MEC 2009 – Engineering Drawing I

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 INTRODUCTION
Name: C. G. Chizyuka, PhD Cand.
Room : 102 (School of Engineering Main Building)

Course : MEC 2009 – Engineering Drawing I

Geometric Drawing

Machine Drawing (Mechanical

Drawing)

Electrical Engineering Drawing

component

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 Topics
• Use of drawing instruments
• Layout of drawings sheet, title block formatting and line work

• Methods of Projections
• Geometric and Graphics

• Orthographic Projection
• Loci

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 Topics (cont.)
• Auxiliary Views
• Intersection of regular solids

• Surface development
• Machine Drawing

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 A Simplest Example of Surface
Development

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 Machine Drawing
Scale layout

Title Block formatting

Dimensioning

Sectional Views

Assembly Drawing

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 An Example of an Assembly Problem

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 Assembled Solution

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 Assembly In Reality

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 OR

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 Additional Course Information
• 2 hrs Lectures
Time Allocation
• 1 x 3hr Tutorials

• Tutorial : 20%
Assessment • 2 Tests : 20%
• Final Exam: 60%
The will be a min of twenty
20 tutorial exercises & One
(1) final examination.

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 Recommended Books
• Morling K – Engineering
Drawing
Prescribed: • Mott L.C. – Engineering
Drawing & Construction

• Simon C.H., Maguare D.E. –

Recommended Engineering Drawing Practice
• Firth C.B., Vander Willigen
Texts: A.W. – Engineering Drawing
Technology

• Handbook for Engineering

Drawing, School of
engineering, UNZA.

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 Additional Info
• Provided – Drawing paper
• Not provided:
– Compasses
– 30cm rule
– 2 set-square(45 and 30/60 deg (Longest side 30cm))
– Protractor
– Pencils (h, 2h, 3h, and 4h)
– Pencil sharpener
– Soft eraser
– French curves
– Cellotape OR Clamp (Never use pins!)
– Sand paper

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 Additional Info (cont)
• Optional Equipment
– Circle template
– Ellipse template
– Bolt/Nuts template
• Late work will NOT be accepted
• All drawings to be done in pencil only
• The notice board in drawing rooms (or
walls/floor) will not be used for sharpening
pencils!
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 Drawing Practice
• Golden rule: NEATNESS
• Instrument:
– The lead or pencil:
• Hardness
• Sharpening
– Rule and Set Square:
• Tee-Square
– Guiding rule
– Horizontal lines
• Set Square
– Vertical & Slanted lines

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 Drawing Board with Tee-square

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 Drawing practice (cont)
• Note: Never use measuring instrument to draw any line
– Compass and Dividers:
• Note: Never use the ones obtained from Mathematical
Sets!
– French Curves
• Example of its use:

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 The British Standard BS8888 recommends that for normal practical
purposes the area of the largest sheet is one square metre and the
sides are in the ratio of 1:√2. This means that the dimensions of the
sheet are 841 mm × 1189 mm.

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 Drawing Paper Formatting

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 Title Block Formatting

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 Lettering
• Main requirements:
– Legibility
» Clear
» Distinct
– Uniformity
– Ease
– Rapidity

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 Lettering (cont)
• Uniformity
– Thickness
– Shape
– Style
– Slope (either - NAME or NAME)
– Spacing (letters and words)

Always use CAPITAL letters and numerals

Never use ORNAMENTAL lettering

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 Lettering Formats
Straight Inclined

ILTFEHVA ILTFEHVA
WMNKXYZ WMNKXYZ
OQCGJUD OQCGJUD
P RB8 3S2 P RB8 3S2
0 6 9 4 75& 0 6 9 4 75&
NEVER COMBINE THE
TWO FORMATS!

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 LINE TYPES

•Firm and dark

•Use H or HB pencil

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 LINE TYPES (Cont)

Use 3H or 4H pencil

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 LINE TYPES (Cont)

Use 2H or 3H pencil

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 LINE TYPES (Cont)

Use 2H or 3H pencil

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 LINE TYPES (Cont)

• Use 2H pencil
• Dashes & spaces equi-space and
equidistant

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 LINE TYPES (Cont)

Use 2H pencil

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 LINE TYPES (Cont)

• Thin: use 3H
• Thick: use H
• Line thick at changes of direction

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