LECTURE 3

Sketching and Lettering Techniques

Technical Sketching
• Simplest form of drawing
• Quickest way to express ideas
• Tools : pencil, eraser, paper ( grid / blank )
• Necessary point of “Drafting” because the drafter in industry
frequently sketches ideas & designs prior to make the drawing on
CAD
- Helps cut cut down on the drawing time and produce a neater and
more accurate drawing
Types of Technical Sketching
• Rough sketch
- Lukisan biasa

• Multi-view sketch

• Pictorial sketch (3D)

• Shaded sketch (Illustration)

2D Sketching Paper
• This type of sketching paper is primarily used for drawing one-view
and ortograhic views
• The paper has uniformly spaced horizontal & vertical lines that from
squares, which are available in a wide variety of sizes
• The most commonly used spaced or grids are the inch and
centimetre
• Units of measurement are not shown on these sheets, so the spaces
represent any unit of length the drafter wishes
 3D Sketching Paper – designed for pictorial
drawings
• Three basic types :
- Isometric

- Oblique

- Perspective
~ there’s wide selection of this type of paper. There are one-, two-, and
three- point perspective sheets designed with bird’s- and worm’s- eye
views
Basic steps of technical sketching
1. Build a frame
- The frame is the overall border size in which the sketch fits.
- It is drawn with light whin lines
2. Block in
- The overall sizes for each detail.
- These sub-blocks or frames enclose each detail
- They re drawn using light, thin lines
3. Add in details
- Lightly sketch the shapes of the details in each of their frames. These details
are drawn using light, thin lines

4. Darken in the lines : use soft lead pencil – thick black lines
Lettering
• Uppercase letter should be used for all lettering on drawings unless
lowercase letters are required to conform with other established
standards, equipment nomenclature or marking
• Lettering for titles, subtitles, drawing numbers, and others uses may
be made freehand by typewriter or with the aid of mechanical
lettering devices such as templates and lettering machine
• Lettering should not be underlined except when special emphasis is
required
• The underlining should not be less than 0.06 in. (1.5 mm) below the
lettering
• ANSI suggests use of single-stroke Gothic characters because of good
reproducibility and readability
• Either inclines or vertical lettering is permissible