Some traditional board drafters preferred the drafting machine over the parallel straight edge because it could be used without the need for________.
Circle templates
Triangles
Technical pens
Lettering guides
Correct Answer :
B. Triangles
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In perspective drawings this is placed between the observer and the object:
Vanishing point / horizon
Station point
Ground line
Plane of projection / picture plane
Three dimensional models are often used in the design process to __________.
Help the client understand the overall design concept
Help the client select a color for their carpet
Provide the client with a model which they can use to impress their friends
Determine the quantity of brick needed to build the house
Perspective drawings are classified according to their number of these features:
Station points
Picture planes
Vanishing points
Ground lines
In order to create an accurate assembly drawing the drafter should create the ________ drawings first.
Detail
Title block
Parts list
Isometric
This is the most common application for developments and intersections:
Sheet metal construction
Piping
Architecture
Mechanical engineering
Some common blocks used by architectural drafters include ________.
Door swings
Ceiling fans
Appliances
All of the above
This type of auxiliary view is projected onto a plane that is perpendicular to one of the principal planes of projection:
Primary
Secondary
Revolved
Successive
When creating a block the drafter needs to pay particular attention to selecting a base point because it determines the ________.
Scale
Rotation angle
Insertion point
Color
Elevation drawings will include information about ________.
Roof pitch
Siding
Window style
All of the above
These types of pipes are generally connected with bell and spigot joints or flanged joints:
Soil and waste
Water and gas
Water and steam
Gas and soil
This type of drawing is created to calculate areas, locate property lines, and locate building projects and facilities:
Traverse
Contour
City map
Plat
This is an angled surface used on cylinders to make them easier to handle:
Fillet
Taper
Chamfer
Lug
The most common geometric form used in gears today is this:
Involute profile
Convolute profile
Base circle
Spur circle
An Auto-CAD term that refers to a pre-drawn object which is stored in a drawing file and can be inserted into any other drawing file as needed is a ________.
Block
Brick
Balloon
None of the above
Architectural drafters generally prefer to use ________ drawings to help illustrate 3-dimensional views of a structure.
Isometric
Perspective
Orthographic
Auxiliary
CAD programs which incorporate parametric modeling utilize a system in which the dimensions control the ________.
Size and shape of the model features
Perspective of the model
Shading used to render the model
All of the above
The title block used on working drawings should include the __________.
Sheet number
Line type
Layer set
All of the above
This is a thin solid line directing attention to a note or dimension and starting with an arrowhead or dot:
Dimension line
Extension line
Leader
Specification
Traditional drafters need to be able to create several different line widths because ________.
Different line widths convey different information
The line width has to do with how dark it appear in the finished drawing
They seem to transmit better in a fax machine
It makes no difference
The top, front, and bottom views align in this manner:
Horizontally
Vertically
According to the planar views
Parallel to the frontal plane
This is a flat or rounded tab protruding from a surface, usually to provide a method for attachment:
Lug
Boss
Chamfer
Spotface
Oblique sections are useful to show this:
Foreshortened features
Oblique lines
Interior shapes
Projected features
In this type of auxiliary view, a break line is used to indicate the imaginary break in the views:
Primary
Secondary
Revolved
Partial
This practice considers an individual part's dimensions and tolerances and that part's relation to its related parts:
Applying allowances
Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
Creating datum references
Angular dimensioning tolerances
This type of section is limited by a break line:
Removed section
Revolved section
Broken-out section
Half section
This is the term for the range of tightness or looseness resulting from the allowances and tolerances in mating parts:
Limits
Fit
Specifications
Allowance
This is a line terminated by arrowheads, indicating the direction and extent of a dimension:
Dimension line
Extension line
Arrowhead line
Centerline
Which of the following is one of the basic types of welded joints:
T-joint
Rear joint
Angle joint
Groove joint
Generally, the units used on an architectural drawing are set to ________.
Architectural
Engineering
Metric
Civil
An engineer's scale would be used to measure lines on a drawing where the scale factor reads ________.
1/4 = 1'-0
1/8 = 1'-0
1 = 100'
3/4 = 1'-0