Chapter 3 - Technical Drawings Flashcards
How does the ability to read and interpret technical drawings benefit a millwright?
- they are needed to understand how a machine is crafted, assembled, and installed.
- allows isolation of a problem area before a system is dismantled
List the types of technical drawings used in industry today.
- orthographic drawings
— first-angle
— third-angle - pictorial drawings
— isometric
— oblique - schematic diagrams
In an orthographic drawing, what direction is the object viewed from in the front elevation and the plan view?
- front elevation, the object is viewed from the front
- plan view, the object is viewed from the top or bottom
Most often, where do first-angle projection and third-angle projection originate?
- first-angle projection is used in Europe
- third-angle projections is used in North America
Describe how first-angle projection differs from third-angle projection.
- first-angle
— viewing position > object > side elevation - third-angle
— viewing position > side elevation > object
Name the views that are usually required in a third-angle orthographic projection drawing.
- top (plan)
- front (front elevation)
- side (side elevation)
- sometime auxiliary and sectional views are needed
Which view is chosen to be the front view for a technical drawing?
- most objects do not have a natural front or side position.
- therefore, it is necessary to determine which side of the object provides the most information about its shape
- this side is used as the front view
What are the merits and limitations of pictorial drawings?
Merits
- 3D renderings of an object showing height, length and width
- help viewer to visualize the true shape of an object
Limitations
- do not describe the shape of an object either exactly or completely
Describe how isometric and oblique drawings are drawn.
Isometric
- all lines are drawn either vertically or at 30 degrees to the horizontal
- the lengths along the 30 degrees axes are drawn to full scale
Oblique
- on face is at right angle to the horizontal and the others are at an angle (usually 45 degrees) to the horizontal
- the receding dimensions along the 45 degrees axis are drawn to half scale
How is line thickness defined by Canadian standards?
- Canadians standards define line thickness as THICK or THIN
- thick lines - twice as thick as thin lines
Draw and describe
- construction lines
- thin lines used to lay out the various views of an object
- construction lines are eventually overpaid by the object lines
Draw and describe
- object lines
- thick lines which indicate the visible outline of an object
Draw and describe
- hidden lines
- show those surfaces and features of the object that are not seen in the chosen views
- they are thin, equally spaced, broken lines
Draw and describe
- break lines
- used to shorten the view of long uniform sections
Draw and describe
- section lines
- the parallel diagonal lines (hatch marks) that identify a sectional view of an object in a drawing
Draw and describe
- centrelines
- drawn as thin, broken lines, with long and short lines spaced alternately
Draw and describe
- cutting plane line
- offset cutting plane lines are usually if the broken type
- letters placed beside arrows key to the corresponding sectional view
Draw and describe
- extension and dimension lines
- Extension lines
— thin lines which extend the object lines out to a convenient space for dimensioning
— these lines do not touch the object lines
— if extension lines cross arrowheads or dimension lines, a break in the extension line is permitted - Dimension lines
— thin lines which indicate the distance between the extension lines. They terminate with arrowheads which touch the extension lines.
— these lines give the objects measured dimensions; height, width and length
— where one or more dimension lines share an extension line, the dimension lines should run parallel to each other
What are the two methods used to dimension objects?
- Aligned method
— all dimension figures except angular dimensions are written parallel to the dimension lines - Unidirectional dimensioning
— all figures are written parallel to the bottom of the drafting paper
What two types of dimensions are found on technical drawings?
- Overall dimensions
— indicate overall length, width, or height of an object - Detail dimensions
— give size and location of any feature or detail which is not overall length, height or width
State the rules for dimensioning technical drawings
- only one form of dimension is used on a single drawing; either aligned or unidirectional
- technical drawings are dimensioned so that the full-size dimensions are specified on he drawing regardless of scale
- in metric drawings, dimensions are shown in millimetres without their units (1100, not 1100mm)
- the position and size of angles are shown
- when metric values are less than one, a zero is shown before the decimal point (0.5, not .5)
- whenever possible, to avoid confusion, dimensions are placed close to features being shown and outside the objects outline
- dimensions of a feature are shown only once
- when space is limited, dimension figures are placed in one or the other way
— inside the dimension line with the arrowheads outside the extension lines
— with the figures and arrowheads outside the extension lines
What are the overall dimensions of the object in figure 11?
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What is the hole size and the size and depth of the counter-bored hole in figure 13?
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Where are the holes located in the square plate in figure 14?
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What is the diameter of the bolt pattern in figure 15?
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What are the purposes of sectional view?
- used to show an aspect of the object which is otherwise too complicated to show with the conventional top, front, and side views
- show differences in materials
Describe the difference between full-section and half-section views.
Full section - use a cutting plane through the whole object giving the impression that the object has been cut in half
Half section - remove only a certain portion of the drawing. If a half section views gives all the information needed to understand the drawing, hen a full section drawing is not given
Which views are pictorial and which views are orthographic in figure 16?
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Can section lines identify the material and object is made from?
- line patterns are used to indicate types of materials
- also indicate solid portions of an object