MINISTRY OF HIGHER AND TERTIARY EDUCATION, INNOVATION, SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

MUTARE POLYTECHNIC

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Subject: Engineering Drawing Assignment No. 6

Lecturer: Mr. Manjoro Due Date: 06-09-2023
INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Answer all the questions.
2. Show all constructional details to justify your answers
3. Start each question on a new page
4. No back-to-back drawings
5. Include the title block and border lines on the first page
Question 1

Give the uses of the following engineering drawing equipment

a) Drawing board (2)

b) Compass (2)
c) Eraser (2)
d) T-square (2)
e) 30° − 60° set square (2)

Question 2

Show by drawing, the following types of lines

a) Continuous thick (2)
b) Short dashed thin (2)
c) Chain thin (2)
d) Continuous thin (2)
e) Centre (2)

Question 3
Draw a circle of radius 50mm and show the following parts: chord, secant, quadrant, segment and arc (10)

Question 4
Construct triangle ABC given as follows, base AB=80mm, side BC=65mm and angle 𝐵̂ =45°, measure and state the
length of AC (10)

Question 5

a) Outline three types of scales used in engineering drawing and give examples of each scale stated
(6)
b) State four types of drawing sheets and their dimensions (4)