Wednesday, July 1, 2015

APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Kerala BE110 Engineering Graphics syllabus

Engineering Graphics
Lecture: 1 per week     Tutorial: 1 per week      Practical: 2 per week     
End Semester Exam Duration: 2 Hrs     Maximum Marks: 50     Credits:3

100 marks are allotted for internal evaluation:  
  1. first internal exam 40 marks, 
  2. second internal exam 40 marks and 
  3. class exercises 20 marks.
Course Objectives: To enable the student to be able to effectively communicate basic designs through graphical representations as per standards.

Expected outcome: Upon successful completion of this course, the student would have accomplished the following abilities and skills:
  1. Fundamental Engineering Drawing Standards.
  2. Dimensioning and preparation of neat drawings and drawing sheets.
  3. Interpretation of engineering drawings
  4. The features of CADD software
General Note: First angle projection to be followed

Syllabus
MODULE I: 10 hours teaching; End sem marks 10
Introduction to Engineering Graphics: Need for engineering drawing, Drawing instruments; BIS code of practice for general engineering drawing.
Orthographic projections of points and lines: Projections of points in different quadrants; Projections of straight lines inclined to one of the reference planes, straight lines inclined to both the planes; True length and
inclination of lines with reference planes; Traces of lines.

MODULE II: 9 hours teaching; End sem marks 10
Orthographic projections of solids: Projections of simple solids (Triangular, square, pentagonal and hexagonal prisms, pyramids, cones and cylinders)  in simple positions, projections of solids with axis inclined to one of the reference planes and axis inclined to both the reference planes.

MODULE III: 7 hours teaching; End sem marks 10
Isometric Projections: Isometric projections and views of plane figures simple solids (Triangular, square, pentagonal and hexagonal prisms, pyramids, cones and cylinders) and truncated simple solids in simple position including sphere and hemisphere and their combinations.
Freehand sketching: Freehand sketching of real objects, conversion of pictorial views into orthographic views and vice versa.

MODULE IV: 14 hours teaching; For internal exam only, not for end sem marks
Introduction to Computer Aided Drafting: Familiarizing various coordinate systems and commands used in any standard drafting software - drawing of lines, circle, polygon, arc, ellipse, etc. Creating 2D drawings. Transformations: move, copy, rotate, scale, mirror, offset and array; trim, extend, fillet, chamfer. Dimensioning and text editing. Exercises on basic drafting principles, to create technical drawings. Create orthographic views of simple solids from pictorial views. Create isometric views of simple solids from orthographic views. Solid modelling and sectioning of solids, extraction of 2D drawings from solid models. (For internal examination only, not for University Examination).

MODULE V: 10 hours teaching; End sem marks 10
Sections and developments of solids: Sections of simple solids (Triangular, square, pentagonal and hexagonal prisms, pyramids, cones and cylinders) in  simple vertical positions with section plane inclined to one of the reference planes - True shapes of sections. Developments of surfaces of these solids. 

MODULE VI: 6 hours teaching; End sem marks 10
Intersection of surfaces: Intersection of prism in prism and cylinder in cylinder - axis bisecting at right angles only. 
Perspective projections: perspective projections of simple solids (Triangular, square, pentagonal and hexagonal prisms, pyramids, cones and cylinders) .

REFERENCES
  1. Agrawal, B. and Agrawal, C. M., Engineering Drawing, Tata McGraw Hill Publishers
  2. Anilkumar, K. N., Engineering Graphics, Adhyuth Narayan Publishers 
  3. Benjamin, J., Engineering Graphics, Pentex Publishers 
  4. Bhatt, N., D., Engineering Drawing, Charotar Publishing House Pvt Ltd. 
  5. Duff, J. M. and Ross, W. A., Engineering Design and Visualization, Cengage Learning, 2009 
  6. John, K. C., Engineering Graphics, Prentice Hall India Publishers 
  7. Kulkarni, D. M., Rastogi, A. P. and Sarkar, A. K., Engineering Graphics with AutoCAD, PHI 2009 
  8. Luzadder, W. J. and Duff, J. M., Fundamentals of Engineering Drawing, PHI 1993 
  9. Parthasarathy, N. S., and Murali, V., Engineering Drawing, Oxford University Press
  10. Varghese, P. I., Engineering Graphics, V I P Publishers
  11. Venugopal, K., Engineering Drawing & Graphics, New Age International Publishers