Chapter 8

MECHANICAL DRAWING

Dr. Pham Minh Tuan

 Fundamentals
 Mechanical drawing is communication method of mechanical
engineers.

 Many types of mechanical drawings have been developed for

different purposes.

 Popular drawing types are used in mechanical engineering field:

 Schematic drawing
 Exploded view drawing
 Assembly/structure drawing
 Detail/part drawing
Schematic drawing
Principle scheme

Hydraulic scheme

Kinematic
scheme

Electric scheme
 Exploded view drawing

Service manual Patent

Assembly drawing
Detailed drawing
 Requirements of assembly drawing
DIMENSION
 Details of parts are not required; assembly structures need to be
clearly shown.
 Some cutting planes are needed for dimensioning, dimensions
should not be written inside projection/section views.
 There are 3 main dimension types in assembly drawing:
 Overall dimension: represents the space that the assembly
structure requires (maximum Length × Width × Heigh), these
dimensions are approximated without tolerances.
 Center distance: represents the distance of motion transmitting,
may be with or without tolerance.
*Tolerance zone of center distance of spur/helical gear drive is H7.
 Assembly dimension: consists of the basic size and tolerance.
 Requirements of assembly drawing
PART NUMBERING
 Used to define name, material, quantity, symbol of a parts in a
parts list above the title block.
Text size is 2 ÷ 2,5 times
of dimension number
Thin line

Thick line

Diameter of Should not be

1,5 ÷ 2,5 mm intersected

 Part numbering follows clockwise or counter-clockwise direction.

 Requirements of assembly drawing
PARTS LIST
 Clarify information of the item that is numbered in the drawing.
 Part numbers are listed from the bottom to the top of parts list.
 Including: Part number, name of item, quantity, material, symbol
and notices (about standard, origin, …).
 Help engineers estimating the weight and cost of entire product.
Title block of assembly drawing
 Requirements of detailed drawing
DIMENSION
 Must be enough for readers can model or fabricate the part.
 All assembly dimensions must go with specific tolerance values.
Example:
Ø30H8 (on assembly drawing) = Ø30+0,08 (on detailed drawing ).

SURFACE ROUGHNESS
 Selected based on operating conditions and manufacturing accuracy.
 Need to be rotated to fit with the targeted surface.

 Symbols:

Deformed processes Undefined manufacturing

Cutting processes
method

 Rz: for rough or semi-finished surfaces; Ra: for finished surfaces.

 Requirements of detailed drawing
GEOMETRIC AND POSITION TOLERANCES
 Geometric tolerances:
- Circularity (roundness):
- Angularity: ∠ 1:100
- Taper: Δ 2:100

 Position tolerances: Datum:

- Concentricity:
- Circular/Axial Runout:
- Perpendicularity:
- Parallelism:
- Symmetry:
 Requirements of detailed drawing
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
 Normally written at the technical requirements of the drawing.

MATERIAL & QUANTITY

 Written in the title block.

Technical
requirements

Quantity

Material
Title block of detailed drawing
END OF CHAPTER 8