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Basic Drafting Tools: Drafting & Design Technology Unit 2

The document describes basic drafting tools used for technical drawing including compasses, dividers, drafting tape, dusting brushes, erasers, erasing shields, irregular curves, lead pointers, lettering guides, mechanical pencils, protractors, scales, templates, triangles, and rules for maintaining equipment. Key tools are used for drawing circles, transferring dimensions, adhering media, brushing away debris, removing lines, protecting drawings during erasing, curved layout, sharpening leads, guidelines, holding leads of varying hardness, measuring angles, measuring line lengths, expedited standard features, drawing angled lines, and cleaning/caring for tools.

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Basic Drafting Tools: Drafting & Design Technology Unit 2

The document describes basic drafting tools used for technical drawing including compasses, dividers, drafting tape, dusting brushes, erasers, erasing shields, irregular curves, lead pointers, lettering guides, mechanical pencils, protractors, scales, templates, triangles, and rules for maintaining equipment. Key tools are used for drawing circles, transferring dimensions, adhering media, brushing away debris, removing lines, protecting drawings during erasing, curved layout, sharpening leads, guidelines, holding leads of varying hardness, measuring angles, measuring line lengths, expedited standard features, drawing angled lines, and cleaning/caring for tools.

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Basic Drafting Tools

Drafting & Design Technology


Unit 2
Compass
• Used to draw circles
and arcs
Divider
• Used to transfer
dimensions
Drafting Tape
• A specially-prepared
tape used to adhere
drawing media to
the working surface
Dusting Brush
• Used to brush loose
graphite and eraser
dust from a drawing
Eraser
• Used to remove
pencil lines and
graphite smudges
from a drawing
Erasing Shield
• A metal plate with
various slots and
openings used to
protect line work
when a portion of
the drawing is to be
erased
Irregular Curve
• Used to lay out any
noncircular curve
Lead Pointer
• Used for sharpening
mechanical pencil
leads
Lettering Guide
• Used to lay out
guidelines for
lettering
Mechanical Pencil
(Lead Holder)
• Used to hold leads
of various hardness's
Protractor
• Used to measure
angles
Scale
• Used to measure the
length of a line
Template
• A thin, flat, plastic
tool with various
size openings of
different shapes
used to expedite
the drawing of
standard features
Triangle
• A thin, flat, right-
angled piece of
plastic or metal
with acute angles of
45, or 30 and 60
used for drawing
vertical or inclined
lines that are
multiples of 15
Rules for Maintenance and
Care of Drafting Tools &
Equipment
• Keep hands and • Do not hit scales and
equipment clean triangles on edges
• Keep all instruments • Do not overextend
clean and dry compasses and dividers
• Do no bend templates • Clean plastic tools with
sharply soap and water only
• Do not use templates or • Do not stick compasses
scales as straight edges and divider points into
for cutting tools scales and triangles
• Do not use templates as • Never sharpen leads over
eraser shields drawing or table surface

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