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Manual of Engineering Drawing, 3rd Edition
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Manual of Engineering Drawing, 3rd Edition

by Colin H. Simmons, Dennis E. Maguire
March 2009
Intermediate to advanced
336 pages
15h 31m
English
Butterworth-Heinemann
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Chapter 14. Dimensioning principles

A drawing should provide a complete specification of the component to ensure that the design intent can be met at all stages of manufacture. Dimensions specifying features of size, position, location, geometric control and surface texture must be defined and appear on the drawing once only. It should not be necessary for the craftsman either to scale the drawing or to deduce dimensions by the subtraction or addition of other dimensions. Double dimensioning is also not acceptable.

Theoretically any component can be analysed and divided into a number of standard common geometrical shapes such as cubes, prisms, cylinders, parts of cones, etc. The circular hole in Fig. 14.1 can be considered as a cylinder through ...

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ISBN: 9780080943626