Monday, January 26, 2015

Lettering, Sketching and Orthographic Projection


What is Engineering Graphics?  A set of rules and guidelines that help you create an Engineering Drawing.
   
What is an Engineering Drawing?   A drawing that communicates an idea or design.

 
Examples of Engineering Drawings

Mechanical Engineers (factory/manufactured parts)

Detailed drawing of a part that needs to be machined.

Electrical Engineers (appliances to power transmission)

A circuit schematic.

Circuit board layout. (electronics)

Civil Engineers (topography/landscapes)

Plans for a bridge.

Road layout.

ØWhat will we learn in Chapter 1?

How to create an orthographic projection.

Key points

An orthographic projection is a 2-D representation of a 3-D object.

A system of drawings that represent different sides of an object.

Project edges perpendicular to planes of projection

Represent a shape using 2 or more views

Gives enough information to manufacture the part.

Orthographic projection  = 2-D representation of a 3-D object. 
Isometric view            Orthographic view
 
An orthographic projection represents different sides of an object.
 
 
The Six Principal Views
The 6 principal views are created by looking at the object, straight on, in the directions indicated.
 
How do we create the 6 principal views?

Consider a pair of dice – each number is a view.  Choose one number for the front and then determine the remaining five views. 

The object is placed in a glass box.


The sides of the box represent the 6 principal planes.
 Left, Front, Right, Rear, Top, Bottom
 
 
The image of the object is projected on the sides of the box.


VISUALIZE !!!

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