Computer Aided Engineering Drawing

CAD / CAD Engineering

Dr. Tahseen Fadhil Abbas
2012-2013

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Engineering Drawing

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Standards
Paper Sizes
The ISO most recommended paper sizes for technical
drawings are known as A-FORMATS. Other series, like
the B-Series, are of lesser importance. In the A-Format
series, the largest size is A0. The size of an A1 paper is
half the size of A0 while A2 is half the size of A1 and so
forth.. For technical drawings A4 is considered to be the
smallest paper size. Smaller-sized AFormat papers (i.e.
A5, A6, etc) are very rarely used for technical drawings.

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The A-Format Paper Sizes

When a format smaller than A4 is
needed, it is obtained by simply
halving A$ along its longer side. For
instance A5 has 210-mm as its
longer side and (297/2 = 148- mm)
as its shorter side.
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Format A4 is exclusively used in an

upright position. The other formats
(which are lager in size than A4)
may be used in an upright position
or horizontal position.
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Format

Sheet mm

A0

841 X 1189

A1

594 X 841

A2

420 X 594

A3

297 X 420

A4

210 X 297

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Title Block
In every engineering drawing, a Title Block is included at the
bottom (right-hand corner). The Title Blocks are locally
standardized but should be designed in such a way that it can
be easily understood. The information needed in any standard
Title Block is normally:
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Basic Instruments and Equipment

T-Square
This is one of the oldest drawing instruments that still finds wide spread use
both in the industry and in schools.
The size of a T-Square is determined by its blade length. Blade lengths of 60mm, 90-mm, 120- mm and 150-mm are common.
USES: The T-Square is used primarily as a guide for drawing horizontal parallel
lines.

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Set Square
Set Squares (SSs) are transparent, triangular-shaped drawing instruments that
are used with a T-Square for drawing vertical or inclined lines.
SSs contain angles most commonly used in technical drawing, i.e. 30, 45, 60
and 90.
The height/length of SSs is typically 15-cm, 20-cm, and 25-cm.

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Line Types
In Engineering Drawing, we make use of different lines and line styles to
convey the desired message. These lines differ in (i) thickness and (ii) style.
Typical uses of these lines are summarized below.

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Beginning
AutoCAD 2002

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Starting AutoCAD 2002

a) from the Windows Start screen with a double left-click on the AutoCAD 2002 icon
b) b y s e l ec ti ng t he wi ndo ws tas k b ar s eque nc e ::
S t a r t - P r o g r a m s - A u t o C A D 2 0 0 2 - A u t o C A D 2 0 0 2
Both methods briefly display the AutoCAD 2002 logo and then the AutoCAD 2002 Today
screen/dialogue box as Fig,
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The Graphics Screen

The AutoCAD 2002 graphics screen displays the following:

1 The title bar

2 The windows buttons
3 The menu bar
4 The Standard toolbar
5 The Object Properties toolbar
6 The Windows taskbar
7 The Status bar
8 The Command prompt window area

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9 The coordinate system icon

10 The drawing area
11 The on-screen cursor
12 The grips
13 Scroll bars
14 The Layout tabs
15 The Modify toolbar
16 The Draw toolbar

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Drawing Line
Absolute, Incremental and Polar

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COPY

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PAPER SIZE
A4 ( 210 X 297 )

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Title Block

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Saving Drawings

In Class Ex1

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Home Work
Multi solid lines and hidden lines
with the title block

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THANK YOU

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