DRAFTING MATERIALS/

TOOLS/ INSTRUMENTS AND

THEIR USES/FUNCTIONS
1. Masking Tape- used for fastening
the drawing paper on the drawing
table or drawing board.
2. Drawing Paper- commonly used in
drawing such as olso or typewriting.
3. Sharpener- used for sharpening pencils
whenever they show sign of dullness.
4. Eraser - used to clean the dirt off the
drawing.
5. Pencils - the most important
tool in mechanical drawing.
6.Triangular Scales- used when
reproducing a drawing in an enlarged or
reduced form to some regular proportion.
7.Erasing Shield- used to protect the rest
of the drawing when clearing up
smudges, unnecessary pencil lines
and other erasures.
8.T-Square- a drawing instrument used
when making horizontal lines and also
used for guiding triangles when drawing
vertical lines.
9.Triangles- It is a three-sided ruler, which
typically has two equal sides meeting at
a 90 degree angle and to a third side
at 45, 30, including 60 degree angles.
10. Compass- drawing instrument is used
when drawing arcs and circles.
11. Divider- drawing instrument used when
transferring measurements, dividing
lines and arcs into the desired number
of equal parts.
12. Protractor- used to determine
gradations of the degrees when
measuring arcs, angles and circles.
13. Ruler - most popular type of measuring
tool that is usually 6 or 12 inches in
length and used for drawing straight lines.
14. French curve- used to connect
endpoints of straight lines to form an arc.
How much have you
learned?
Let’s start….

Identify the word/s that is being

described in each item and name the
following picture. Write your answer on your
answer sheet.

GOOD LUCK!
A. 1. _____________ is used for fastening
the drawing paper on the drawing
table or drawing board.
2. _______________ is commonly used in
drawing such as olso or typewriting.
3._________ is used for sharpening pencils
whenever they show sign of dullness.
4._________is used to clean the dirt off the
drawing.
5. _______________is the most important
tool in mechanical drawing.
B. 6. _________________
7._______________
8. ______________
9.________________
10.________________
11.________________
12. _______________
13. _______________
14. _______________
15. _______________
Let us check…

Are you ready?

A. Identification
1. masking tape
2. drawing paper
3. sharpener
4. eraser
5. pencils
B. Picture Identification
6. triangular scale
7. drawing paper
8. sharpener
9. eraser
10. erasing shield
B. Picture Identification
11. T-square
12. Triangle
13. Compass
14. Divider
15. Protractor
 The passing score is 13.
Congratulations! You can
proceed to next station….