Sketch

!! A
rough drawing of an idea,
object, or procedure
Drawing
!! A
picture or likeness made with a pencil,
pen, chalk, crayon or other instrument.
Drawing
!! A
picture or likeness made with a pencil,
pen, chalk, crayon or other instrument.
Sketching and Drawing
!! Put ideas on paper
!! Details of Construction
!! Indicates how the finished product
should look.
!! Determine the amount of materials
needed
Sketching and Drawing
!! Valuable Skill
!! Record ideas for present and future
uses
!! Plan a project before investing time and
materials in the construction.
!! Some ideas may prove unworkable,
allows changes before materials are cut.
Sketching and Drawing Tools
Border Line – a heavy, solid line drawn parallel
to the edge of the drawing paper.
Dimension Lines- a solid line with arrowheads at
the ends to indicate the length, width, or height
of an object or part.
Break Line – a solid, zigzag line used to show
the illustration stops but the object does not
Center Line – a long-short-long line used to
indicate the center of a round object
Elements of a Plan
!! Border – !” in from the edge of the paper
!! Title Block
!! Name of the person who prepared the drawing
!! Date drawing was completed
!! Name of the Drawing
!! Scale of the Drawing

!! Views
Scale Drawing
!! A method of drawing an object that is
larger than a sheet of paper.
!! Ex: 1” = 1’ would allow you to draw
and object that is 8 1/2’ by 11 1/2’ to fit
on a sheet of paper.
!! Scale would stay the same for all
drawing on the same sheet of paper.