Engineering Drawing, 2nd Edition

PREFACE

In the more than forty years that we have been teaching engineering drawing, we have seen a dramatic increase in the number of engineering colleges in India and a corresponding increase in the number of books on this subject. We have observed, however, that students find it very difficult to master the subject from these books since the majority of them cover just the basic theory, examples, and their solutions. Practically none of them discuss the logic behind the solutions. We have attempted to give the logical reasons for the questions as well as the analysis underlying the solutions. This emphasis on understanding—rather than relying on memory alone—is just one of the reasons that make this book unique.

The main purpose of this ...