Friday, October 16, 2009

IIT Guwahati ME111 Engineering Drawing Syllabus

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Lettering and Dimensioning: Introduction to various terms; instruments IS 9609 provisions, lettering practice, vertical and inclined lettering and numerals of type A and type B. Elements of dimensioning and systems of dimensioning; shape identification dimensioning.
Geometric Constructions and Engineering Curves: Division of lines, curves, angles and other simple construction elements. Conic sections -parabola, ellipse and hyperbola. Spiral, involute and helix. Cycloidal curves.
Orthographic projections: First and Third Angle Projections; Projection of straight lines; lines inclined to both HP and VP.
Auxiliary Planes: Auxiliary inclined and vertical planes, shortest distance between two lines.
Projection of Plane Surfaces: Projections of planes in simple and complex positions.
Projection of Solids: Classification of solid. Projections in simple and complex positions of the axis of the solid. Combination of solids.
Sections of Solids: Sectional views and true shape of the section.
Intersection of Surfaces: Edge view and section plane method. Intersections of plane edge and round surface solids.
Development of Surfaces: Methods of developments, development of various solids, transition pieces, spheres.
Isometric Projection: Axonometric Projections, Isometric projections of simple and combination of solids.
Oblique Projections: Cabinet and Cavalier projections.
Perspective Projection: Orthographic representation of a perspective setup, vanishing point and visual ray method. Three point perspective.
Computer Aided Drawing: Essential features of computer aided drafting. Introduction to AutoCAD. Drawing solids and their projections from previous exercises in AutoCAD.
Textbooks:
1. K. R. Gopalakrishna, Engineering Drawings, Subhas Stores, Bangalore, 2001.
References:
  1. N. D. Bhatt and V. M. Panchal, Engineering Drawing, Charotar book stall, Anand, 2001.
  2. N. Sidheswar, P. Kanniah and V. V. S. Sastry, Machine Drawing, Tata-McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 1980.
  3. T. E. French, C. J. Vireck and R. J. Foster, Graphic Science and Design, 4th Ed, McGraw Hill, New York, 1984.
  4. W. J. Luzadder and J. M. Duff, Fundamentals of Engineering Drawing, Prentice-Hall India, New Delhi, 1995.
  5. K. Venugopal, Engineering Drawing and Graphics, 2nd Ed, New Age International, 1994