98 ENGINEERING DRAWING
‘The operation of laying out the complete surface on one plane
is called the development of the surface.
Surfaces about which a thin sheet of flexible material (as paper
‘or tin) could be wrapped smoothly are said to be developable;
these would include figures made up of planes and single curved
surfaces only. Warped and double curved surfacos are non-
developable, and when patterns are required for their construc
tion they can be made only by some method of approximation,
which assisted by the pliability of the material will give the re-
quired form. Thus, while a ball cannot be wrapped smoothly.
‘8 two-piece pattern developed approximately and cut from
leather may be stretched and sewed on in a smooth cover, or a
fiat dise of metal may be dic-stamped, formed, or spun to a
hemispherical or other required shape.
‘Wo have learned the method of finding the true size of plane
surface by projecting it on an auxiliary plane. If the true size
of all the faces of an object made of planes be found and joined
in order, at their common edges, the result will be the developed
surface. This may be done usually to the best advantage by
finding the true lengths of the edges.
Fro, 100-—The elinder developed. ‘Fra, 20-—The cone developed.
‘The development of a right cylinder would evidently be @
rectangle whose width would be the altitude, and length the
rectified circumference, Fig. 199; and the development of a right
cone with circular base would be a sector with radius equal to
the slant height, and arc equal in length to the circumference of
the bace, Fig. 200.
In the laying out of real sheet metal problems an allowance
rust be made for seams and lap, and in heavy sheets for the thick-
‘ness and for the crowding of the metal; there is also the considera-
tion of the commercial sizes of material, and of economy in cut-
ting, in all of which some practical shop knowledge is necessary.
This chapter will be confined to the principles alone,DEVELOPED SURFACES AND INTERSECTIONS 99
In the development of any object its projections must first be
made, drawing only such views or parts of views as are necessary
to give the lengths of elements and true size of cut surfaces.
‘To Develop the Hexagonal Prism.—Fig. 201. Since the base
is perpendicular to tho axis it will roll out into the straight line
AB. This lineis called by sheet metal workers the “stretchout.””
Tay off on AB the length of the perimeter of the base, and at
points 1, 2, 3, etc, erect perpendiculars, called “measuring lines,”
representing the edges. Measure on cach of theee its length as,
‘Fo. 201.—Devalopment of heragonal prism.
siven on the front view, and connect the points. For the de-
velopment of the entire surface in one piece attach the true size
‘of the upper face and the bottom in their proper relation on com-
mon lines. It is customary to make the seam on the shortest
edge.
‘To Develop the Right Cylinder.—Fig. 202. In rolling the
cylinder out on a tangent plane, the base, being perpendicular to
the axis, will evelop into a straight lin.” Divide the base, here
shown as a bottom view, into a number of equal parts, represent-
ing elements. Project these elements up to tho front. view.
Draw the stretchout and measuring lines as before. Transfer
the lengths of the elements in order, either by projection or with
dividers, and join the points by a smooth curve. Sketch the
curve very lightly frechand before fitting the curved ruler to it.
This might be one-half of « two-piece elbow. ‘Three-pice,
four-piece, oF five-piece elbows may be drawn similarly, a illus-
trated in Fig. 203. As the base is symmetrical, one-half only100 ENGINEERING DRAWING
need be drawn. In these cases the intermediate pieces as B, C
and D are developed on a stretchout line formed by laying off
the perimeter of a section, called a “right section” obtained by
plane perpendicular to the elements, Taking this plane
TE EUEBTERLEEEM)
io. 302-—Development of right epinder.
IT
Lie tat CH
ee
? TT
ae! uit Tihs
Fra. 205.—Development of five piece elbow.
through the middle of the piece the stretchout line becomes the
‘center line of the development.
Evidently any elbow could be cut from a single sheet without
waste if the seams were made alternately on the long and short
sides.DEVELOPED SURFACES AND INTERSECTIONS 101,
‘The octagonal dome, Fig. 204 illustrates an application of the
development of eylinders. Each piece is a portion of a cylinder.
‘The elements sre parallel to the base of the dome and show in
their true lengths in the top view. The true length of the stretch-
ut Line shows in the front view at Q*A*. By considering OMA
faa the edge of a right section the problem is identical with the
preceding problem.
tof octagonal dome.
‘The true shape of a hip rafter is found by revolving it until
parallel to the vertical plane, in the same manner as finding the
true length of any line, taking a sufficient number of points on
it to get a smooth curve.
To Develop the Hexagonal Pyramid.—Fig. 205. Since this
is a right pyramid the edges are all of equal length. ‘The edges
OA and OD are parallel to the vertical plane and consequently
show in their true length on the front view. With a center Os
taken st any convenient place, and a radius OA’ draw an are.
On it step off the perimeter of the base and connect these points
successively with each other and with the vertex 0s.
‘The line of intersection of the cutting plane is developed by
laying off the true length of the intercept of each edge on the cor-102 ENGINEERING DRAWING
responding line of the development. The true length of these
intercepts is found by revolving them about the axis of the pyra-
‘mid until they coincide with O°A* as explained on page 84.
‘The path of any point, as K*, will be projected on the front
‘view as horizontal line. For the development of the entire
io, 208.—Development of rectangular pyre
surface of the truncated pyramid attach the base, also find the
true size of the cut face and attach it on a common line.
‘The rectangular pyramid, Fig. 206, is developed in a similar
‘way, but as the edge OA is not parallel to the plane of projection
it must be revolved to O*As to obtain its true length.
eeDEVELOPED SURFACES AND INTERSECTIONS 103
To Develop the Truncated Right Cone.—Fig. 207. Divide the
‘top view of the base into ® convenient number of equal parts,
project these points on the front view and draw the elements
through them. With a radius equal to the slant height of the
cone, found from the contour element O*A* which shows the
true length of all the elements, draw an are, and lay off on it the
divisions of the base, obtained from the top view. Connect these
points with 0, giving the developed positions of the elements.
Find the true length of each clement from vertex to cutting
4
Pio, 207.—Development of Hight cone
plane by revolving it to coincide with the contour element O74",
‘and mark the distance on the developed position. Draw &
smooth curve through these points
Trianguiation.—Non-