Drafting Techniques
Equipment
Circles
Angles
Scale
100
This is the first thing you should do when starting a drawing.
What is secure your paper to your desk?
100
This is a piece of equipment used for drafting circles.
What is a compass?
100
This is the term for the distance between the center and the edge of a circle.
What is a radius?
100
105 degrees is located in this quadrant.
What is quadrant 2?
100
This is the correct way to write two feet and five inches.
What is 2'-5"
200
When continuing a drawing you had previously started, you should use this to align your paper.
What is a line you already have drawn?
200
This is a piece of equipment used for drafting horizontal lines.
What is a t-square?
200
This type of line denotes the center of a circle
What is a center line?
200
330 degrees is located in this quadrant.
What is quadrant 4?
200
Architectural and engineering scales are important for this reason.
What is because they allow us to create drawings that are measurable of something larger or smaller?
300
In order to keep the lead sharpened for a longer period of time and to also have a consistent line thickness, you should do this.
What is twist your pencil?
300
This is a piece of equipment used for drafting vertical lines and lines on an angle.
What is a triangle?
300
This is a term for a line that touches a circle exactly one time.
What is tangent?
300
Starting at your center, a 180 degree angle goes in this direction.
What is to the left?
300
Of all the scales on your scale, this is the scale that would produce the largest drawing.
What is the full size scale.
400
This type of pencil should be used to draw construction lines.
What is the 6H pencil?
400
This is a metal piece of equipment used to block a portion of a line while erasing while exposing a portion of the line.
What is an eraser shield?
400
This is the diameter of a circle with a 2 1/2" radius.
What is 5"?
400
Starting at your center, a 60 degree angle goes in this direction.
What is up and to the right?
400
Of all the scales on your scale, this is the scale that would produce the smallest drawing.
What is 3/32" = 1'-0"?
500
One way to find the center of your paper is to measure the length and width of your paper, and draw a vertical and horizontal line at the center of each. This is the second way to find your center.
What is draw diagonal lines from the corners of your paper?
500
This is a piece of equipment used for measuring and drawing things larger or smaller than they actually are.
What is a scale?
500
This is the radius of a 5 1/8" diameter circle.
What is 2 9/16"
500
This is the type of triangle that we use in class that has 3 different angles .
What is the 30, 60, 90 triangle?
500
A line that measures 16'-0" using an 1/8"= 1'-0" scale is actually this long if you were to measure it using a full size scale.
What is 2"?
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