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Lecture 7 - Week 7
Revision

Thank you everyone for submitting your Test on time, I am pleased with your results, but I need
to discuss a few problem areas with you on Friday. Question 2 was a little difficult because most
students did not use centre lines so they did not think about the Left Side or the Right Side of a
single drawing.

These are the problem areas that you still need to work on!

1. You must draw the front and the top view before drawing the side view.
2. The side view MUST be drawn using horizontal and vertical projection lines, you cannot just
draw the side view on its own.
3. Always make use of center lines for every drawing.
4. The gaps between hatching lines must be evenly spaced and drawn a little bigger, at least
with 4mm spacing between the lines.
5. The symbols for orthographic projection were not drawn the correct size.
6. Most of you inserted dimensions on your drawings, please be aware that if they are not asked
for in a question, then you could be wasting time.
7. Please read the Test instructions carefully!

I could have chosen the wording for Question 2 differently, maybe I should have said “with the
right half in section” instead of the “right hand half in section”. But please remember there is a big
difference between the right side view and the right half of a machine drawing.
This is a common question in engineering graphics and you may see it used a few more times in
future assessments.

Please remember that you need to submit Test 3 to me this Friday ( 21 May ).

Here are the memo drawings for Test 2.

Question 1
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Question 2

Last week you learned how to draw simple auxiliary views, but this week you will learn how to
draw TWO slightly more difficult ones (Although the rules to draw them still remain the same).

Both class worksheets below show a machine part with one face at an angle, this means that the
true shape of that face can only be seen by projecting an auxiliary view!

Use the same rules that you learned about last week and remember to transfer the sizes from
ONE of the orthographic views so that you have the correct dimensions for the auxiliary view.

NB: Sometimes auxiliary views are also used to show the complete view of a machine part
and NOT only the true shape of the slanted face. But is this course you are only required to
draw the true shape of an inclined surface from one of your orthographic views.
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Class Worksheet 1

Draw free-hand in 3rd angle projection a FRONT, TOP, RIGHT-SIDE and an AUXILIARY VIEW of
this machine part. Hint: notice the orthographic views shown below.

https://learning.hccs.edu/faculty/trung.bui/dftg1333/1333-lecture-5-auxiliary-view/1333-lecture-5-
auxiliary-viewThe solution
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Class Worksheet 2

Use your drawing equipment and draw the given orthographic views and then project an auxiliary
view in order to obtain the true shape of the inclined face (as shown in blue).
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Note to students

It is useful to remember that THREE main types of engineering drawings are used most of the
time as shown in the THREE sketches below. Auxiliary views are only used to obtain the true
shape of an inclined or angled face.

Isometric View Oblique View Orthographic View