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READING ENGINEERING DRAWINGS
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What is an Engineering Drawing

- An Engineering Drawing is an array of lines,symbols,text and figures

representing an idea which acts as a medium of communication
between different people.

- An Engineering Drawing is a formal precise way of communicating

information about an physical object regarding its shape,size,material,
colour,texture,features,precision & other requirements.
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Why Engineering Drawings are needed
- Engineering Drawing is needed to communicate the requirements from
one place to another with universal understanding.It is not practical to
engage a person to explain all the requirement round the clock.
- A photograph of the object , if already available , can explain the basic outer
shape,size,colour etc. to some extent.However inner details can not be
explained explicitly.
- Making the consolidated information about the object at all times is possible
with eng.drawings
- As it is an universal language, language barriers are minimised though
not eliminated.
- There is authenticity and validity for the exchanged information.
- Ease of handling / Record / Control of data ,ideas & information.
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An Engineering Drawing is called as Engineers Language. If it is true,then
The “ Grammar “ of this language is the STANDARD.
One can make this language more and more sweet by ensuring its
meaningfulness,universal adaptability and easy to understand level by one
and all.Engineering Drawing is a formal and precise way of communicating
information about the shape,size,precision,and features of physical objects.

Reading Engineering Drawing could be a complete course by itself,but we

initially we have planned two half days sessions, hence we will be covering
only the basics. However , if there is a need felt by the management and the
participants ,then a need based continuation with more details on specific
topics could be arranged in future.
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STANDARDS
As the industrial development was taking shape in Europe and North
America,different companies and common product groups felt a need of
Standardisation in their industries. With the result many Standards were
prepared and floated in circulation. Viz.
Bosch Standard
Ford Standard
GM Standard
Renault Standard
Later on during and after the world war II, more and more national
interactions started. With the result, National Standards were prepared.
When the trades were increased to international level ,Global
Standardisation needs were faced and ISO ( International Standard
Organisation) was born.
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Some International Standard Institutes

BIS Bureau of Indian Standard ( Formerly Indian Standard Institute ,ISI )
ISO International Standards Organisation
ISA International Standards Association ( Prior to world war II )
ANSI American National Standard Institute ( USA )
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
SME Society of Manufacturing Engineers
SAE Society of Automotive Engineers
AMS American Metallurgical Standard
AWS American Welding Society
DIN Deautsch Industri Norm ( Germany)
JIS Japanese Industrial Standard ( Japan)
En Emergency Norm ( British Stand.developed during world war II )
BSI British Standard Institute ( England)
GOST The word GOST is an acronym for gosudarsvennyy standart
which means state standard ( Russia )