This course is intended as an introduction to understanding blueprints and being able to visualize and understand the intent of the designer as presented in a blueprint. The first step in providing quality of a product is interpreting the drawing correctly and applying the given information to the final product. This course is a guide to interpreting drawings commonly found in Engineering. It provides information for blueprint reading beginning with the background of blueprints, looking at the types of lines used on a drawing, and how parts are shown in different views.
At the end of this course students will be able to:
- Visualize three-dimensional objects while viewing two-dimensional drawings
- Interpret the following engineering drawing applications:
- Line conventions
- Standard drawing symbols
- Section views
- Screw thread representation
- Dimensioning
- Tolerancing
- Machining specifications
- Surface texture
- Title block and parts list
- Drawing notes
- Drawing revision systems
