Preparing Tools and Technical Drafting Flashcards
Used to reader sketches and lay out rough drawings
Drawing pencil
Type of pencil that holds graphite lead that can be dispensed or extended as it’s point wars out
Mechanical pencil
Drawing instrument equipped with a refillable ink cartridge that produces lines of consistent thickness
Technical pen
Comes in varying range of hardness and blackness
Graphite cores
Is a low cost drawing paper used for transfer and copy drawings through copy
Tracing paper
It is a type of paper that provides grid marks used as a guide for sketching
Grid paper
It is a drawing material that has excellent archival quality
Polyester film
It is a plain wooden board that has a flat surface
Drafting board
It is a drawing furniture that usually comes with an adjustable set of legs and tabletop
Drafting table
It is used to draw straight horizontal lines
T square
Used to draw lines at a fixed triangle often used with the T square
Triangle
Used to draw arcs and circles
Compass
Used to draw irregular lines, arcs, and curves
Irregular curve
Thin sheet of material punched with various shapes of different sizes
Template
It is used to remove drawing errors and clean up and dirt from the drawing paper
Eraser
