ChE108 ENGINEERING GRAPHICS

Lectures / Tutorials: 2+4 Periods/week Sessional Marks: 30
University Exam: 3 Hours University Examination Marks: 70


UNIT-I

General: Use of Drawing instruments, Lettering-Single stroke letters, Dimensioning-Representation of various type lines. Geometrical Constructions. Representative fraction.
Curves: Curves used in Engineering practice, conic sections, general construction methods for ellipse, parabola and hyperbola. Cycloidal curves-cycloid, epicycloid and hypocycloid, involute of circle and Archemedian spiral.

UNIT-II

Method of Projections: Principles of projection, First angle and third angle projection of points. Projection of straight lines. Traces of lines.
Projections of Planes: Projections of planes, projections on auxiliary planes.

UNIT-III

Projections of Solids: Projections of Cubes, Prisms, Pyramids, Cylinders and Cones with varying positions.
Sections of Solids: Sections of Cubes, Prisms, Pyramids, cylinders and Cones. True shapes of sections. (Limited to the Section Planes perpendicular to one of the Principal Planes).

UNIT-IV

Development of Surfaces: Lateral development of cut sections of Cubes, Prisms, Pyramids, Cylinders and Cones.
Isometric Projections: Isometric Projection and conversion of Orthographic Projections into isometric views. (Treatment is limited to simple objects only).

UNIT-V

Orthographic Projections: Conversion of pictorial views into Orthographic views. (Treatment is limited to simple castings).

UNIT-VI(Demonstration only)

Computer aided drafting (Using any standard package):
Setting up a drawing: starting, main menu (New, Open, Save, Save As etc.), Opening screen, error correction on screen, units, co-ordinate system, limits, grid, snap, ortho.
Tool bars: Draw tool bar, object snap tool bar, modify tool bar, dimension tool Bar
Practice of 2d drawings: Exercises of Orthographic views for simple solids using all commands in various tool bars.

Text Books

  1. Engineering Drawing, N.D. Bhatt & V.M. Panchal, Charotar Publishing House, Anand.
  2. AutoCAD 14 for Engineering Drawing Made Easy (Features AutoCAD 200), P.Nageswara Rao

Reference Books
  1. Engineering Drawing, K.L.Narayana & R.K.Kannaiah.
  2. Engineering Graphics with AutoCAD 2002, James D. Bethune

NOTE:

  1. Unit VI not to be included in the university theory examination. This unit is only for internal assessment
  2. University Examination Question paper consists of FIVE questions, TWO questions from each unit with internal choice. (To be taught & examined in First angle projection)