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INTRODUCTION:
Lines
A DRAWING IS MADE UP OF MANY LINES. EACH LINE HAS A PARTICULAR
MEANING AND REPRESENTS SOMETHING: A VISIBLE SURFACE, A HIDDEN
SURFACE, and A BEND LINE, CENTER OF A HOLE, HARDWARE.
IN ORDER TO HELP MAKE DRAWINGS EASIER TO READ AND UNDERSTAND, EACH
KIND OF LINE IS DRAWN WITH A DIFFERENT THICKNESS. THERE ARE TWO
DIFFERENT THICKNESS IN USE TODAY: THICK AND THIN, AND ARE USED AS
FOLLOWS:
THICK LINES ARE USED FOR:
OBJECT OR VISIBLE LINES
CUTTING PLANE LINES
BREAK LINES
DIMENSIONS
THE FUNCTION OF A DRAWING IS TO GRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATE AN OBJECT
WITH ENOUGH DETAIL SO THAT IT CAN BE MANUFACTURED WITHOUT
QUESTION, ANY PLACE IN THE WORLD, EXACTLY AS IT WAS INTENDED TO BE. IN
ORDER TO DO THIS, A DRAWING MUST BE DRAWN IN ACCORDANCE WITH
ACCEPTED AND RECOGNIZED STANDARD METHODS.
A FEW BASIC DIMENSIONING PRACTICES APPLY TO ALL VIEWS. THERE ARE
TWO KINDS OF DIMENSIONS: SIZE AND LOCATION. AS EACH NAME IMPLIES, SIZE
DIMENSION INDICATES THE SIZE, AND LOCATION INDICATES WHERE IT SHOULD
BE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS GUIDE, ONLY THOSE DIMENSIONS RELATING
TO SIZE WILL BE DISCUSSED.
DIAMETER - THE DISTANCE FROM ONE SIDE OF A CIRCLE TO THE OPPOSITE
SIDE. THESE ARE NORMALLY CALLED OUT AS A SMALL CIRCLE WITH A
BACKSLASH, FOLLOWED BY THE SIZE OF THE HOLE. SEE FIGURE 4-5.
DIMENSIONS
(CONT.)
RADIUS - A RADIUS IS HALF THE DISTANCE ACROSS A DIAMETER. THE LETTER
"R" IS PLACED BEFORE THE SIZE OF THE RADIUS.
VIEWS
AS DESCRIBED EARLIER, TO ACCURATELY DESCRIBE A PART, A DRAWING MUST
PROVIDE ENOUGH DETAIL AS TO HOW THE PART MUST LOOK AFTER IT IS
MANUFACTURED. THIS MAY REQUIRE SHOWING MORE THAN ONE VIEW OF THE
PART. THERE ARE SOME BASIC GUIDELINES WITH RESPECT TO MULTIPLE
VIEWS THAT ARE DISCUSSED HERE.
CONCLUSION
THIS GUIDE IS NOT INTENDED TO COVER ALL CHARACTERISTICS AND
PRACTICES, BUT AS A SIMPLE TOOL TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE
BLUEPRINTS YOU WILL USE EVERYDAY.