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Drawing sheet is a white paper available in various sizes used to draw objects on. Common drawing tools include a T-square for drawing horizontal and vertical lines, a compass for drawing circles and arcs, a protractor for measuring angles, and a set of triangles for drawing 30, 45, 60, and 90 degree lines. Additional materials include pencils for drawing, an eraser for removing mistakes, a ruler for measuring lengths, templates for drawing repetitive shapes, French curves for irregular curves, and a cutter for cutting paper or sharpening pencils.

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Materials and Uses

Drawing sheet is a white paper available in various sizes used to draw objects on. Common drawing tools include a T-square for drawing horizontal and vertical lines, a compass for drawing circles and arcs, a protractor for measuring angles, and a set of triangles for drawing 30, 45, 60, and 90 degree lines. Additional materials include pencils for drawing, an eraser for removing mistakes, a ruler for measuring lengths, templates for drawing repetitive shapes, French curves for irregular curves, and a cutter for cutting paper or sharpening pencils.

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Drawing materials and uses

Drawing Sheet
T-Square

Drawing sheet is a white paper on which an


object is drawn which is available in various T square is used to draw horizontal and
sizes. It should be white color with uniform vertical lines on drawing sheet. It made of
thickness with must resist the easy torn of wood or plastic and in T shape. The
paper. The surface of sheet must be smooth. vertical part of T is called as blade and
horizontal part of T is called as head
Drawing Board
Drawing board is generally made of soft
Compass
wood and it is in rectangular shape. It is Compass is used to draw an arc or
used to support drawing sheet, so, the size circle with known dimensions on
of board is made according the size of the engineering drawing. It is generally
drawing sheet. made of steel and consists two legs.
One leg contains needle at the bottom
and other leg contains a ring in which
a pencil is placed.
Set of Triangles
Set squares are used to draw
lines with an angle between
Protractor
them. In most of the structures, Protractor is used to draw
30, 45, 60 and 90-degree lines and measure the angles of
are most common. So, set lines in the drawing. It is
squares make the work easier transparent and made of
for this type of drawings. plastic.
CHRISTIAN D.
VILLANUEVA
Drawing materials and uses

Pencils Eraser
Pencil is used to draw on the paper.
Eraser is used to remove the lines or
Any type of pencil is not suitable for
spots which drawn by mistake or with
drawing. There are some limitations,
wrong measurements. The eraser
the drawing appearance should be
used should be of good quality and
very neat and understandable.
soft. It should not damage the paper
while erasing.
Drawing Templates
Templates are nothing but plastic or
wooden boards which contains spaces of Ruler
several shapes or letters. Non-
A ruler is used for measuring length. It usually has
dimensional shapes or variety font letters
four units of measurement: millimeter, centimeter,
are drawn by using templates which
inch and feet. A ruler is a stationery item and
makes drawing easier and perfect.
drafting tool used when drawing lines, as a guide
for cutting, and for various other uses.

French Curves
French curves are made of Cutter
plastic and they are in irregular
shapes. Sometimes the drawing CUtter use for cutting paper or
requires irregular curves or something that can be cut by it
shapes or arcs which cannot be but sometimes cutter can also
drawn using compass. In that use for pencil sharpener.
case French curves are
suitable.
BGT-MDT-2A

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