LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

Alphabet of lines
Background information for learners

A drawing is made up of different lines. Each line represents something.

A surface, a hidden surface, an extension of a surface, a center of a hole, or a
line with dimension on it. In order to make the drawing easier to read and
understand, each kind of line is drawn with a different line weight.

ALPHABET OF LINES

1. OBJECT OR VISIBLE LINES – Thick dark line use to show outline of

object, visible edges and surfaces.

2. CONSTRUCTION LINE – Very light and thin line use to construct layout
work.

3. DIMENSION LINE – Thin and dark lines use to show the size (span) of an
object with a numeric value. Usually terminates with arrowheads or tick
markings.

4. HIDDEN LINE – Short dash lines use to show non visible surfaces.
Usually shows as medium thickness.

5. CENTER LINE – Long and short dash lines. Usually indicates center of
holes, circles and arcs. Line is thin and dark.

6. EXTENSION LINE – Thin and dark line use to show the starting and
ending of dimension.

7. CUTTING PLANE LINE – Extra thick lines use to show cutaway views or
plane of projection where a section view is taken. Arrow indicates
the direction of view.
8. SHORT AND LONG BREAK LINES –Short and long medium line use to
show
cutaway view of a long section.

9. LEADER LINE – Medium line with arrowhead to show notes or label for
size or special information about a feature.

10. PHANTOM LINE – Long line followed by two short dashes use to show
alternate position of a moving part.

11. SECTION LINE – Medium lines drawn at 45 degrees use to show interior
view of solid areas of cutting plane line.

DETAILED INFORMATION ON ALPHABET OF LINES

Learning Objectives:
At the end of this activity, learners are expected to:
1. Understand the functions of alphabet of lines;
2. Distinguish the alphabet of lines in a drawing.
ACTIVITY 01: What is my Function?
Directions: Draw an example that represents each kind of alphabet of lines:
1. VISIBLE LINE

2. CENTER LINE

3. HIDDEN LINE

4. DIMENSION LINE

5. CUTTING-PLANE LINE

6. PHANTOM LINE

7. SECTION LINE

8. LEADER LINE

9. EXTENSION LINE

10. CONSTRUCTION LINE

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Reference for Learners:

• https://www.umasd.org/cms/lib7/PA01000379/Centricity/Domain/325/The_Alphabet
_of_Lines.pdf
• William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team), "TECHNICAL DRAWING
& ALPHABET OF LINE," in SchoolWorkHelper,
2019, https://schoolworkhelper.net/technical-drawing-alphabet-of-line/.
• https://careertrend.com/list-5810766-types-lines-technical-drawing.html
• https://www.easynotecards.com/notecard_set/49991