Engineering Drawing Notes A
Engineering Drawing Notes A
Engineering Drawing Notes A
Contents
Part A
1. 2. 3.
2D Drawing Principles: Coordinate Dimensioning & Tolerancing ANSI/ISO Tolerance Designation ANSI/ISO Classification of Limits and Fits Surface Properties Economics of Tolerances/Surface properties
Part B
4. 5. 6.
Part C
7.
The engineering drawing is the specification for the component or assembly and is an important contractual document with many legal implications, every line and every comment is important.
Attention to Detail
Orthographic Views
Rear Top Left Front Bottom Rear Left Front Right Right Preferred 3 views form L shape
Top
The glass box concept theorizes that an object is suspended inside a sixsided glass cube (notice the use of hidden lines on the glass box, depicting lines that would not be visible from the given perspective).
As the object is viewed from a specific orientation (perpendicular to one of the sides of the cube) visual rays project from the object to the projection plane. These projectors are always parallel to each other.
The objects image is formed on the projection plane by the pierce points of the visual rays.
The process is repeated to construct the right side view on the profile plane
For many three-dimensional objects, two to three orthographic views are sufficient to describe their geometry.
The box can be unfolded to show the multiple views in a single x-y plane
TOP
Because the observation point is located at infinity, the integrity of feature size and location are maintained, and the views are oriented orthogonally in relationship to each other.
FRONT
RIGHT SIDE
TOP
Notice that the projectors or extension lines, are perpendicular to the folding lines of the glass box. (Fold lines and extension lines are drawn very lightly, when used, and are not part of the finished drawing.)
FRONT
RIGHT SIDE
Final Views L format, front, right, top is ANSI and ISO standard for
Complete the 3 view drawing (without dimensions for now). Begin by projecting all of the known information between the views.
Heavy-up all of the object lines that depict visible object lines, and show surfaces that would not be visible in the specific orientation, using dashed/hidden lines.
Complete the right side view by projecting all of the relevant lines and points using a 45 degree miter line. Clean up the drawing.
Section Views
A A
Section views are used to clarify internal detail and to avoid dimensioning to hidden lines The are established by referencing a cutting plane Cutting planes depict the exact location on the part from which the section view will be projected, and should have associated arrowheads, indicating the direction from which the section view will be observed. Cutting planes are constructed as an integral feature of the parent view, and cutting plane arrowheads always indicate the direction for the observers line of sight.
SECTION
A-A
SECTION
AA
ROTATED 30 CLOCKWISE
Cutting Plane
Alpha Characters A - A, B - B, C C*, etc., are used to designate the required section view. The characters are placed near the arrowheads and as a subtitle of the view. There is no standard for the location of the section designators, other than near the cutting plane arrowheadsas the examples below illustrate. When the alphabet has been exhausted, use double characters AA - AA, BB - BB, CC CC*, etc. *Section Designators should NOT include the alpha characters I, O, or Q.
A
Cutting plane on reference view
SECTION
A-A
Good Practice
Poor Practice
Poor Practice
Each of the assembled components are depicted with a different crosshatch angle to assist in part differentiation. Specific crosshatch symbols are sometimes used to represent each different material type.
Steel
Magnesium, Aluminum
Titanium
Concrete
Water, Liquids
Half Sections
Half section views are the result of cutting planes being positioned on parts in such a manner that only half of the resulting view or projection is shown in section.
Half sections are generally used on objects of symmetry, individual cylindrical parts, or assemblies of parts.
Half Sections
Shown without section: Difficult to dimension without using hidden lines Internal features not as clear
Offset Sections
Offset sections allow us to provide greater breadth of detail with fewer section views. All of the features are aligned with the cutting plane.
D
SECTION D - D