Blueprint Reading

Catalog description

This course is designed to provide the technical student with the necessary skills to visualize and interpret industrial drawings and prints encountered in the machine trades. This course includes an introduction to drawing and print types, principles of orthographic projection, the alphabet and precedence of line types, interpretation of single and multiview drawing, interpretation of title blocks, various methods of dimensioning and tolerance, types of view sectioning, special notation, and auxiliary views will be discussed. The student will also learn the basics of Isometric sketching used to produce simple technical sketches. An emphasis will be placed on the use of technical illustrations and prints to develop these basic skills and understanding. The use of Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) may be added as laboratory conditions permit.