1. Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Division of Parañaque
Parañaque Science High School
Col. E. De Leon St. Sto. Niño, Parañaque City
Telefax No. 478-98-52
TECHNICAL DRAFTING
SUBJECT OUTLINE
The DepEd Vision
We dream of Filipinos who passionately love their country and whose values and competencies enable them
to realize their full potential and contribute meaningfully to building the nation.
As a learner-centered public institution, the Department of Education continuously improves itself to better
serve its stakeholders.
The DepEd Mission
To protect and promote the right of every Filipino to quality, equitable, culture-based, and complete basic
education where:
 Students learn in a child-friendly, gender-sensitive, safe, and motivating environment
 Teachers facilitate learning and constantly nurture every learner
 Administrators and staff, as stewards of the institution, ensure an enabling and supportive
environment for effective learning to happen
 Family, community, and other stakeholders are actively engaged and share responsibility for
developing life-long learners
Subject Code: TDRAFT1
Course Title: Technical Drafting for Grade 8
Total No. of Weeks: 22 weeks/220 hours
Subject Description:
The Technical Drafting program aims to provide knowledge and skills for students that is necessary to
translate ideas, sketches, projections and specifications into accurate working drawing using manual and
computer-assisted drafting techniques. The course content of this program includes credits in architectural,
mechanical, structural, and civil drafting. Students may choose to focus on continuing to a degree program in
architecture, mechanical, structural, and civil engineering after completing this program.
Subject Objectives:
The general objectives of drafting as an exploratory practical arts course are as follows:
1. To acquire essential skills in freehand drawing and lettering, in creating simple structural and
decorative designs, in sketching pictorial drawings, and in making orthographic working sketches.
2. To get acquainted with the technical and related general knowledge concerning the general drafting
trade.
3. To be able to read and interpret working sketches and working drawings

2. 4. To develop one’s power of observation and visualization.
5. To form good habits of work such as cleanliness, accuracy, neatness, orderliness, speed, and industry.
6. To appreciate good draftsmanship.
Subject Content:
I. Fundamental Concepts of Technical Drafting
 The Practical Arts
 Drafting Areas
 Drafting Occupations
 Allied Drafting
II. Materials Needed in Drafting
 Drawing Pencils
 Rubber Eraser
 Rule (metric)
 Drawing and Lettering Pens with a Penholder (Gillott, Staedtler, Speedball)
 Drawing Papers
 Sketch book
 Other materials
III. Freehand Drawing
 Pencil Techniques
 Drawing Pencils
 Activities in Sketching Lines
 Shaded Drawing
 Activities in Shaded Drawings
 Activities in Sketching Geometrical Figures
IV. Lettering
 Origin and Development of Letters
 Styles of Letters
 Single-Stroke Gothic Letters
 Guide Lines in Lettering
 Rules of Stability in Letters and Numbers
 Composition in Lettering
 Centering Titles
 Lettering Pens and Devices
V. Dimensioning Rules
 Kinds of Dimension
 Dimensioning Rules
 Dimensioning Isometric Drawings
VI. Orthographic Sketching
 The Projection Box
 Principles of Orthographic Drawing

3.  Alphabet of Lines
 Steps in Sketching Orthographic Views
 Outline Shading of Orthographic Views
VII. Isometric Drawing
 Concept of Isometric Drawing
 Steps in Sketching Isometric Drawing
VIII. Auxiliary View
 Concept of Isometric Drawing
 Steps in Sketching Auxiliary View
Methodology:
Online Lecture
Online Brainstorming
Self-paced study and activity
Requirements:
Submission of Drawing Activities 50%
Online discussion/Report 20%
Passing of requirements on time 15%
Attendance 5%
Quizzes 5%
Assignments 5%
100%
References:
German M. Manaois, M.A., Drafting Volume 1, 2006
Other references were linked in every topic.