Technical drawing, also known as drafting, is the act and discipline of composing drawings that visually communicate how something functions or is to be constructed.

Technical drawing is essential for communicating ideas in industry and engineering. To make the drawings easier to understand, people use familiar symbols, perspectives, units of measurement, notation systems, visual styles, and page layout. Together, such conventions constitute a visual language, and help to ensure that the drawing is unambiguous and relatively easy to understand. These drafting conventions are condensed into internationally accepted standards and specifications that transcend the barrier of language making technical drawings a universal means of communicating complex mechanical concepts.

This need for precise communication in the preparation of a functional document distinguishes technical drawing from the expressive drawing of the visual arts. Artistic drawings are subjectively interpreted; their meanings are multiply determined. Technical drawings are understood to have one intended meaning.

A drafter, draftsperson, or draughtsman is a person who makes a drawing (technical or expressive). A professional drafter who makes technical drawings is sometimes called a drafting technician. Professional drafting is a desirable and necessary function in the design and manufacture of complex mechanical components and machines. Professional drafts persons bridge the gap between engineers and manufacturers, and contribute experience and technical expertise to the design process.

Objective:

Technical Graphics is used to communicate the necessary technical information required for manufacture and assembly of machine components. These drawings follow rules laid down in national and International Organizations for Standards (ISO).

Hence the knowledge of the different standards is very essential. Students have to be familiar with industrial drafting practices and thorough understanding of production drawings to make themselves fit in industries. The following topics have been covered to fulfill the above objectives.

Classification of Machine Drawings, Principles of Drawings, Sectioning, Dimensioning, Limits, Fits and Tolerance, Symbols and Conventional Representation, Screw Fasteners, Key Joints, Coupling and its Types, Riveted Joints, Welded Joints, Structural Applications, Assembly Drawings, Production Drawings, Reproduction of Drawing, Introduction of Computer Aided Drafting, Introduction of Solid 3D Modeling

List of Major Experiments:

Schematic product symbols for standard components in mechanical, electrical and electronic systems, welding symbols and pipe joints;
Orthographic projections of machine elements, different sectional views- full, auxiliary sections; Isometric projection of components; Assembly and detailed drawings of a mechanical assembly, such as a Plummer block, tool head of a shaping machine, tailstock of a lathe, welded pipe joints indicating work parts before welding, etc.

Major Equipments:

40 DRAWING BOARD

MINI DRAFTER OR T SCALE

SET SQUARE

COMPASS

SCALE

FRENCH CURVE