When setting up a mechanical drawing in Auto-CAD the drafter should set the units to ________.
Fractional
Decimal
Architectural
Metric
Correct Answer :
B. Decimal
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An accurate record of changes made to release drawings is tracked via this:
A revision block
The basic title form
Working drawings
Portable documents
Schematic and single-line diagrams should be arranged so that signal or transmission path from input to output proceeds in this fashion:
Right to left and top to bottom
Right to left and bottom to top
Left to right and top to bottom
Left to right and bottom to top
When dimensioning architectural drawings architects will utilize both ________ and ________ options.
Baseline and continuous
Baseline and linear
Quick dim and linear
Linear and continuous
The ________ tool on the Dimension tool bar places the length of an arch on a drawing.
Arc Radius
Arc Length
Radius
Diameter
In order to create an isometric circle to represent a hole through the top surface of a box, the drafter must insure that the correct iso-plane has been selected by scrolling through the iso-planes using the ________ key.
F1
F3
F5
F8
These units are based on inch-foot and yard measurements:
International customary units
U.S. metric units
U.S. customary units
ISO international units
The site plan illustrates ________.
The floor plan
Where the house sits on the property
The roof plan
Where the garage and driveway are located
The second line of dimensions out from the plan generally includes ________.
Centers of doors and windows
The distances between outside walls and interior walls
The measurement from the outside of the brick to the inside of the exterior wall
The measurement from one outside corner to the opposite outside corner
A line with a tapering width can be easily created by using the __________ tool.
Circle
Ellipse
Line
Polyline
The edges of a cube in isometric projection make angles of this many degrees with each other:
30
60
90
120
When setting up a mechanical drawing in Auto-CAD the drafter should set the units to ________.
Fractional
Decimal
Architectural
Metric
Dimension text is generally placed above the ________ line.
Dimension
Extension
Center
Leader
In architectural drawing ________ are often used to illustrate and detail structural components.
Foundation beam detail sections
Wall sections
Building sections
All of the above
Several of the tools used in traditional drafting include the following:
Parallel straight edge
45 degree triangle
Circle template
All of the above
This is formed where three or more surfaces intersect:
Oblique
Line
Edge
Vertex
A typical set of mechanical working drawings includes ________.
Exploded assembly
Part details
Parts list
All of the above
Placement of dimensions on a drawing is controlled by ________.
ANSI
The design engineer
Corporate drafting standards
All of the above
Some of the common terms used to describe technical drawing include:
Drafting
Engineering Graphics
Engineering Drawing
All of the above
To avoid having to dimension to a hidden feature the drafter can utilize a ________ section.
Whole
Half
Broken out
All of the above
These are special installations of stone or concrete marking the locations of points accurately determined by precise surveying:
Topographic marks
Hatches
Monuments
Pillars
Angles project true size only when the plane containing the angle and plane of projection are this:
Adjacent
Aligned
Perpendicular
Parallel
These weld symbols have no arrow-side or other-side significance:
Projection or seam weld
Back or backing weld
Surface or groove weld
Flash and upset weld
Objects that are symmetric can be shown effectively using this type of section:
Quarter section
Half section
Full section
Symmetric section
In an exploded assembly drawing it is customary for the drafter to use a ________ line to illustrate how parts fit together.
Phantom
Hidden
Dashed
Center
Architectural drafters generally prefer to use ________ drawings to help illustrate 3-dimensional views of a structure.
Isometric
Perspective
Orthographic
Auxiliary
The offset distance for the width (front to back) distance of the auxiliary view is the same distance of the ________ in the top view.
Width
Height
Length
None of the above
This type of surface may be a plane, a single curved surface, or a warped surface:
Edge surface
Ruled surface
Auxiliary surface
Developed surface
This type of solid has two bases that are parallel equal polygons:
Pyramid
Prism
Cone
Torus
The architectural and construction industries use the United States National CAD standard (NCS) system on many ________ projects.
Residential
Commercial
Aerospace
Publicly funded
4.The principle reason for using an auxiliary view is ________.
To eliminate hidden lines
To create a true projection plane from an inclined plane in one of the primary views
To show cylinders as ellipses
To locate center marks