For all students and lecturers of basic engineering and technical drawing
The new edition of this successful text describes all the geometric instructions and engineering drawing information, which are likely to be needed by anyone preparing or interpreting drawings or designs. There are also plenty of exercises to practise these principles.
Preface For The Third Edition
Part 1 : Geometric Drawing
Chapter 1 : Scales
Chapter 2 : The Construction of Geometric Figures From Given Data
Chapter 3 : Isometric Projecion
Chapter 4 : The Construction of Circles to Satisfy Given Conditions
Chapter 5 : Tangency
Chapter 6 : Oblique Projection
Chapter 7 : Enlarging and Reducing Plane Figures and Equivalent Areas
Chapter 8 : The Blending of Lines and Curves
Chapter 9 : Loci
Chapter 10 : Orthographic Projection
Chapter 11 : Conic Sections - The Ellipse : Parabola : Hyperbola
Chapter 12 : Intersection of Regular Solids
Chapter 13 : Further Orthographic Projection
Chapter 14 : Developments
Chapter 15 : Further Problems in Loci
Chapter 16 : Freehand Sketching
Chapter 17 : Some More Problems Solved By Drawing
Part 2 : Engineering Drawing
Chapter 18 : Modifications to Text and Drawings on Accompanying Documents
Chapter 19 : Postscript : Planning A Design
Appendix A : Sizes of ISO Metric Hexagon Nuts : Bolts and Washers
Appendix B : Sizes of Slotted and Castle Nuts With Metric Threads
Appendix C : Simplified Representation of Threaded Fasteners
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