Measuring, Drafting, and Technical Drawing Conventions Flashcards
1
Q
Engineer’s scale
A
-Uses decimal fractions of a foot
2
Q
Architect’s scale
A
-Uses feet and inches
3
Q
Metric scale
A
-Uses decimal fractions like an engineer’s schedule but those dimensions represent centimeters and meters
4
Q
Graphic scale
A
-not used to measure inches and feet
5
Q
Construction line
A
-Very thin continuous line
6
Q
Hidden line
A
- Short dashed line
- Used to represent an element not directly visible
7
Q
Centerline
A
- Thin line
- Represents center of arc, circle, window, etc
8
Q
Phantom line
A
- Series of long single dashes separated by pairs of short dashes
- Used to illustrate section cuts that do not physically exist
