Drawing Instruments

1. Drawing Board
2. Drawing Sheet
3. Instrument Box containing compass, dividers etc)
4. T-squares
5. Set squares
6. Scales
7. Protractors

Objectives in Drawing

8. Flexible and French Curves

1.

9. Drawing Pencils

2. Speed

10. Erasers

3. Legibility

11. Adhesive Tape

4. Neatness

12. Sharpener
13. Duster

Accuracy

Drawing Instruments
(Drawing Board)

Drawing Instruments
(Drawing Board)
This is the hard stable surface that can be tuned to some angle,
where the drawing sheet is placed for easier positioning and
convenience during drawing.

Drawing Instruments
(Drawing Board)

The drawing board should be adjustable so that it

can be adjusted at the correct angle at the time of
usage and type of drawing being made e.g.,
sketching/drafting or normal scale drawing.
Factors to consider when choosing a drawing board
include , height of the board, degree of rotation,
size, portability and size.

Drawing Instruments
(Maintenance of Drawing Board)

Instruments such as compasses ,eraser shield and

other sharp instruments should be kept horizontally
on the board when not in use to avoid scratches on
the board.
Kept away from liquids and food particles.
Wooden ones should also be kept away from direct
sunlight and kept in cool dry place and wiped
regularly.

Drawing Instruments
(Drawing Sheets)
These are papers that are specially designed for
drafting.
Drawing papers are of various sizes starting with A0
which is the largest having an area of one square
meter.
Each smaller sheet size is exactly half the area of the
previous size in the following order of decreasing size
A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6

Drawing Instruments
(Drawing Sheets)

Drawing Instruments
(Drawing Sheets)
The choice of the size of the paper to use
depends on what is being drawn and the
overall look that the drawer wants to
achieve.
To make a drawing, spread the paper on
the drawing board, clip it onto the board
or use a masking tape and then set the
drawing at a suitable angle that is
comfortable and convenient for drawing.
For safe storage of papers, small size ones
like A3 can be kept in folders while large
size papers like A1 can be kept in poster
tubes.

Drawing Instruments
(Instrument Box)
Bow Sets
Giant bow sets contain various
combinations of instruments.

Bow Compass
The giant (large) bow compass has
a center wheel and can be adjusted
simply by opening or closing the
legs of the compass while turning
the center wheel.

Drawing Instruments
(T-squares)
The T-square is made of a long strip called the blade, fastened at
right angles to a shorter piece called the head.

Drawing Instruments
(Set-squares or Triangles)
Triangles
Most inclined lines are
drawn at standard angles
using the 45 x 45 triangle
and the 30 x 60 triangle.
In addition to drawing
angles of 90, 45, 30, and
60, triangles can be
combined to draw angles of
15 increments.

Drawing Instruments
(Scales)
Scales
Scales are instruments used in
making technical drawings full
size or at a given reduction or
enlargement.
Types of scales include metric
scales, engineers scales,
decimal scales, mechanical
engineers scales, and
architects scales.
Scales are usually made of
plastic or boxwood and are
either triangular of flat in
shape.

Drawing Instruments
(Protractors)
Protractors are used for
measuring and laying off
angles other than those that
may be drawn with the
triangle or a combination of
triangles.
Like the triangle, most
protractors are made of
transparent plastic. They are
either circular or
semicircular in shape.

Drawing Instruments
(Flexible and French Curves)
Flexible Curves:
It is a flexible square metal
core covered with wearresistant plastic.
It is used to transfer a curve to
another material by using
control points to hold it in
position and bending the
curve to retain shape.
Flexible curves are, however,
delicate and if forced into a
tight curve it will break.

Drawing Instruments
(Flexible and French Curves)
French Curves:
It is a template made of plastic
composed of many different
curves.
It is used to draw smooth
curves of varying sizes by
finding the section of the
curve that matches the desired
shape on the profile of the
curve.

Drawing Instruments
(Pencils)

Drawing Instruments
(Pencils)
Drawings are done using 2H pencils and finished with
H and HB pencils to be practiced in this course.
In finished drawing, all lines (except construction linesused to construct the drawing) should be dense, clean and
uniform.
Construction line should be drawn very thin and should
be hardly visible in the finished drawing ( they should
not be erased).

Drawing Instruments
(Erasers, Masking Tapes)