Topics

• Engineering Drawing Definition and Function

• History
• Examples
• Function
• Line Types, styles and standards
• Uses and explanation

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 Engineering Drawing Definition

• A language—a graphical language that

communicates ideas and information from
one mind to another.
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 Engineering Drawing Definition

• Most especially, it communicates all needed

information from the engineer who designed
a part to the workers who will make it.

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 Engineering Drawing Function
1. Information delivery
2. Preservation, archiving, use of information
3. Ways of thinking in the preparation of
information

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 Some Examples of
Engineering Drawing

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 Some Examples of
Engineering Drawing

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 Engineering Drawing Function
• 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
angles, such as front, top, side, and so on.
• Dimensions – the size of the object is captured in accepted
units.
• Tolerances – the allowable variations from the nominal size
for each dimension.
• Material – represents what the item is made of.

• Finish – specifies the surface quality of the item, functional

or cosmetic.
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Line Types and Styles

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 Line Types and Styles
• Visible lines
– Represents visible edges and boundaries
– Continuous and thick (0.5 - 0.6 mm)
• Hidden lines
– Represents hidden edges and boundaries
– Short-dashed lines and medium thick (0.35 – 0.45 mm)
• Center lines
– Represents axes of symmetry
– Long and short-dashed and thin (0.3 mm)
• Phantom lines
– Indicates imaginary features such as alternate position of moving parts
and adjacent positions of related parts
– Long- and double short-dashed and usually thin (0.3 mm).
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 Line Types and Styles
• Dimension and Extension lines
– Used to show the size of an object. Placed between two extension lines and its
terminated by arrowheads, which indicates the directions and extent of the
dimension
– Continuous lines and thin (0.3 mm)
• Cutting Plane Lines
– Used to show where an imaginary cut has been made through the object in order
to view interior features
– The line type is phantom and very thick (0.6 – 0.8 mm)
– Arrows are placed at both ends of the cutting plane line to indicate the direction
of sight
• Section lines
– Used to show areas that have been cut by the cutting plane
– Grouped in parallel line pattern and usually drawn at a 450 angle
– Continuous line and thin (0.3 mm)
• Break lines
– Used to show imaginary breaks in objects, made up of series of connecting arcs
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– Continuous line and thick (0.5 – 0.6 mm)
 Line Types and Styles
Dimension and
Visible Line
Extension Line

Hidden Line Cutting Plane

Line

Center Line
Section Line

Phantom Line
Break Line

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Thank You

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