1. BASICS OF ENGINEERING GRAPHICS
Prof.T.JEYAPOOVAN
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science Chennai , India

2. Engineering Graphics
Engineering Drawing and Graphics deals with the preparation of technical drawings for Engineering components like Machine parts and Buildings.
All Engineering Drawings are prepared in Manual Drafting or Computer Aided Drafting.

3. Manual Drafting Tools Mini Drafter Instruments Box Set Squares
Protractor
Pencils (HB, H, 2H)
Eraser

4. Computer Aided Drafting Tools
High Resolution Monitor display
RAM 2GB or More
Graphics card
Software
AutoCAD
Plotter/Laser Printer

5. Lettering
Letters, numbers and special characters are printed as follows

6. Dimensioning
All dimensions in a drawing are clearly printed using the lettering practice.

7. Drawing Sheet Layout
Layout of drawing sheet shows the title block and border lines as given below.

8. Drawing Sheet Title Block
Title block of a drawing sheet has title of drawing and other details as given below.

9. Printing/Lettering
Print the following sentence in 10 mm capital and 5 mm lowercase letters.

10. Draw an Equilateral Triangle
Construct an equilateral triangle of side 40mm

11. Draw a Square
Construct a square of side 40 mm.

12. Draw a Pentagon
Construct a pentagon of side 30 mm.

13. Draw a Hexagon
Construct a Hexagon of side 30 mm.

14. Draw a Circle
Construct a Circle of diameter 40 mm.

15. REFERENCE BOOKS
Jeyapoovan T, “Lesson Plans for Engineering Graphics”, 2010, Vikas Publishing House Pvt Ltd, New Delhi.
Jeyapoovan T, “Engineering Drawing and Graphics”, 2011, Vikas Publishing House Pvt Ltd, New Delhi.

16. End of Basics of EG
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