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Basic Drawing Instruments

The document describes various tools used for technical drawing including a T-square, set square, French curves, compass, protractor, drawing board, paper, pen, pencil, ruler, and triangular scale. These tools are used to draw straight lines, curves, circles, measure angles and distances, and prepare scale drawings.

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Basic Drawing Instruments

The document describes various tools used for technical drawing including a T-square, set square, French curves, compass, protractor, drawing board, paper, pen, pencil, ruler, and triangular scale. These tools are used to draw straight lines, curves, circles, measure angles and distances, and prepare scale drawings.

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NAME DRAW22 28 FEBRUARY 2022

Student Number ENGINEERING DRAWING AND PLANS BSCE 1-1

1. A T-SQUARE IS A TOOL USED IN TECHNICAL DRAWING, PRIMARILY AS A GUIDE FOR DRAWING


STRAIGHT HORIZONTAL LINES ON A DRAFTING TABLE. IT CAN ALSO BE USED IN CONJUNCTION
WITH A SET SQUARE TO DRAW VERTICAL AND ANGLED LINES. ITS NAME IS DERIVED FROM ITS
RESEMBLANCE TO THE LETTER 'T'.

2. A SET SQUARE OR TRIANGLE IS AN OBJECT USED IN ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL DRAWING,


WITH THE AIM OF PROVIDING A STRAIGHTEDGE AT A RIGHT ANGLE OR OTHER PLANAR ANGLE
TO A BASELINE. THE SIMPLEST FORM OF SET SQUARE IS A TRIANGULAR PIECE OF
TRANSPARENT PLASTIC WITH THE CENTER REMOVED.

3. FRENCH CURVES ARE PLASTIC (OR WOODEN) TEMPLATES HAVING AN EDGE COMPOSED OF
SEVERAL DIFFERENT CURVES. FRENCH CURVES ARE USED IN DRAFTING (OR WERE BEFORE
COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN) TO DRAW SMOOTH CURVES OF ALMOST ANY DESIRED CURVATURE
IN MECHANICAL DRAWINGS.

4. A COMPASS, MORE ACCURATELY KNOWN AS A PAIR OF COMPASSES, IS A TECHNICAL DRAWING


INSTRUMENT THAT CAN BE USED FOR INSCRIBING CIRCLES OR ARCS.

5. A PROTRACTOR IS A MEASURING INSTRUMENT, TYPICALLY MADE OF TRANSPARENT PLASTIC


OR GLASS, FOR MEASURING ANGLES.

6. A DRAWING BOARD IS, IN ITS ANTIQUE FORM, A KIND OF MULTIPURPOSE DESK WHICH CAN BE
USED FOR ANY KIND OF DRAWING, WRITING OR IMPROMPTU SKETCHING ON A LARGE SHEET OF
PAPER OR FOR READING A LARGE FORMAT BOOK OR OTHER OVERSIZED DOCUMENT OR FOR
DRAFTING PRECISE TECHNICAL ILLUSTRATIONS

7. PAPER IS A THIN SHEET MATERIAL PRODUCED BY MECHANICALLY OR CHEMICALLY


PROCESSING CELLULOSE FIBERS DERIVED FROM WOOD, RAGS, GRASSES OR OTHER
VEGETABLE SOURCES IN WATER, DRAINING THE WATER THROUGH FINE MESH LEAVING THE
FIBER EVENLY DISTRIBUTED ON THE SURFACE, FOLLOWED BY PRESSING AND DRYING.

8. A PEN IS AN INSTRUMENT FOR WRITING OR DRAWING WITH INK, TYPICALLY CONSISTING OF A


METAL NIB OR BALL, OR A NYLON TIP, FITTED INTO A METAL OR PLASTIC HOLDER.

9. A PENCIL IS A WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENT WITH A SOLID PIGMENT CORE ENCASED IN A


SLEEVE, BARREL, OR SHAFT THAT PREVENTS BREAKING THE CORE OR MARKING A USER'S
HAND.

10. A RULER, SOMETIMES CALLED A RULE OR LINE GAUGE, IS A DEVICE USED IN GEOMETRY AND
TECHNICAL DRAWING, AS WELL AS THE ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES, TO
MEASURE DISTANCES OR DRAW STRAIGHT LINES.

11. A TRIANGULAR SCALE IS A RULER THAT HAS A 3-LOBED CROSS-SECTION WITH 6 DIFFERENT
TYPES OF SCALES ON THE EDGES (2 ON EACH FACE) USED FOR MEASURING AND PREPARING
SCALE DRAWINGS SUCH AS BLUEPRINTS AND MAPS. IT IS ALSO CALLED AN ARCHITECT’S
SCALE.
NAME DRAW22 28 FEBRUARY 2022
Student Number ENGINEERING DRAWING AND PLANS BSCE 1-1

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