Engineering Graphics and Drafting Practice
Isometric and Orthographic Projections, Solid and Plane Geometry, and CAD for Aspiring EngineersBy Helen Broadbent
Length11h 24m
About this audiobook
A drawing only works if another engineer can read it without asking you what you meant.
This book teaches you to produce that kind of drawing, starting from line weights and lettering and building through orthographic projection, auxiliary views and sectioning until you can lay out a full detail sheet with confidence. You will construct tangents, ellipses and involute curves by hand, develop sheet-metal patterns from cone and cylinder intersections, dimension a part with proper limits and fits, and represent threads, fasteners and welds the way a shop expects to see them.
The closing chapters move the same skills into 2D CAD and parametric solid modelling, so your screen work carries the same discipline as your board work. Every chapter pairs the underlying projection theory with practice exercises drawn from real drafting office conventions, helping you build the habits that make a drawing unambiguous, manufacturable and easy to check.
What you will learn:
• Select and maintain drawing equipment, lay out a sheet correctly and apply standard line conventions
• Construct plane geometric figures, tangents, ellipses and involute curves accurately by hand
• Project orthographic views and read or complete missing views from a given set
• Create auxiliary and sectional views that reveal true shape and internal detail
• Produce pictorial drawings, including isometric and oblique representations
• Dimension parts with notes, limits, fits and surface texture callouts
• Solve solid geometry problems involving intersections and developments of cones and cylinders
• Represent threads, fasteners and standard components to accepted shop practice
• Prepare assembly drawings and carry the same standards into 2D CAD and parametric solid modelling
For engineering and technical-college students and apprentices starting out in drafting, as well as self-taught makers and technicians who need to read and produce professional engineering drawings. If you are beginning a mechanical, civil or manufacturing course, or preparing for a first drafting role, this book gives you the foundation to work confidently on both the drawing board and the screen.
Audiobook details
GenreTechnology
Length11 hrs 24 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 27, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Engineering Graphics and Drafting Practice
2Foreword
3Preface
4About This Book
5Chapter 1: Equipment, Sheet Layout and Line Conventions
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61.1 Drawing Instruments, Materials and Their Care
71.2 Sheet Sizes, Borders, Title Blocks and Folding
81.3 Line Types, Weights and Their Hierarchy
91.4 Single-Stroke Lettering and Dimension Figures
101.5 Scales, Representative Fractions and Scale Selection
11Chapter 2: Plane Geometric Construction
122.1 Bisecting Lines, Angles and Arcs
132.2 Tangents to Lines, Circles and Between Circles
142.3 Regular Polygons by General and Specific Methods
152.4 Ellipse Constructions
162.5 Involutes, Cycloids and Other Loci
17Chapter 3: Orthographic Projection
183.1 The Glass-Box Model and the Planes of Projection
193.2 First-Angle and Third-Angle Arrangement
203.3 View Selection and the Minimum Number of Views
213.4 Projecting Points, Lines and Planes
223.5 Hidden Detail, Centrelines and Conventional Practice
23Chapter 4: Reading and Completing Views
244.1 The Missing-View Method
254.2 Missing-Line Problems and Surface Identification
264.3 Visualisation Drills and Sketching from Views
274.4 Checking a Completed Drawing
28Chapter 5: Auxiliary Views
295.1 Primary Auxiliary Views
305.2 Secondary Auxiliary Views
315.3 True Length of Oblique Lines and the Auxiliary Method
325.4 Partial Auxiliary Views and Their Use
33Chapter 6: Sectional Views
346.1 Cutting Planes, Section Lines and Hatching
356.2 Full Sections and Half Sections
366.3 Offset, Revolved and Removed Sections
376.4 Broken-Out Sections and Parts Not Sectioned
38Chapter 7: Pictorial Drawing
397.1 Isometric Axes, Scales and the Isometric Plane
407.2 Non-Isometric Lines and the Box Method
417.3 Isometric Circles and Curves
427.4 Dimetric and Oblique Cavalier and Cabinet Views
43Chapter 8: Dimensioning and Notes
448.1 Dimension Lines, Extension Lines and Arrowheads
458.2 Chain, Baseline and Ordinate Dimensioning
468.3 Dimensioning Radii, Diameters, Holes, Angles and Chamfers
478.4 Notes, Datum Identification and Drawing Titles
48Chapter 9: Tolerances, Fits and Surface Texture
499.1 Limits, Deviations and Basic Size
509.2 Clearance, Transition and Interference Fits
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