PLEASE BE PATIENT IN READING THE STEPS ANDFOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE(S) ACCOMPANIED WITH

PICTURES IN MAKING YOUR RESPECTIVE PLATE(S).

1. INSTEAD OF USING STANDARD DRAWING

PAPER. WE USE ALTERNATIVE PAPER SIZE 8.50 X
11.00 INCHES OR SHORT BOND PAPER.
2. WE START OUR PLATE PREPARATION USING
STRAIGHT EDGE, SETS OF TRIANGLES, ERASER,
CAREFULLY SHARPENED PENCIL, BOND PAPER,
FLAT-SURFACED TABLE AND GOOD
ILLUMINATION (LIGHT)

3. MEASURE 2 CM FROM THE UPPER/LOWER LEFT CORNER (LEFT VERTICAL LINE BORDER),
UPPER/LOWER RIGHT CORNER 1 CM (RIGHT VERTICAL LINE BORDER), AGAIN, MEASURE 1CM
FROM THE TOP/LOWER EDGE FOR THE HORIZONTAL BORDERS.
4. FROM THE LOWER BORDER LINE WHERE THE PAPER IS IN HORIZONTAL POSITION AND THE 2CM
ON THE LEFT AND 1CM ON THE RIGHT, WE WILL CONSTRUCT OUR HEADING BY MEASURING
2MM (FOR SPACE), 3MM (FOR LETTERS), 2MM (FOR SPACE), 3MM (FOR LETTERS), AND AGAIN
FOR THE LAST TIME 2MM (FOR SPACE). FOR A TOTAL OF 12MM.

5. NOW, WE ARE READY TO CREATE GUIDELINES FOR THE PLATE HEADING. TAKE NOTE THAT
GUIDELINES WERE JUST LIKE CONSTRUCTION LINES, IT MUST BE WRITTEN IN VERY LIGHT JUST
FOR YOU TO SEE AS GUIDE IN WRITING THE TEXT FOR THE HEADING.
6. FROM THE LEFT BORDER, PLACING ZERO AT THE BORDER LINE, WE MEASURE 8CM, 13 CM, AND
21 CM ACROSS THE HEADING AREA TO CREATE FOUR (4) HEADING PARTITIONS.

7. DARKEN THE BORDERLINES, THE TOP MOST

LINE OF THE HEADING AND THE HEADING
PARTITIONS USING A PIECE OF PENCIL. YOUR
WORKING DRAWING / PAPER WILL LOOK LIKE
THIS.

8. USING A PIECE OF PENCIL, WRITE THE FOLLOWING:

FIRST COLUMN ON THE HEADING> CAGAYAN STATE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CARIG CAMPUS
SECOND COLUMN ON THE HEADING> TECHNICAL DRAFTING 12
TITLE OF THE ACTIVITY FOR THIS, VERTICAL LETTERS

THIRD COLUMN ON THE HEADING> WRITE YOUR NAME

WRITE THE NAME OF YOUR PROFESSOR
FOURTH COLUMN ON THE HEADING> PLATE NUMBER
DATE OF SUBMISSION
9. IN ORDER FOR US TO MAKE OUR WORKING DRAWING “CENTERED”, WE DO THE FOLLOWING:
PIVOT THE STRAIGHT EDGE FROM THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER BORDER AND LEFT LOWER
HEADING BORDER AND MARK A LINE AT THE ESTIMATED CENTER. AND AGAIN PIVOT THE
STRAIGHT EDGE FROM THE UPPER LEFT CORNER BORDER AND RIGHT LOWER HEADING BORDER
AND MARK A LINE AT THE ESTIMATED CENTER.

10. WE ARE NOW READY TO CREATE A BOX MEASURING 23CM X 16 CM. FROM THE CENTER ‘X’
MEASURE 11.50 CM TO THE LEFT AND TO THE RIGHT FOR A TOTAL OF 23 CM. FROM “X” MARK,
MEASURE 8CM BELOW AND 8CM ABOVE.
11. FROM THE MEASURED 23 CM, START MEASURING 5MM HORIZONTALLY. AND FROM
MEASURED 16 CM, MEASURE 5MM VERTICALLY. AFTER DOING SO, YOUR WORKING DRAWING
LOOKS LIKE THIS. I HOPE YOU WILL SEE IT.
12. WITH THE AIDE OF A TRIANGLE AND A RULER, AND TO MAKE YOUR DOTS TO BE LINE AT RIGHT
ANGLE 90 DEGREES, PLACE YOUR RULER PARALLEL-FIXED AT THE BOTTOM BORDER AND PIVOT
YOUR TRIANGLE EDGE-TO-EDGE TO CREATE RIGHT-ANGLED VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION LINE.
AGAIN, PLACE AGAIN YOUR RULER PERPENDICULARLY AND PIVOT YOUR TRIANGLE EDGE-TO-
EDGE TO CREATE RIGHT-ANGLED HORIZONTAL CONSTRUCTION LINE. START CREATING A
CONSTRUCTION LINE VERTICALLY (16 CM) AND HORIZONTALLY (23 CM). AND VOILA FINALLY
YOUR WORKING DRAWING LOOKS LIKE THIS.

13. CONGRATULATIONS GUYS, YOU ARE READY TO MAE YOUR FIRST PLATE IN TECHNICAL
DRAFTING 12!