Basic Drafting  Parallel line are those which are equal

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DRAFTING
Drafting is the primary method of
communication between designers and
clients, architects, and builders,
engineers and production personnel and
between advertisers and customers.
A drawing, when used to show the
material, dimensions, and shapes of
product, is known as a technical
drawing(French 1974).
Fundamental Elements of Drafting
1. Sketching techniques
 Horizontal lines are generally drawn
from left to right.
 Vertical lines are generally drawn from
top to bottom.
 Inclined lines are generally drawn in
upward or downward direction.
 Short lines are drawn with finger
movements
 Long lines are drawn with arm
movements
 Very long lines are drawn with
segments with very small gaps of about
1/ 32/1 mm.
length.
 Perpendicular lines are those which
intersect with an angle of 90 degrees.
 when two lines cross each other they
are said to intersect and the point at
which they meet is the point of
intersection.
3. Arcs and Circles.
 A circle is a plane figure enclosed by
curved lines
 The distance around circle is
a circumference.
 The diameter of the circle is a straight
line passing through the center of the
circle and terminated at both ends by
the circumference.
 Radius is one-half of the diameter
 One fourth of the circle is a quadrant.
 One half of the circle is semi-circle.
 Tangent is a line that touches only one
point of the circle’s circumference.

2. Technical terms used in

connection with lines

 A point indicates the position only; It

has no length, breath or thickness.
 A line has only one dimension and it is
called length.
 A straight line is the shortest distance
between two points
 A curve line is a line no part of which is
straight