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Engineering Drawing

This document provides guidelines for presenting engineering drawings professionally, including: - Using appropriate paper sizes, scales, borders, title blocks with relevant information like drawing number and date. - Providing notes with symbols, locations, and revisions. - Following standards for lines, views, and other drawing elements. - Examples are given for title block layout and folding drawings for storage.

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Engineering Drawing

This document provides guidelines for presenting engineering drawings professionally, including: - Using appropriate paper sizes, scales, borders, title blocks with relevant information like drawing number and date. - Providing notes with symbols, locations, and revisions. - Following standards for lines, views, and other drawing elements. - Examples are given for title block layout and folding drawings for storage.

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Professional Skills

v1.2

Engineering Drawing – Presentation


To present drawings in a clear and professional manner
To produce and interpret drawings about the built environment using industry standards

These lecture notes are concerned with presentation, the content of drawings will be covered in other
parts of the Unit.

For reference, see (amongst other things):

BS ISO 128:1982 Technical drawings. General principles of presentation.


BS ISO 128-20:2001 Technical drawings. General principles of presentation. Basic conventions
for lines.
BS ISO 128-21:2001 Technical drawings. General principles of presentation. Preparation of lines
by CAD systems.
BS ISO 128-22:1999 Technical drawings. General principles of presentation. Basic conventions
and applications for leader lines and reference lines.
BS ISO 128-23:1999 Technical drawings. General principles of presentation. Lines on
construction drawings.
BS ISO 128-30:2001 Technical drawings. General principles of presentation. Basic conventions
for views.
BS ISO 128-40:2001 Technical drawings. General principles of presentation. Basic conventions
for cuts and sections.
BS ISO 128-50:2001 Technical drawings. General principles of presentation. Basic conventions
for representing areas on cuts and sections.
BS ISO 129:1985 Technical drawings. Dimensioning. General principles, definitions, methods of
execution and special indications.
BS ISO 5455:1995 Technical drawings. Scales.

Paper
A-series paper is used

Designation Size (mm)


A0 841 x 1189
A1 594 x 841
A2 420 x 594
A3 297 x 420
A4 210 x 297

An A0 sheet has an area of 1m2


The sides are in the proportion 1 : 2
The sides of 35mm film have the same proportions

Border (or margin)


The drawing should have a border of about 10 mm
Space should be left for binding and hole-punching, if the drawing is to be placed in a file

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Professional Skills
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Title Block and Notes


Refer to the example on page 4.

Organisation
e.g. University of Portsmouth, Department of Civil Engineering
May include logo

Title (Job and Drawing)


Job Title (e.g. Portland Building)
Drawing Title (e.g. Ground Floor Plan)

Drawing Number
A reference which identifies the drawing within the job and organisation

Revision Number
Only used if changes are made to the drawing after it has been initially published
Should increment with each revision (e.g. 1,2,3,… or A,B,C,… )
Details of each revision should be kept in Revision Table, in Notes area (see later)

Issue Number
Should be unique to each paper copy of the drawing that is made (may be written in by hand after
printing)
An Issue Book should show details of who the particular drawing was issued to, and when it was
issued

Scale
Express as ratio drawing unit : real world unit

50:1 20:1 10:1


Enlargement scales
5:1 2:1
Full size 1:1
1:2 1:5
1:10 1:20 1:50
Reduction scales
1:100 1:200 1:500
1:1000 1:2000 1:5000

Scales other than those above should only be used in exceptional circumstances (ensure that
sensible numbers are used, e.g. 1:2500, not 1:2384)
Check that the scale on the printed drawing is correct – this is very important (measure it)
Different parts of the drawing may be to different scales – state the main scale in the Title Block,
and other scales next to the relevant drawing part
For ground cross sections, it is common to use a vertical scale which is different (enlarged) from
the horizontal scale

Date
The date of the original drawing (later revisions will have their own date noted with the details of
the revision)

Drawn By
The name or initials of the (principal) person who created the drawing
For student assignments, this should normally be your Student ID Number

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Approval Signature
The original drawing should be checked and approved by a competent person (e.g. your Lecturer)
Later revisions have their own approval signatures (see Notes and Revisions Table)

Notes
A separate area, not part of the Title Block (see Location, later)
Include relevant notes, e.g.:
1. All dimensions in mm
2. All levels in metres
3. Do not scale off drawing – if in doubt, ask
May also include a key to symbols used in the drawing
May include a Location Figure (a small drawing which shows the location of the main drawing
relative to a larger area)
Should also include a Revisions Table

Revisions Table
In Notes area
The table may be upside down (with column headings in the bottom row)

Revision Ref Details Date Signature

Location
Title Block should be in the bottom right-hand corner – for easy searching of required drawing in a
collection of drawings
Notes should be vertically above, or horizontally to the left of the Title Block (Notes are not
always necessary)

Notes

Drawing area Drawing area

Title Block

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Example Layout

Notes
1. All dimensions in mm
2. All levels in metres
3. Do not scale off drawing – if
in doubt, ask

Drawing area advice

On a site drawing, show levels instead of vertical


dimensions, e.g.

3.764 3.764 3.764

Ensure there are enough levels and dimensions


for buildability
Do not over-dimension
Acceptable units are millimetres, metres and
kilometres

Rev ref Details Date Sig

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Department of Civil Engineering
Job Title:

Drg. Title:

Drg. No.: Rev.: Issue:

Scale: Date: Drawn by:

Approved:

Folding a Drawing
See extract from British Standard on the Professional Skills unit web (BS 1192:Part 1:1984)
http://www.civil.port.ac.uk/communications/
The BS shows how to fold a drawing to ensure that the Title Block is always visible
The folding method allows drawings to be placed in a ring binder file and opened for viewing
without removing the drawing from the file
All paper sizes from A3 to A0 are included

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