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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 18. Worked examples in machine drawing

Examination questions generally relate to single parts or assemblies of detailed components, and test the students’ ability to draw sectional and outside views. British Standards refer to ‘views’ but other terms have been traditionally used in technical drawing. The front or side view of a house is quite likely to be known as an elevation and a ‘bird's eye view’ as a plan. These expressions are freely used.

The examples which follow are of examination standard and a student draughtsman would be expected to produce a reasonably complete solution for each problem in about 2–3 h.

Before commencing, try and estimate the areas covered by the views so that they can be presented with reasonably equal ...

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