Drafting

At sea aboard USS Kearsarge, Illustrator Draftsman 1st Class Steven Rodgers designs a training slide 400px Welcome to the Wikibook on Drafting The Objectives of Drafting as an Explanatory Practical Arts Course The general objectives of drafting as an explanatory practical arts course are as follows: 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 To get acquainted with the technical and related general knowledge concerning the general drafting trade To be able to read and interpret working sketches and working drawings To develop one's power of observation and visualization To form good habits of work such as cleanliness, accuracy, neatness, orderliness, speed and industry To appreciate good draftsmanship Tools and Materials Needed The following tools and materials are needed in freehand drawing and in technical sketching: Drawing pencils (F, HB, B and 6B) are generally used in sketching all required drawing plates Soft rubber eraser Ruler (metric) Drawing and lettering pens with a pen holder (e.g., Gillott, Staedtler, Speedball) Drawing papers, 23 cm x 30 cm, 23 kg (50 lb) book or Oslo paper and bristol board (cartolina) Sketch book, 23 cm x 30 cm (9" x 12"), with cross-perpendicular lines Pocket knife or NT knife and sharpening pad Flexible steel measuring tape 2 m long Large envelope, 30 cm x 40 cm (12" x 16") Lecture notebook India ink, 22 cc (3/4 oz) bottle Water color set with pointed sable brush (Prang or equivalent) Tempera colors (6 bottles to a set) Wax crayons (16 colors) Tracing paper, 1/2 m long Contents Technical Drawing /Introduction/ /Freehand Drawing/ /Designing/ /Lettering/ /Orthographic Sketching/ /Pictorial Drawings/ /Dimensioning/ /Working Sketches/ /Representation of Materials/ /Blueprint Reading/ /Commercial Art/ /Bibliography/ /Glossary of Technical Terms/ Appendices /Other Blueprint Reading Problems/ /List of Operations or Skills to be Learned/ /Conversion Table of English Linear Measurements into Metric/ D Arts and crafts Trades 0%