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Technical Drafting 10
Quarter 2, Prepare Plan Using CAD
First Edition, 2020

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Quarter 2
MODULE 1
ALPHABET OF LINES
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Introductory Message

For the facilitator:

Welcome to the TLE 10 – Technical Drafting Module on Preparing

Plan Using CAD!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed
by its Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou
Concepcion A. Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig
through its mayor, Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized
the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential
Learning Competencies (MELC) in developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and

independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also
aims to help learners acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5
Cs, namely: Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and
Character while taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box
in the body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use

this module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while
allowing them to manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to
encourage and assist the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
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For the learner:

Welcome to the TLE 10 – Technical Drafting Module on Preparing

Plan Using CAD!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time.
You will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while
being an active learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and

skills that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the

lesson at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of

concepts and skills that you already know about a previous
lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to

perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in

the lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned

from the entire module.
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EXPECTATION

Upon completion of this lesson, you are expected to:

 enumerate the different Alphabet of lines used in a drawing;
 describe the uses of different Alphabet of lines; and
 develop appreciation on the importance of Alphabet of lines in a
drawing.

PRE-TEST

Directions: Match the names of Alphabet of lines in Column A with the

illustration given in Column B. Write the corresponding letter of your answer
in the space provided.

Column A Column B

______ 1. Center line A.

______ 2. Construction line B.

______ 3. Cutting plane line C.

______ 4. Dimension line D.

______ 5. Hidden line E.

______ 6. Leader line F.

______ 7. Phantom line G.

______ 8. Short break line H.

______ 9. Section line I.

______ 10. Visible line J.

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RECAP

Directions: Below are some pre-requisite and essential skills that a

draftsman should at least possess before exploring AutoCAD software. Kindly
read each item carefully and draw a check mark (/) on the column that
corresponds to your answer.
A Not
Skills A lot
little much
I can enumerate the different dimension
command shortcuts.

I can identify the different types of dimension

commands.

I can appreciate the importance of dimension in

making my drawing more accurate.

REMINDERS:
Remember these things before during and after you work on your computer.
 Handle computer with extra care;
 No foods or drinks near the computer;
 Keep your files in good order;
 Log off properly every after use;
 Unplug the computer when not in use;
 Always save your work from time to time.
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LO2 PREPARE PLAN USING CAD

LO2.1 SET UP DRAWINGS ACCORDING TO STANDARD DRAWING SCALE
AND PAPER SIZE

LO2.1.1 ALPHABET OF LINES

We are now on our lesson for the second quarter. Still in the set up
process, we will now discuss how to set up some of the line properties used
in Architectural drawings. Like in manual drafting, we are also using the
different alphabet of lines in AutoCAD. These alphabet of lines are very
important in technical drawings because it has its own uses in representing
the different parts of the drawings (uses and characteristics were discussed
already during earlier drafting lessons). These lines also enables engineers
and designers to understand features of designed products clearly and
accurately.
In this lesson, you are going to learn how to load needed lines to be
used in our drawing such as object line, construction line, center line, hidden
line, and phantom line. Other lines in the Alphabet were pre set-up already
in some of our setting up topics like the dimension line, leader line, extension
lines (dimension set-up), and section lines (hatch set-up).

ALPHABET OF LINES
1. Object or visible lines 7. Extension line

2. Construction line 8. Cutting plane line

3. Dimension line 9. Short and long break lines

4. Hidden line 10. Leader line

5. Center line

11. Section line

6. Phantom line
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LOADING AUTOCAD LINES

1. On the Home tab of the Ribbon, go to the

Properties toolbar, click on Linetype
properties to open the pulldown menu and
click on Other… option to load the Linetype
Manager dialog box. Another option is to type
LINETYPE or LT command and press enter
key to load the Linetype Manager dialog box.
Linetype provides a choice of line type to make current
if no object are selected, or changes the linetype
properties of the object when selected.

2. In the Linetype
Manager dialog box, you will
notice that there is only one
linetype available and that is
the line Continuous which
is the AutoCAD default
linetype.
Let us try adding center,
hidden, and phantom lines.
To add other linetype
options press the Load
button.

3. Another dialog box for

Load or Reload Linetypes
appear. It displays options of
different types of lines
available to load.
To load preferred line
type, click on the Linetypes
one by one and click on OK
button.
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4. Click on CENTER
linetype in the pulldown
options and click on OK
button.
You can choose from
different options of center
lines. CENTER2 for smaller
scale and CENTERx2 for a
larger scale option.

5. Click on HIDDEN
linetype in the pulldown
options and click on OK
button.
You can also choose from
different options of hidden
lines. HIDDEN2 for smaller
scale and HIDDENx2 for a
larger scale option.

6. Click on PANTHOM
linetype in the pulldown
options and click on OK
button.
Like Center and Hidden,
you can also choose from
different options of panthom
lines. PANTHOM2 for
smaller scale and
PANTHOMx2 for a larger
scale option.
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Note: One faster option is to click on each preferred linetypes while

holding the CTRL key and click on OK button.

7. After clicking OK
button at Load or Reload
dialog box, AutoCad will
take you back to Linetype
Manager dialog box.
This time you will notice
that the Center, Hidden, and
Phatom lines has been to the
lists of linetype. Then, click
OK.

8. If you check on the Properties linetype,

you will see the line types that you added.
You can now use this in making the
other alphabet of lines needed in your drawing
such as: object or visible line, construction
line, center line, hidden line, phantom line, and
even the cutting plane line.

Example. If you want to make all your line drawn using Hidden linetype, just
go to properties and click on Hidden to make it the current linetype. Then
apply the command Line and you will notice that all the lines are made of
Hidden linetype.

Note: In actual complex drawing like Architectural and Engineering drawings,

linetype properties were set in the layers with different layer names and
purposes.
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ACTIVITIES

A. Directions: Identify each Alphabet of line illustrated below. Write your

answer on the blank opposite each illustration.

1. - _____________________________

2. - _____________________________

3. - _____________________________

4. - _____________________________

5. - _____________________________

6. - _____________________________

7. - _____________________________

8. - _____________________________

9. - _____________________________

10. - _____________________________

B. Directions: Enumerate at least 10 Alphabet of lines.

1. ____________________________ 6. ____________________________
2. ____________________________ 6. ____________________________
3. ____________________________ 6. ____________________________
4. ____________________________ 6. ____________________________
5. ____________________________ 6. ____________________________

WRAP–UP

In AutoCAD Linetype toolbar, in which dialog box can we find the lists of
linetype options that can be loaded?

___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
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Are Alphabet of lines important in a drawing? Why? Defend your answer.

___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

VALUING

In today’s lesson we learned that Alphabet of lines play a big role in the
making of a construction drawing as it help Engineers and designers to clearly
understand drawings. As a learner, who do you consider playing a big role in
your life to make things easy and clearly? Support your answer.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

POST TEST

Directions: Read each statement carefully and identify what is described in

the statement. Write your answer in the space provided before each number.
___________ 1. It is composed of thin and dark lines use to show the size of an
object with a numeric value.
___________ 2. Made of short and long medium thick lines use to show
cutaway view of a long section.
___________ 3. An alphabet of line made of short dash lines use to show non
visible surfaces.
___________ 4. They are made of extra thick line use to show cutaway views or
plane of projection where a section view is taken.
___________ 5. Thin and dark line use to show the starting and ending of
dimension.
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___________ 6. An alphabet of line made of thick dark line and is used to show
the visible edges or outline of the object.
___________ 7. Medium line with arrowhead to show notes or label for size or
special information about a feature.
___________ 8. An alphabet of line made of fine light line and is used to show
the construction layout of the object.
___________ 9. Long line followed by two short dashes use to show alternate
position of a moving part.
___________ 10. An alphabet of line made of long and short dashes and is used
to indicate the axis of symmetrical objects.

KEY TO CORRECTION

11.Visible line
10. Center line 10. Short break line 10.Leader line 10. D
9. Phantom line 9. Section line 9. Dimension line 9. E
8. Construction line 8. Phantom line 8. Phantom line 8. B
7. Leader line 7. Leader line 7. Hidden line 7. H
6. Visible line 6. Hidden line 6. Center line 6. J
5. Extension line 5. Extension line 5. Section line 5. G
4. Cutting plane line 4. Dimension line 4. Visible line 4. I
3. Hidden line 3. Cutting plane line 3. Construction line 3. A
2. Short break line 2. Construction line 2. Short break line 2. C
1. Dimension line 1. Center line 1. Cutting plane line 1. F
POSTTEST ACTIVITY B ACTIVITY A PRE-TEST

REFERENCES:

Arriola C., Bermas D., Milambiling O., Guevarra Jr. V., Technology &
Livelihood Education ICT– Technical Drafting 10: Learner’s Material.
Deped-IMCS, 2013

AutoCAD 2018
https://www.umasd.org/cms/lib7/PA01000379/Centricity/Domain/
325/The_Alphabet_of_Lines.pdf