Engineering practices: drafting
B W Field
4 points * 6 lectures, 40 drafting hours * First semester * Clayton * Only offered to BSc/BE students in mechanical engineering who are majoring in physics
Objectives The student is expected to obtain an extended knowledge of the drafting standard AS1100 and demonstrate this knowledge by correctly reading drawings and producing detail and assembly drawings to a reasonable standard and at a reasonable speed. The student is expected to develop sketching skills appropriate to those of an engineer, and to be able to create isometric drawings.
Synopsis Drafting and/or CAD equipment. Orthographic projection, standards. Drafting and sketching technique, sections, detailed knowledge of conventions. Dimensioning and tolerancing for circular fits. Detail drawing: welding and surface texture. Assembly drawings. Isometric drawing.
Assessment Examination: 21% * Tests: 34% * Assignments: 45%
Prescribed texts
Standards Australia/Institution of Engineers Australia Engineering drawing handbook Standards Australia, 1993
Field B W Class exercises for drafting Dept Mechanical Engineering, Monash U, 1997
Recommended texts
Boundy A W Engineering drawing McGraw-Hill, 1992
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