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Introduction to line types and
dimensioning
M/C Drawing and CAD
Rahul M. Chanmanwar
Mechanical Department
WCE, Sangli.
Standard sizes of drawing sheets as per BIS
A2 size
Title box – An important feature – a must in every drawing
sheet – for technical and administrative details
• Location - Bottom right corner – 185 mm x 65 mm (BIS)
• Divided into two zones
• Identification zone
• Registration or identification number
• Drawing title
• Name of the legal owner of the drawing, i.e., name of the
firm or the company
Contd…
Additional information zone
• Indicative items –symbol indicating the system of
projection, main scale of drawing, etc.
• Technical items – method of indicating surface
texture, geometric tolerances, etc.
• Administrative items
Title box….. contd
Lay out of a drawing sheet
Layout of the title box to be adopted in this course
Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli – 416 415
TITLE:
SCALE:
NAME:
ROLL NO:
PLATE NO:
EVALUATED BY
110 75
20
10
15
10
10
Pencil drawing –
In finished drawing, all lines (except construction lines-
used to construct the drawing) should be dense, clean and
uniform.
Construction line should be drawn very thin and should be
hardly visible in the finished drawing ( they should not be
erased).
Line types
Line types….CONTD
Uses of different types of lines in a given drawing
Uses of different types of lines in a given drawing
Uses of different types of lines in a given drawing
Examples of good and poor drawing techniques for
lines and arcs
Lettering – Writing of titles, sub-titles, dimensions,
scales and other details on a drawing
• Essential features of lettering – legibility, uniformity,
ease, rapidity, and suitability for microfilming/
photocopying/any other photographic processes
• No ornamental and embellishing style of letter
Plain letters and numerals which are clearly
distinguishable from each other in order to avoid any
confusion even in case of slight mutilations
Lettering – BIS: 9609
• Single stroke lettering for use in engineering
drawing – width of the stem of the letters and
numerals will be uniformly thick equal to thickness of
lines produced by the tip of the pencil.
• Single stroke does not mean – entire letter
written without lifting the pencil/pen
Lettering types
Heights of Letters and Numerals
• Height of the capital letters is equal to the height
of the numerals used in dimensioning
• Height of letters and numerals – different for
different purposes
Specifications of A -Type Lettering
Specifications of B -Type Lettering
Standards and Conventions
Standards and Conventions
No effective communication without an agreed upon
standard of signs or symbols.
Standards and conventions are the alphabet of technical
drawing, and plane, solid, and descriptive geometry are the
science(grammar) which underlies the graphics language.
Conventions – commonly accepted practices, rules,
or methods.
Dashed lines are used
to represent hidden
features of an
engineering drawing..
Hidden lines – location
of drilled hole’s
diameter, in a view
where the hole cannot
be directly seen.
Standards – set of rules that govern how technical
drawings are represented..
Drawing standards
ANSI – American National Standards Institute
ISO – International Standards Organization
JIS – Japanese Standards
BIS – Bureau of Indian Standards
Units of Measure
International systems of units (SI) – which is based on
the meter.
Millimeter (mm) - The common SI unit of measure on
engineering drawing.
Individual identification of linear units is not required if
all dimensions on a drawing are in the same unit (mm).
The drawing shall however contain a note:
ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN MM. (Bottom left
corner outside the title box)
Dimensioning
Indicating on a drawing, the size of the object and
other details essential for its construction and
function, using lines,numerals, symbols, notes, etc.
Dimensions indicated on a drawing should be those
that are essential for the production, inspection and
functioning of the object and should not be mistaken
as those that are required to make the drawing of an
object.
Dimensioning of an
object is
accomplished by
dimensioning each
element to indicate
its size (size
dimensions) and
relative location
(location dimensions)
from a center line,
base line or finished
surface.
Each feature is
dimensioned
and positioned
only once.
Each feature is
dimensioned
and positioned
where its
shape shows.
Dimension line
A thin, solid line that shows the extent and direction of
a dimension. Dimension lines are broken for insertion of
the dimension numbers.
Should be placed at least
10 mm away from the
outline and all other
parallel dimensions should
be at least 6 mm apart,
or more if space permits.
Arrows – 3 mm wide and should be 1/3rd as wide as
they are long - symbols placed at the end of dimension lines
to show the limits of the dimension. Arrows are uniform in
size and style, regardless of the size of the drawing.
Extension line – a thin, solid line perpendicular to a
dimension line, indicating which feature is associated
with the dimension.
Visible gap – there should be a visible gap of 1.5 mm
between the feature’s corners and the end of the
extension line.
Leader line
− A thin, solid line used to indicate the feature with
which a dimension, note, or symbol is associated.
− Generally a straight line drawn at an angle that is
neither horizontal nor vertical.
− Terminated with an arrow touching the part or detail.
− On the end opposite the arrow, the leader line will
have a short, horizontal shoulder. Text is extended
from this shoulder such that the text height is
centered with the shoulder line.
Diameter symbol – φ - a symbol which precedes a
numerical value, to indicate that the dimension shows
the diameter of a circle.
Radius symbol – R 0.5
Various types of dimension lines
Important elements of a dimensioning
Important elements of a dimensioning
Dimensioning of angles
Correct way of dimensioning
Aligned method Unidirectional method

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1. Introduction to Line types and dimensioning.pdf

  • 1. Introduction to line types and dimensioning M/C Drawing and CAD Rahul M. Chanmanwar Mechanical Department WCE, Sangli.
  • 2. Standard sizes of drawing sheets as per BIS A2 size
  • 3. Title box – An important feature – a must in every drawing sheet – for technical and administrative details • Location - Bottom right corner – 185 mm x 65 mm (BIS) • Divided into two zones • Identification zone • Registration or identification number • Drawing title • Name of the legal owner of the drawing, i.e., name of the firm or the company Contd…
  • 4. Additional information zone • Indicative items –symbol indicating the system of projection, main scale of drawing, etc. • Technical items – method of indicating surface texture, geometric tolerances, etc. • Administrative items Title box….. contd
  • 5. Lay out of a drawing sheet
  • 6. Layout of the title box to be adopted in this course Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli – 416 415 TITLE: SCALE: NAME: ROLL NO: PLATE NO: EVALUATED BY 110 75 20 10 15 10 10
  • 7. Pencil drawing – In finished drawing, all lines (except construction lines- used to construct the drawing) should be dense, clean and uniform. Construction line should be drawn very thin and should be hardly visible in the finished drawing ( they should not be erased).
  • 10. Uses of different types of lines in a given drawing
  • 11. Uses of different types of lines in a given drawing
  • 12. Uses of different types of lines in a given drawing
  • 13.
  • 14. Examples of good and poor drawing techniques for lines and arcs
  • 15. Lettering – Writing of titles, sub-titles, dimensions, scales and other details on a drawing • Essential features of lettering – legibility, uniformity, ease, rapidity, and suitability for microfilming/ photocopying/any other photographic processes • No ornamental and embellishing style of letter Plain letters and numerals which are clearly distinguishable from each other in order to avoid any confusion even in case of slight mutilations
  • 16. Lettering – BIS: 9609 • Single stroke lettering for use in engineering drawing – width of the stem of the letters and numerals will be uniformly thick equal to thickness of lines produced by the tip of the pencil. • Single stroke does not mean – entire letter written without lifting the pencil/pen
  • 18. Heights of Letters and Numerals • Height of the capital letters is equal to the height of the numerals used in dimensioning • Height of letters and numerals – different for different purposes
  • 19. Specifications of A -Type Lettering
  • 20. Specifications of B -Type Lettering
  • 22. Standards and Conventions No effective communication without an agreed upon standard of signs or symbols. Standards and conventions are the alphabet of technical drawing, and plane, solid, and descriptive geometry are the science(grammar) which underlies the graphics language.
  • 23. Conventions – commonly accepted practices, rules, or methods. Dashed lines are used to represent hidden features of an engineering drawing.. Hidden lines – location of drilled hole’s diameter, in a view where the hole cannot be directly seen.
  • 24. Standards – set of rules that govern how technical drawings are represented..
  • 25. Drawing standards ANSI – American National Standards Institute ISO – International Standards Organization JIS – Japanese Standards BIS – Bureau of Indian Standards
  • 26. Units of Measure International systems of units (SI) – which is based on the meter. Millimeter (mm) - The common SI unit of measure on engineering drawing. Individual identification of linear units is not required if all dimensions on a drawing are in the same unit (mm). The drawing shall however contain a note: ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN MM. (Bottom left corner outside the title box)
  • 27. Dimensioning Indicating on a drawing, the size of the object and other details essential for its construction and function, using lines,numerals, symbols, notes, etc. Dimensions indicated on a drawing should be those that are essential for the production, inspection and functioning of the object and should not be mistaken as those that are required to make the drawing of an object.
  • 28. Dimensioning of an object is accomplished by dimensioning each element to indicate its size (size dimensions) and relative location (location dimensions) from a center line, base line or finished surface.
  • 29. Each feature is dimensioned and positioned only once. Each feature is dimensioned and positioned where its shape shows.
  • 30.
  • 31.
  • 32.
  • 33.
  • 34.
  • 35.
  • 36.
  • 37.
  • 38.
  • 39. Dimension line A thin, solid line that shows the extent and direction of a dimension. Dimension lines are broken for insertion of the dimension numbers. Should be placed at least 10 mm away from the outline and all other parallel dimensions should be at least 6 mm apart, or more if space permits.
  • 40. Arrows – 3 mm wide and should be 1/3rd as wide as they are long - symbols placed at the end of dimension lines to show the limits of the dimension. Arrows are uniform in size and style, regardless of the size of the drawing.
  • 41. Extension line – a thin, solid line perpendicular to a dimension line, indicating which feature is associated with the dimension. Visible gap – there should be a visible gap of 1.5 mm between the feature’s corners and the end of the extension line.
  • 42. Leader line − A thin, solid line used to indicate the feature with which a dimension, note, or symbol is associated. − Generally a straight line drawn at an angle that is neither horizontal nor vertical. − Terminated with an arrow touching the part or detail. − On the end opposite the arrow, the leader line will have a short, horizontal shoulder. Text is extended from this shoulder such that the text height is centered with the shoulder line.
  • 43. Diameter symbol – φ - a symbol which precedes a numerical value, to indicate that the dimension shows the diameter of a circle. Radius symbol – R 0.5
  • 44. Various types of dimension lines
  • 45. Important elements of a dimensioning
  • 46. Important elements of a dimensioning
  • 48. Correct way of dimensioning