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Engineering Drawings Are Typically Used As Visual Tools In: Interpreting Technical Drawings and Plans
Engineering Drawings Are Typically Used As Visual Tools In: Interpreting Technical Drawings and Plans
plan.
Sliding Door
Pocket Door
horizontally on tracks.
Swing Door
in a confined space.
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out, on a hinge.
casement.
Jalousie Window
movable glass slats. When the window is closed, the slats rest
I-staircase Design
up or down.
UP
L-staircase Design
UP
U-staircase Design
UP
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T-staircase Design
ways up or down.
UP UP
UP
UP
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Rectangular Column
of rectangle or square.
Circular Column
of circle.
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between two points. Since two points define a line, the units of
Definition of Terms
line.
dimension line.
Leader
2.00
R0.25
Unit conversion Leader
LINEAR MEASURES
1 mil 0.001 inch
1 inch 1,000 mils
12 inches 1 foot
3 feet 1 yard
5.5 yards or 16.5 feet 1 rod (or pole, or perch)
1 mile 5280 feet
40 rods 1 furlong
8 furlongs 1 mile
3 miles 1 league
1 millimeter 0.03937 inch
10 millimeters 1 centimeter
10 centimeters 1 decimeter
10 decimeters 1 meter
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10 meters 1 decameter
10 decameters 1 hectometer
10 hectometers 1 kilometer
10 kilometers 1 myriameter