Introduction To Technical Drawing
Introduction To Technical Drawing
ENGINEERING DRAWING
Drawing Board
Drawing sheet / paper
They are available in many varieties and good quality
paper with smooth surface should be selected for
Drawings which are to be preserved for longer time.
Drawing sheet
Drafting Tape
These are used to fix the Drawing sheet on the
Drawing board.
Drafting Tape
Pencils
The accuracy and appearance of a Drawing depends on
the quality of Pencil used to make Drawing. The grade
of a Pencil lead is marked on the Pencil. HB denotes
medium grade. Increase in hardness is shown by value
put in front of H such as 2H, 3H etc., Softer pencils are
marked as 2B, 3B, 4B etc. A Pencil marked 3B is
softer than 2B and Pencil marked 4B is softer than 3B
and so on. Beginning of a Drawing may be made with
H or 2H. For lettering and dimensioning, H and HB
Pencils are used.
Pencils
Eraser
Erasing is a necessary part of engineering drawing
and, when done properly, enables to improve and
correct drawings easily. The eraser should have good
‘pick-up’ power without smudging
Eraser
T-square
The working edge of T-square is used to draw parallel
lines, vertical lines or horizontal line.
T-square
Set-Square / triangles
Set squares are generally made from Plastic or
celluloid material. They are triangular in shape with
one corner, a right angle triangle. A pair of set squares
(30°–60°) and 45° (45° set square are generally
provided with Protractor) facilitate marking of. They
are used to draw lines at 30°, 60° and 45° to the
vertical and horizontal.
Set-square
Compasses
Compasses is used for drawing circles and arcs of
circles. The compasses has two legs hinged at one end.
One of the legs has a pointed needle fitted at the lower
end where as the other end has provision for inserting
pencil lead.
A bow compasses has a center thumb wheel that is
used to set and hold the spacing between the center
point and the lead.
Compasses
Dividers
Dividers do not have a center wheel and are used to
quickly set off measurements from one view to
another. This is extremely useful in the construction of
mechanical drawings and for descriptive geometry.
Dividers
STANDARDS IN TECHNICAL
DRAWING
PAPER SIZE
SCALE
LETTERING AND NUMBER
TITLE BLOCK
Paper Size
Paper size typically comply with either of two
different standards, ISO (World Standard) or ANSI
(American National Standard Institute).
V-groove welds
The edges of both pieces are chamfered, either singly
or doubly, to create the groove. The angle of the V is
given on the weld symbol, as is the separation at the
root (if any).
Bevel groove welds
The edge of one of the pieces is chamfered and the
other is left square. The bevel symbol's perpendicular
line is always drawn on the left side, regardless of the
orientation of the weld itself.
U-groove welds
The edges of both pieces are given a concave
treatment. Depth of edge treatment, effective throat
and separation at the root are described using the
methods discussed in the V-groove section
PIPING
Piping and Instrument Drawings (P&IDs) are
usually designed to present functional information
about a system or component. Examples are piping
layout, flow paths, pumps, valves, instruments, signal
modifiers, and controllers
Single Line Drawings
The single line format is most commonly used in
P&IDs;. The single line format represents all piping,
regardless of size, as single line. All system equipment
is represented by simple standard symbols (covered in
later modules). By simplifying piping and equipment,
single lines allow the system's equipment and
instrumentation relationships to be clearly understood
by the reader.
MACHINE
Machine drawings are designed to present the detailed
information required to construct or fabricate a part.
Machine or fabrication drawings, are similar to
construction and architectural drawing but are usually
found in machine shops and provide the necessary
detailed information for a craftsman to fabricate a part.
DIMENSIONING SYMBOLS IN
TECHNICAL DRAWING
LENGTH
DIAMETER OR RADIUS
COUNTERBORE
LENGTH
LENGTH represent between symbols
Which a double ended arrow placed
between two letters indicates that a
control extends between two labeled
points on a feature.
DIAMETER
Diameter – A diameter symbol is placed in front of any
dimension value that is a diameter
COUNTERBORE
Counterbore Symbol – A counterbore symbol
combined with a diameter symbol is placed in front of
a specified counterbore or spotface diameter