Basic Blueprint Reading and Sketching, 9th Edition

The 9th edition of Basic Blueprint Reading and Sketching is the definitive resource for blueprint reading. This newly revised text continues helps readers achieve competence in sketching and reading technical drawings, and provides readers with the skills needed for interpreting and reading industrial drawings while preparing them for basic to advanced technical drawings. The book will also cover manufacturing processing notes, terminology and other related technical information on mechanical and CAD drawings, and provides basic principles, concepts, SI and ANSI Metric drafting standards and symbols. Each unit features a basic principle and one blueprint. Units also feature assignments that encourage students to practice newly learned skills.

Features:

• Unit 5 covers Projection Line and other line types In recognizing and increasing the impact of tad on the subject matter.
• Unit 18 covers interchangeable parts, allowances and class to teach users how to dimension parts that do not need GD&T, which fills a previous void of house to get from a detailed drawing to an assembly drawing.
• Modifies over 180 figures and drawings, to more clearly represent the best drafting techniques of the industry.
• Updates all content, drawings and charts to reflect the latest ANSI standards.
• Updates expanded coverage for a geometric dimensioning and tolerancing to the most current ANSI standards.
• Includes major enhancements to the line quality and graphics of drawings, as well as more functionality of color in the development of print reading skills with accuracy.
• Contains shorter units to break up material into manageable chunks of information.

Table of Contents:

• 1. Bases for Blueprint Reading and Sketching.
• 2. The Alphabet of Lines and Object Lines.
• 3. Hidden Lines and Center Lines.
• 4. Extension Lines and Dimension Lines.
• 5. Projection Lines and Line Combinations.
  
• 6. Three-View Drawings.
• 7. Arrangement of Views.
• 8. Two-View Drawings.
• 9. One-View Drawings.
• 10. Auxiliary Views.
  
• 11. Size and Location Dimensions.
• 12. Dimensioning Cylinders, Circles, and Arcs.
• 13. Size Dimensions for Holes and Angles.
• 14. Location Dimensions for Points, Centers, and Holes.
• 15. Dimensioning Large Arcs and Base Line Dimensions.
• 16. Tolerances: Fractional and Angular Dimensions.
• 17. Unilateral, Lateral, Decimal, Tolerances and Limits.
• 18. Interchangeable Parts, Allowances and Classes of Fit.
• 19. Representing and Dimensioning External Screw Threads.
• 20. Representing and Specifying Internal and Left-Hand Threads.
• 21. Dimensioning Tapers and Machined Surfaces.
• 22. Dimensioning with Shop Notes.
  
• 23. Metric System Dimensioning and ISO Symbols.
• 24. First-Angle Projection and Dimensioning.
• 25. Metric Screw Threads, Dual Dimensioning, and Tolerancing.
  
• 26. Cutting Planes, Full Sections, and Section Lining.
• 27. Half Sections, Partial Sections, and Full-Section Assembly Drawings.
  
• 28. Datums: Ordinate and Tabular Dimensioning.
  
• 29. Geometric Dimensioning, Tolerancing, and Datum Referencing.
  
• 30. CADD/CAM/CIM and Robotics .
  
• 31. Welding Symbols, Representation, and Dimensioning.
• 32. Surface Developments and Precision Sheet Metal Drawings.
  
• 33. Detail Drawings and Assembly Drawings.
  
• 34. Sketching Horizontal, Vertical, and Slant Lines.
• 35. Sketching Curved Lines and Circles.
• 36. Sketching Irregular Shapes.
• 37.Sketching Fillets, Radii, and Rounded Corners and Edges.
  
• 38.Freehand Vertical Lettering.
• 39. Freehand Inclined Lettering.
• 40. Orthographic Sketching.
• 41. Oblique Sketching.
• 42. Isometric Sketching.
• 43. Perspective Sketching.
• 44. Pictorial Drawings and Dimensions.
  
• 45. Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional CAD Sketching.
• 46. Proportions and Assembly Drawings.