An engineering drawing is a type of drawing that is technical in nature, used to fully and clearly define requirements for engineered items, and is usually created in accordance with standardized conventions for layout, nomenclature, interpretation, appearance (such as typefaces and line styles), size, etc. Drawing is a Visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium Engineering is the Discipline and Profession of applying technical and scientific Knowledge and In Typography, a typeface is a set of one or more Fonts designed with stylistic unity each comprising a coordinated set of Glyphs A typeface usually comprises Its purpose is to accurately and unambiguously capture all the geometric features of a product or a component. The end goal of an engineering drawing is to convey all the required information that will allow a manufacturer to produce that component.
Engineering drawings are often referred to as "blueprints" or "bluelines". A blueprint is a type of paper-based reproduction usually of a Technical drawing, documenting an Architecture or an Engineering design Whiteprint is the commercial terminology to describe document reproduction using the Diazo chemical process However, the terms are rapidly becoming an anachronism, since most copies of engineering drawings that were formerly made using a chemical-printing process that yielded graphics on blue-colored paper or, alternatively, of blue-lines on white paper, have been superseded by more modern reproduction processes that yield black or multicolour lines on white paper. An anachronism (from the Greek "ana" " ανά " "against anti-" and "chronos" " χρόνος "
The process of producing engineering drawings, and the skill of producing them, is often referred to as technical drawing, although technical drawings are also required for disciplines that would not ordinarily be thought of as parts of engineering. A technical drawing is a form of graphic communication This type of Drawing is used in the transforming of an idea into physical form
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Common features of engineering drawings
Drawings convey the following critical information:
- Geometry – the shape of the object; represented as views; how the object will look when it is viewed from various standard directions, such as front, top, side, etc.
- Dimensions – the size of the object is captured in accepted units.
- Tolerances – the allowable variations for each dimension.
- Material – represents what the item is made of.
- Finish – specifies the surface quality of the item, functional or cosmetic. For example, a mass-marketed product usually requires a much higher surface quality than, say, a component that goes inside industrial machinery.
Line styles and types
A variety of line styles graphically represent physical objects. Types of lines include the following:
- visible – are continuous lines used to depict edges directly visible from a particular angle.
- hidden – are short-dashed lines that may be used to represent edges that are not directly visible.
- center – are alternately long- and short-dashed lines that may be used to represent the axes of circular features.
- cutting plane – are thin, medium-dashed lines, or thick alternately long- and double short-dashed that may be used to define sections for section views. In Geometry, a cross section is the intersection of a body in 2-dimensional space with a line or of a body in 3-dimensional space with a plane etc
- section – are thin lines in a pattern (pattern determined by the material being "cut" or "sectioned") used to indicate surfaces in section views resulting from "cutting. " Section lines are commonly referred to as "cross-hatching. "
Lines can also be classified by a letter classification in which each line is given a letter.
- Type A lines show the outline of the feature of an object. They are the thickest lines on a drawing and done with a pencil softer than HB.
- Type B lines are dimension lines and are used for dimensioning, projecting, extending, or leaders. A harder pencil should be used, such as a 2H.
- Type C lines are used for breaks when the whole object is not shown. They are freehand drawn and only for short breaks. 2H pencil
- Type D lines are similar to Type C, except they are zigzagged and only for longer breaks. 2H pencil
- Type E lines indicate hidden outlines of internal features of an object. They are dotted lines. 2H pencil
- Type F lines are Type F[typo] lines, except they are used for drawings in electrotechnology. 2H pencil
- Type G lines are used for centre lines. They are dotted lines, but a long line of 10–20mm, then a gap, then a small line of 2mm. 2H pencil
- Type H lines are the same as Type G, except that every second long line is thicker. They indicate the cutting plane of an object. 2H pencil
- Type K lines indicate the alternate positions of an object and the line taken by that object. They are drawn with a long line of 10–20mm, then a small gap, then a small line of 2mm, then a gap, then another small line. 2H pencil.
Example of an engineering drawing
Here is an example of an engineering drawing. The different line types are colored for clarity.
Black = object line and hatching
Red = hidden line
Blue = center line
Magenta = phantom line or cutting plane
Sectional views are indicated by the direction of arrows, as in the example above.
Multiple views and projections
In most cases, a single view is not sufficient to show all necessary features, and several views are used. Types of views include the following:
Orthographic projection
"Orthographic" comes from the Greek word for "straight writing (or drawing). " This projection shows the object as it looks from the front, right, left, top, bottom, or back, and are typically positioned relative to each other according to the rules of either first-angle or third-angle projection. Orthographic projection is a means of representing a three- Dimensional (3D object in two dimensions (2D
- First angle projection is the ISO standard and is primarily used in Europe and Asia. The 3D object is projected into 2D "paper" space as if you were looking at an X-ray of the object: the top view is under the front view, the right view is at the left of the front view.
- Third angle projection is primarily used in the United States and Canada, places the left view on the left and the top view on the top.
Not all views are necessarily used, and determination of what surface constitutes the front, back, top and bottom varies depending on the projection used.
Section
Depict what the object would look like if it were cut perfectly along cutting plane lines defined in a particular view, and rotated 90° to directly view the resulting surface(s), which are indicated with section lines. They show features not externally visible, or not clearly visible.
Detail
Show portions of other views, "magnified" for clarity.
Auxiliary projection
Similar to orthographic projections, however the directions
Isometric projection
Show the object from angles in which the scales along each axis of the object are equal. Isometric projection is a form of Graphical projection —more specifically an Axonometric projection. It corresponds to rotation of the object by ± 45° about the vertical axis, followed by rotation of approximately ± 35. 264° [= arcsin(tan(30°))] about the horizontal axis starting from an orthographic projection view. "Isometric" comes from the Greek for "same measure. " One of the things that makes isometric drawings so attractive is the ease with which 60 degree angles can be constructed with only a compass and straightedge. A compass or pair of compasses is a Technical drawing instrument that can be used for inscribing Circles or arcs They can also be used as A straightedge is a tool with an accurately straight edge used for drawing or cutting straight lines or checking the straightness of lines
Showing dimensions
The required sizes of features are conveyed through use of dimensions. Distances may be indicated with either of two standardized forms of dimension: linear and ordinate.
- With linear dimensions, two parallel lines, called "extension lines," spaced at the distance between two features, are shown at each of the features. A line perpendicular to the extension lines, called a "dimension line," with arrows at its endpoints, is shown between, and terminating at, the extension lines. The distance is indicated numerically at the midpoint of the dimension line, either adjacent to it, or in a gap provided for it.
- With ordinate dimensions, one horizontal and one vertical extension line establish an origin for the entire view. The origin is identified with zeroes placed at the ends of these extension lines. Distances along the x- and y-axes to other features are specified using other extension lines, with the distances indicated numerically at their ends.
Sizes of circular features are indicated using either diametral or radial dimensions. Radial dimensions use an "R" followed by the value for the radius; Diametral dimensions use a circle with forward-leaning diagonal line through it, called the diameter symbol, followed by the value for the diameter. A radially-aligned line with arrowhead pointing to the circular feature, called a leader, is used in conjunction with both diametral and radial dimensions. All types of dimensions are typically composed of two parts: the nominal value, which is the "ideal" size of the feature, and the tolerance, which specifies the amount that the value may vary above and below the nominal.
- Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing is a method of specifying the functional geometry of an object. Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing is a symbolic language used on Engineering drawings and computer generated three-dimensional solid models for explicitly describing nominal
Sizes of drawings
Sizes of drawings typically comply with either of two different standards, ISO (World Standard) or U. There have been many standard sizes of Paper at different times and in different countries but today there are two widespread systems in use the international standard (A4 S. customary, according to the following tables:
| A4 | 210 X 297 |
|---|---|
| A3 | 297 X 420 |
| A2 | 420 X 594 |
| A1 | 594 X 841 |
| A0 | 841 X 1189 |
| A | 8. 5" X 11" |
|---|---|
| B | 11" X 17" |
| C | 17" X 22" |
| D | 22" X 34" |
| E | 34" X 44" |
| D1 | 24" X 36" |
|---|---|
| E1 | 30" X 42" |
The metric drawing sizes correspond to international paper sizes. There have been many standard sizes of Paper at different times and in different countries but today there are two widespread systems in use the international standard (A4 These developed further refinements in the second half of the twentieth century, when photocopying became cheap. A photocopier (or copier is a machine that makes Paper copies of documents and other visual images quickly and cheaply Engineering drawings could be readily doubled (or halved) in size and put on the next larger (or, respectively, smaller) size of paper with no waste of space. And the metric technical pens were chosen in sizes so that one could add detail or drafting changes with a pen of double (or half) the width to the copy. A technical pen is a specialized instrument used by an Engineer, Architect, or draftsperson (British draughtsperson) to make lines of constant
The U. S. customary "A-size" corresponds to "letter" size, and "B-size" corresponds to "ledger" or "tabloid" size. There were also once British paper sizes, which went by names rather than alphanumeric designations.
ANSI Y14. 2, Y14. 3, and Y14. 5 are standards that are commonly used in the U. S.
See also
- Technical drawing
- Descriptive geometry
- Geometric tolerance
- Baseline dimensioning
- Graphical projection
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