Blueprint Reading and Technical Sketching

by Richard Gentry

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Blueprint Reading and Technical Sketching offers a hands-on introduction to the world of blueprints and technical sketches. Covering everything from basic drawing layouts and lettering to advanced topics like orthographic projections and isometric sketches, this textbook provides clear guidance and practical exercises. With self-tests and detailed instructions, it's an essential resource for students, professionals, or anyone looking to master the art of blueprint reading

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Publisher
Sacramento City College
Subjects
Workforce
Licence
CC BY 4.0, as LibreTexts states it
Who can read
Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: Introduction to Blueprints and Technical Sketches
  7. 1.1: Introduction
  8. 1.2: Types drawings
  9. 1.2.1: Self Test
  10. 1.3: Describe the drafting tools and materials used in drawing plans
  11. 1.3.1: Tools
  12. 1.3.2: Drafting Materials
  13. 1.3.3 Self Test 1
  14. 2: Introduction to Drawing Layout
  15. 2.1: Basic layout of a drawing
  16. 3: Lettering
  17. 3.1: Introduction
  18. 3.2: Standard lettering
  19. 3.3: Lettering Guidance
  20. 4: Lines Styles and Types
  21. 4.1: Line styles and types
  22. 4.2: The Meaning of Lines
  23. 5: Sketching
  24. 5.1: Sketching Technique
  25. 6: Orthographic Projection
  26. 6.1: Visualization of Orthographics Projections
  27. 6.2: Auxiliary Views
  28. 6.3: Sectional Views
  29. 6.4: Make orthographic sketches
  30. 6.5: Make an orthographic three-view, fully dimensioned sketch of a simple object
  31. 7: Dimensioning
  32. 7.1: Scaling
  33. 7.2: Principles of Dimensioning
  34. 7.3: Dimensioning
  35. 7.4: Dimensioning Exercise
  36. 8: Oblique Drawings
  37. 8.1 Introduction
  38. 9: Isometric Drawings
  39. 9.1: Make isometric sketches of simple rectangular objects
  40. 9.2: Sketching Figures with Non-isometric Lines
  41. 9.3: Make Isometric Sketches
  42. Back Matter
  43. Index
  44. Glossary
  45. Detailed Licensing