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Purpose of Drawing: - Drawing Is The Language of Engineers. An Engineer Must Be Well
Purpose of Drawing: - Drawing Is The Language of Engineers. An Engineer Must Be Well
Purpose of Drawing: - Drawing Is The Language of Engineers. An Engineer Must Be Well
Prime requirements of a good drawing:- The following points should be considered to qualify
good drawings
Selection of Scales:-
Selection of Scale depends on the degree of accuracy required of scaled distances in preparing
drawings. Largest scale conveniently possible shall be adopted. All important dimensions should
be explicitly indicated on the drawing so that the work may be executed without resorting to
scaling measurements from the drawing. As a rule scaling for determining dimensions should be
discouraged. Typical methods of expressing numerical scales on drawings are as follows;-
1 cm = 10 metres or 1: 1000, 1cm = 2.5 km or 1cm=1/250000
From the above it means that 1cm on drawing represents 10 metres for actual dimension at site.
Thus 1cm = 2.5 km indicates a measured distance of 1cm on drawing for 2.5 km at site.
1 cm = 20 cm (1/20); 1 cm = 10 cm (1/10).
3. Enlarged details ;
For good quality drawings the line work carries an important bearing. The thickness of different
line for various uses is shown below.
TYPES OF LINES
Dimensioning:-
Dimensioning on drawing is an art and this represents the quality of drawing. The following
principles should be followed for dimensioning.
Dimension line should be thin full line to indicate a measurement which is denoted by figures in
the space left in the dimension line or above the unbroken dimension line. Arrow heads or dots
as in fig.2-4 are used to terminate dimension lines, the length of arrow head is about three times
the depth. The space in arrow head should be filled in. When dot is used, it should be placed at
the intersection of the extension line and dimension line. The dimensioning figures should be
placed near the centre either in the space of the broken line or immediately above the unbroken
dimension line shown in fig. 2-4.All dimensions should be so arranged that they may be read
either from the bottom or right hand edge of the drawing.
PLACING OF DIMENSIONS
Units of Dimensioning:-
Dimensioning shall be done normally in millimeters. The symbol for the unit, mm, may be
omitted provided that a prominent note is added stating the unit in which all the dimensions of
the drawing are expressed. In case other units of dimensions are used, these shall be denoted by
specific notations.
FITMENT SYMBOLS