adjacent contour can be
1. straight-straight : II, IN, IM, IP etc.
: IV, IW etc.
: OO, OG etc.
: VO, WG, VC etc.
: VW, VX etc.
Spacing
Sentence Composition
Leave the space between words equal to the space requires for writing a letter O.
Example
DRAWING STANDARD
LINE TYPES
Drawing standard
Contents
Thin
1. Dimension line 2. Extension line 3. Leader line Hidden line Center line
2. Dimension line Extension line indicate the sizes and location of features. Leader line 3. Hidden line 4. Center line represent features that can not be seen in the current view. represents symmetry, path of motion, centers of circles,
Example
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