Engineering Visualization

and Communication
MCP 100
Dr. Arpan Gupta
Associate Professor
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi
arpan.gupta@mech.iitd.ac.in
Office: III-343A

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• Warm Welcome!

• Introduction to the course – what this course is about,

requirements, etc.

• Evaluation

• Lab sessions

• Getting Starting with engineering drawing

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Venue
• Lecture : Dogra Hall | Mon 5 – 6 pm

• Lab (group-wise)

-- Visualization lab (LHC538) [for the manual part]

(first half of the course)

-- Computer Service Centre CSC [for the software

part] (second half of the course)
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Modalities
• Every week, there will be one lecture ~ 1 hr
• The lecture will give an introduction to the topic to be
covered
• The practice sessions will be in the Lab for each group.
• The TAs will evaluate lab sheets during the lab.
• Mobile phones/smartwatches/gadgets of any type are
not allowed in the Lab.
• There will be quizzes in the lab sessions (may be
alternate lab).
• Only for medical Emergencies – best of (n-1 quizzes).
*Medical certificate from IIT Hospital.
• No compensation for missed lab/lecture.
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Doubts in course/marking of lab etc.
Approach TAs
Doubts of your group

Mr. Rishabh Dr. Arpan

Malhotra Gupta
rishabh0704@ arpan.gupta@
mech.iitd.ac.in mech.iitd.ac.in

Lab evaluations will be made available.

No correction will be incorporated after 2 weeks of the evaluated lab.
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Team
• Prof. Arpan Gupta (Course Coordinator)
• Prof. Jitendra Khatait
• Prof. J. K. Dutt
• Prof. Rajan Prasad
• Prof. Sujeet. K. Sinha

• Tutor – Mr. Rishabh Malhotra

• TAs

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Weekly Course/Lab Plan (tentative)
Weeks Topics Lab
free hand sketching, isometric grid sheet,

1 Introduction to the course, evaluation policy, freehand sketching, intro to projection of point, line, simple solids.
sheets, drawing materials/tools, type of lines.
Orthographic Projections – points, lines, planes, simple solids primitives
[basic]
2 Projections of line, true length of line. True length of line – rotation method and
auxiliary view method, true shape of
Auxiliary views – oblique line. Projection of planes.
surface.
3 Projections of solids and Section of Solids – conic section. Projection of complex solids, section of
cone,
4 Development of surfaces Development of different objects,
5 Small assembly, Isometric from Orthographic generating isometric from orthographic for
complex solids, small assembly, section
views,
6 Conclusion-manual drawing, dimensioning, basic norms and practices. Examples and practical problems.
7 Software - Autodesk Modeling of parts : Extrude, fillet, hole,
chamfer,
Part modeling 1 Extrude, fillet, hole, chamfer
8 Part modeling 2 Loft, pattern Modeling of parts : Loft, pattern,
9 Part modeling 3 - Sweep and revolve Modeling of parts : Sweep and revolve
10 Assembly Assembly of various parts
11 Orthographic projections/drawings, auxiliary views, and section views Orthographic projections, section views,
auxiliary views
12 Animation – exploded view and mechanism. Animations of systems
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 Evaluation
Lab Evaluation (Every Lab ~ 12 labs) 20%

Quiz (~ n quizzes) – best of n-1. 30%

Minor Exam (~ 12/9 - 17/9) – sheet based 20%
questions
Major Exam (~ 18/11 – 25/11) 30%

May be computer based

✓ Attendance in lectures is mandatory.

✓ Below 75% attendance, your grade will be reduced by one grade.
Below 50% - grade will be reduced by two.
✓ Sharing lab sheets, quiz solutions, or unfair practices will lead to
serious disciplinary consequences and academic penalties.
✓ The students must retain all the evaluated drawing sheets till the
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grades are awarded at the end of the semester.
Material required for the course
• A3 drawing sheets [at least two for each session]
• Basic stationery - Pencil, eraser etc…
• Ruler/scale
• Roller scale (to draw parallel lines)
• Compass

• Software: Autodesk Inventor [details will be shared later]

• Text Book –
• Luzadder WJ, Duff JM. The Fundamentals of Engineering Drawing:
With an Introduction to Interactive Computer Graphics for Design
and Production.
• Bhatt ND, Panchal VM, Ingle PR. Engineering Drawing. Charotar
Publishing House Pvt. Limited; 2010.
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Overview of the course
• Isometric and orthographic projections
• Point, line, and solids.

• Dimensioning
• Section views and Auxiliary views
• 3D modelling
• Assembly
• Animations
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Engineering Visualization
• Language to communicate your idea/thought/design with others

• An Engineering Drawing is a technical drawing that clearly

defines and communicates a design to other interested
parties.

• Other parties may be interested in design collaboration,

procurement/purchasing, costing, manufacturing, quality
control, marketing, and handling/packaging.

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 Why do we need to know about Engineering Drawings?

To allow our designs to develop from a thought or concept to a design /

sketch on “paper”.

To enable us to communicate our designs / sketches to colleagues/clients for

review and comments.
To convert our sketches / designs into layout drawings which show how our
ideas link up to existing infrastructures. (say battery in EV)
To include our design / sketches as part of a proposal for client / management
approval.

To provide Manufacturers with working Engineering Drawings based from our

original designs / sketches.

To prepare a document that can be used by all concerned during the

operation/maintenance of the machine or infrastructure
To keep the drawings as a legal document

Drawings for proprietary rights - patents

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Free hand sketch
• Great inventions and wonderful designs start with
scribblings!

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Edwin Lutyens, letter to
Herbert Baker illustrated with
a plan and sketch of the first
scheme for Rashtrapati
Bhavan (then Viceroy’s
House), 13 June 1912 (RIBA
Collections)
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Lutyens’ iconic dome for the Viceroy’s House
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 Rashtrapati Bhavan (then Viceroy’s House), photographed in 1931 (RIBA Collections)

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https://www.architecture.com/explore-architecture/inside-the-riba-collections/rashtrapati-bhavan-new-delhi
 Amazing Inventions start with simple ideas on paper.

The original concept drawing of the

RYNO motorized unicycle by
Hoffmann’s 13-year-old daughter
Lauren.

https://www.ibtimes.com/motorized-unicycle-ryno-motors-microcycle-may-be-future-urban-transit-hold-see-question-748568 20
Engineering Drawing/Projections
• Isometric View/projection
• Axonometric projections
Pictorial View
• Oblique projections
• Perspective Projections

• Orthographic View/projection

• BIS Standard (Bureau of Indian Standards)

• SP:46-2003

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 Isometric View

Orthographic View/projection

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Drawing sheets Dimensions
Paper size Paper Area
(cm)

• ISO (International Α5
14.8 x 21
cm
0.03108 m2
Organization for 21 x 29.7
Α4 0.0612 m2
Standardization) cm
standard specifies Α3
29.7 x
0.125 m2
42 cm
the paper
42 x 59.4
dimensions Α2
cm
0.25 m2

• The most common Α1

59.4 x 84.1
0.50 m2
cm
paper sizes are A0, 84.1 x 118.9
A1, A2, A3, A4, A5. Α0 1 m2
cm

• A2 -> half -> 2 A3

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• Manual Drawing

• Drawing Board
• Drafter

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Different Pencils for different line types

HB is a balanced one
(commonly used)

8B -> (Blackness) very soft,

leaves a lot of graphite on
paper and therefore dark

6H -> (Hardness) very hard

and therefore light.

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Drawing Isometric View on Grid
Sheet
• Covered in Lab sessions

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Orthographic Views
• First angle projection
• Third angle projection
• Some objects require two or three views
• More complicated objects may require auxiliary or
sectional view in addition to the three views.

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