LESSONNOTEFORWEEKONE( 1)
Subject
:Basi
cTechnology
Topic:Drawi
ngPr act
ice
Sub-Topic
:TheUs eofCommonDr a
wingInst
ruments
Cla
ss :
Year7.
LessonObjec
tive
s: Bythee
ndofthele
sson,
Ishoul
dbeabl
eto;
(
i)me nt
ionatleas
t3c ommondr awi ngins
truments
(
ii
)s t
atethefunct
ion(s)ofeac
hofthei nst
ruments
(
iii
)diff
erenti
atebetweeninstrument
sa ndma ter
ial
s
(
iv)st
ateatleastt
hreewa ysofcari
ngfordra wi
nginstr
ument
sanddr
awi
ngma
ter
ial
s.
Dr
awi
ngPr
act
ice
TechnicalDrawingisauni versallanguageus edamongt echnic
alpeoplesuc has
engi
nee r
s,de s
igners,buil
de rs,draug htsme ne.t.cforcommuni cat
ion.St
udyofdr awing
hel
psust oc ommuni cat
ea nde x
pr essours e
lvese a
silywithouttalki
ngora skingquest
ions.
Theref
ore, l
earningofdrawi ngisve r yimportantbeca use;
(a)Itshortenslongstateme nt(inwr it
tenform) .
(b)Itconcea l
s(hides)somes ecretiveinformationex ce
ptt othelearne
dint hefi
eld.
(c)Itshowst heuniquenes sofapr ofessi
on.
TheUs
eofCommonDr
awi
ngI
nst
rume
nts
DrawingInstrument s:
Dr awinginstrume ntsarenon- c
onsuma bl
ei t
emsus edduring
tec
hnical
dr awing.Ifwe l
ltakenc areof,theycanre mainforal ongtime .
Inordertodr awa ccurat
ely,wema keus eofinstrumentsa ndma terial
s .
Someofthe seins
trume ntsa r
e;T- s
qua re,
Scal
erule,Drawingboa rd, Set
-squa re
(60by30de g.
and45de g.
types )
,Frenchcurves,
Drawingpa percl
ips(adhesivetape s),Drawingpa pere.t.
c.
1.Dr awingboar d: Aplat
form( flatsurfac
e )
,onwhi chdr awings heetisstretc
hed(lai
d)
befor
edr awings tart
s.Weha vetwot ypesna me l
y,“Halfi
mper i
al”and“ Ful
limperi
al”
buthalfimperialisrecomme ndedf orsecondaryschool s
tude nts.
2.Tee-s
quare:Atee-s
quareisaT-shape
dwoode n/pl
asti
c/metal
li
cdrawingtool,
us e
di n
drawinghoriz
ontall
ine
s.Iti
salsousedforset
ti
ngpaperonthedra
wi ngboarda ndfor
support
ingthesetsqua
reduringdrawing.I
tispl
ace
dont hedrawi
ngboa rd,wit
ht he
“st
ock”atthelef
thand-
sideoftheboard.
3.Set
-squares
:Thesearet
ria
ngula
r-shape
dplast
icdr
awi
ngi
nst
rume
nts
,us
edf
or
dra
wi ngvert
ica
lli
nesordiag
onal(
sla
ntline
s).
4.
Sca
leRul
e:Thi
sisa30cmwoode
norpl
ast
icr
ule
r,us
edf
orme
asur
ingl
eng
thsa
ndf
or
di
mensi
oni
ngsca
leddrawi
ngs
.
(
5).
Prot
rac
tor
:Thepr
otr
act
ori
sapl
ast
ics
emi
-ci
rcul
ari
nst
rume
nt,
use
dforme
asur
ing
a
ngl
es.
(
6).Fr
enchc
urves
:Thi
sins
trumenti
susedtodra
wdi f
fer
entt
ype
s,s
ize
sands
hape
sof
c
urves
.Thef
lex
ibl
ecur
veisusedf
orthes
a mepurpos
e.
(7).
Drawi
ngSe
t:Thi
sisapa
ckc
ont
aini
ngdi
ff
ere
ntdr
awi
ngi
temsl
ikepa
irofc
ompa
ss,
divi
der
,et
c.
(
8):
Compas
s:Acompas
sisus
edfordrawi
ngc
irc
lesa
nda
rcs
.The
rei
sthes
mal
lbow
c
ompas
sandthel
arg
e–siz
ecompass.
Dr
awi
ngMa
ter
ial
s
Dr
awi
ngma
ter
ial
sar
eit
emst
hatg
etsc
ons
ume
dwi
thus
e.The
yge
tex
haus
tedwi
tht
ime
.
Thi
sme anstha
tthediffer
encebetweendrawingi
nstrume
ntsanddrawingmat
eri
alsi
stha
t
whil
edr awi
ngins
t r
ume ntsdonotgetconsumedasonemakesuseoft
he m,
dra
wing
mater
ialsge
tsused-upwhe ndrawing.
Dra
wi ngmater
ial
sincludethefol
lowing:
(
i).
Dra
wingpa
per
:Thepa
perc
ommonl
yus
edf
ort
echni
cal
dra
wingi
stheA3pa
per
.
S
tanda
rds
izeofdr
awi
ngs
hee
tsa
re:
De
sig
nat
ion S
ize(
mm)
A0 -
--
-- 1189x841
A1-
--
--
--
--
-- 841x594
A2-
--
--
--
--
-- 594x420
A3-
--
--
--
--
--
- 420x297
A4-
--
--
--
--
--
-- 297x210
A5-
--
--
--
--
--
-- 210x148
(i
i)
.Penc
il
s:Theg
radeofpe
nci
lle
adi
sma
rke
dont
hepe
nci
l.
Fori
nst
anc
e,HBde
not
es
mediumgrade
.
Inc
rea
seinhardnessi
sshownbyval
ueputi
nfr
ontofHs
ucha
s2H,
3H,
etc
.Fori
nst
anc
ea
3Hpenci
lisha
r de
rthana2Hpenci
l.
Sof
terpe
nc i
lsa
remarke
das2B,3B,
4B,et
c.Pe
nci
lma
rke
d3Bi
ssof
tert
han2Bpe
nci
l.
Penci
lmarked4Bi
ssoft
ert
han3B,et
c.
St
arti
ngadrawi
ngmaybemadewi
thHor2Hpenc
il
s .
Let
teri
nganddi
mens
ioni
ngs
houl
dbedonewi
thHa ndHBpe
nci
ls
.
(
ii
i)
.Penc
ilsharpe
ner
s:Thi
sisamate
ria
lusedtos
harpe
nal
lpe
nci
lst
oac
oni
cal
poi
nt
s
hape.
Itconta
insabl
adeonpla
sti
cormeta
lfra
me .
(iv).
Eme rycl
oth:I
nst
eadofre-
shar
peningthepenci
l,
thi
sma t
eri
ali
susedtor
est
ore
sha rpne
sstothepenci
lwhenthepenc
ille
adisrubbedonit
.
(v) .
DustingBrus
h:Thebrus
hisusedtoremovedirtf
romthepaperaf
tere
ras
ing
.Ti
ssue
pa percanservet
hesamepurpose.
(vi
).Er
aser
:Ast
henameimpli
es,
thi
sma
ter
ial
isus
edt
ore
move(
era
se)mi
sta
kes
.Iti
s
madeofsof
tqua
lit
yrubbe
r.
(
vii
):Dr
awi
ngPa
perFi
le:
Thi
sisaf
il
ewhe
redr
awi
ngpa
per(
A3)i
sne
atl
yke
pt.
Car
eofDr
awi
ngTool
s/Mat
eri
als
Justa swec aref orour selves,soa l
soourdr awingins t
rume ntss houl
dbec ar
edforor
ha ndledwi thcar e:
A. Dr awi ngboar d:Donotus epi nsont hedrawingboa rd.Us etapes(oradhesi
ves).
Always
Cove rtheboa rdfa cewhe nnoti nuse.
B. Tee- square:Neverus ethet ee-s
qua reli
keawa lkings t
ickors word.Neveruseanysharp
tool alongt hee dg e(blade )ofat ee-squareandke epitcleana l
wa ys.
C.S et-squa res,sc al
er ules,protractorsandFrenchc urvess houldnotbeincontactwit
h
sha rpobj ects.Ke epthe ms afeinac upboa r
d/drawe r/tool
-r a
ck.
D. Pai rofc ompas s
es /Dividers:Ne verusetheseaspa per-holders.Donotusethei
rneedl
e
-pointt opunc hhol es.
NB: Ge nerall
y, alli
ns t
rume ntsshouldbeke pti
nt heirpa cketsaft
eruse.Acupboardis
ide a
llyus e
df orke epingdr a wingtool s
.
As
sig
nment:
1. Ment
ionthreec
ommondr awi
ngtool
sandsta
tethef
unct
ion(s
)ofe
achoft
het
ool
s
2.Sta
teatle
a s
t3wa ysofc
ari
ngf
ordrawingt
oolsa
ndma t
eria
ls.
3. At
tempttheque
s t
ionsi
nEx
erc
ise9(
Nos1-
3)ofFunda
ment
alFa
ctsi
nBa
sic
Technol
ogyBk1(P.
66).
TEACHER:
MR.ALVAN
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