Instructional Workbook for Drafting
Contents
Chapter 1: Instruments & Equipment
Pages 1-1 through 1-15
Chapter 2: Lettering
Pages 2-1 through 2-4
Chapter 3: Measuring with the Scale
Pages 3-1 through 3-7
Chapter 4: Line Conventions
Pages 4-1 through 4-5
Chapter 5: Geometric Constructions
Pages 5-1 through 5-14
Chapter 6: Dimensioning
Pages 6-1 through 6-11
Chapter 7: Drawing Techniques
Pages 7-1 through 7-8
This Instructional Workbook for Drafting is a comprehensive
drafting workbook designed to teach the basic drawing
techniques common to all areas of drafting. This learning
tool can be used in conjunction with any other standard
drafting text or with no text at all. Each of the 64 pages is self-
instructing and self-explanatory. All instructional worksheets
incorporate current American National Standards Institute
drafting standards (ANSI Y14.5M) and are clearly illustrated
with easy-to-understand examples of each drawing method
shown. The exercises in this workbook have been prepared
especially for a beginning course in mechanical drawing, be it
in a junior or senior high school, technical school, or college.
Most material usually contained in classroom lectures
and other technical drafting texts is clearly illustrated and
explained in this instructional workbook. The drawing
exercises contained on the instructional worksheets are
designed to help the beginning drafter develop a basic
understanding of the principles of graphic communications
and the proper use of drafting instruments. These exercises
enable students to demonstrate their knowledge of the
material by applying the drafting concepts and techniques
they've learned. Clear and concise instructions appear near
the top of each worksheet.
At the end of every chapter you will find A-size title block
sheets containing questions and drawing problems that can
be used to evaluate the student drafter's understanding of the
content contained therein. Answers to all practice exercises
appear in a separate instructor's guide.
After the instructional worksheets have been checked by the
instructor, they can be kept by each student in a notebook or
binder for future reference. If desirable, the students can later
bind all sheets together (or just bind the title block sheets) and
add a cover page to retain a collection of their work. Use the
workbook cover (front and back) as a cover page if you like.
Students using this workbook may advance at their own
pace, doing so as quickly, neatly, and accurately as possible.
The instructor may wish to supplement this instructional
information with class demonstrations and other course work.
Authored by: Paul Wallach and Dan Hearlihy
Illustrated by: Robin L. Beard
Published by: Hearlihy
1002 E. Adams, P. O. Box 1747
Pittsburg, KS 66762
866-622-1003
Copyright 2004 by Hearlihy. All rights reserved. Printed in the
United States of America. The publisher permits the bearer to
right to make multiple copies of the back cover (inside and out-
side) and one transparency only of each page of this workbook
for overhead projector use in the classroom. For no other rea-
son may any part of this publication be reproduced, stored in a
retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise,
without the prior written permission of the publisher.
An A-size title block sheet is printed inside the back cover
of this workbook. This title block can be copied and used by
the student who finds it necessary to redraw a problem. (Or,
all exercises can be done on vellum overlaid on top of these
title block copies.) The copied title block can also be used for
additional problems assigned by the instructor. You are also
welcome to make as many copies as you like of the outside
back cover. It shows a chart the bears the current ANSI and
ISO symbols, drawn full size. All symbols can be scaled
directly from this chart.
Students are encouraged to read all instructional material
carefully and consult the various drafting reference books
available in the classroom or library if necessary to overcome
an area of difficulty. The instructor is present to provide
guidance and explanations and to evaluate the student
drafter's progress. It is important that the student drafter read
correctly, comprehend thoroughly, and execute completely
each task identified in all units. The importance of properly
following directions cannot be overemphasized.
On every page there is a place for the drawing number. Use
your own system to number these sheets or use the page
number as shown in the lower right-hand corner. Though the
order of progression in which the chapters and worksheets
are completed may be changed to better suit your needs, it is
not recommended.
This workbook is designed so that teachers can make
transparencies of each page. All problems and instructional
information are contained with a 9-3/4" x 9-3/4" area so the
entire image can be seen when projected on a 10" x 10"
overhead projector. The transparencies are also great for use
as overlay keys when correcting all exercises. Just consult the
teacher's guide for the correct answers to the problems and
add them to the transparencies.
Please do no reproduce these sheets in any way other than
to make multiple copies of the back cover (inside or outside)
and one set of overhead transparencies. It is unlawful to do
so. Through the introduction of this workbook, we are trying
to offer quality instructional materials at a reasonable price.
Thank you for respecting our attempts to do so.
– Paul Wallach and Dan Hearlihy