Learn how to create complete, precise engineering drawings for manufacturing.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Prepare complete, industry-standard engineering drawings
- Prioritize clarity when preparing drawings
- Reference standards to clarify drawing interpretation
- Prepare a complete and succinct sheet template
- Select the correct drawing type for your part
- Represent a 3D part in 2D using orthographic views
- Depict internal features with section views
- Enhance smaller features by depicting them in detail views
- Leverage 3D CAD to create pictorial views
- Use the correct line conventions to clarify geometry
- Challenge: Choose and place views
- Solution: Choose and place views
- Follow the rules of dimensioning to prevent ambiguity
- Use the right style when placing dimensions
- Dimensioning tips: Angles, chamfers, arcs, and fillets
- Dimensioning tips: Holes and slots
- Dimensioning tips: Shafts, grooves, keyways, and threads
- Dimensioning tips: Symmetric and repeated features
- Dimensioning tips: Bent components
- Write clear notes for a complete product definition
- Challenge: Place dimensions for a sample part
- Solution: Place dimensions for a sample part
- Limit a part's geometric variation with tolerances
- Take the guesswork out of setting tolerances
- Use GD&T to specify the functional requirements of parts
- The future of mechanical drafting
Taught by
Tarkka
