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The following are tips on getting a decent grade on your drawings for your design assignments.

• The premise here is to make your drawings as neat and as readable as possible eliminating errors and ambiguity. 
• Remember, in the real world, mistakes and ambiguity cost time and money.
• In this class these mistakes will impact your grade.
• Always present your best work, fix your own mistakes!
• Double check your work before giving it to others. 
• Check it on screen first
• If any errors are found correct them before printing
• Check the printed copy second
• If any errors are found make the corrections then reprint.
• If I find these mistakes and mark up your work it will affect your grade.

The list below may be modified as the quarter progresses:

Appearance:
• Center your drawing views in the drawing area so that it fills the page without over crowding or leaving excess space.
• Try to provide equal spacing between your drawing views and the top and bottom of the page as well as from the left and right
• This includes drawn objects as well as notes and dimensions.
• The spacing between the drawing views and the border of the drawing should be about half of the spacing between each of the drawings views in the field of the drawing.
• Dimension your drawing views according to conventional standards
• Move dimensions around to avoid "crowding"
• Include the word "TYPICAL" following dimensions that can apply to similar items in the same view such as a series of holes, fillets or row and column offsets.
• The isometric view should have no dimensions in it. 
• Properly fill in your title block, with CAPITALS only.
• Provide an appropriate sheet scale (a scale that applies to every view in your drawing):
• Use standard scales such as
• Metric: 1:1, 1:2, 1:5, 1:10 and similar multiples.
• SAE: 1:1, 1:2 (6" = 1'-0"), 1:4 (3" = 1'-0"), 1:6 (2" = 1'-0"), 1:8 (1-1/2" = 1'-0"), 1:12 (1" = 1'-0"), 1:16 (3/4" = 1'-0") and similar multiples of 2,4 and 8.
• Automatic scales added such as 1:3, 1:7. 1.5:1 and other non traditional scales need to be modified to standard scales.
• Label each view with its own scale if it is different from the sheet scale.
• The isometric view should have no scale label on it.
• Provide a proper View Title, in CAPITALS with UNDERLINED TEXT.
• Position the View Title centered under the drawing view.
• The View Title should have the following information answered in the following order top to bottom, what is it? what view is it? what scale is it (if different from the sheet scale)? and any note references that apply to that view. 
• Label each view with its own scale if it is different from the sheet scale.
Avoid duplicate information, this leads to ambiguity.

Start Project No. 1 (Chapter step by step exercises).
 
 
 

These assignments are due on Friday April 2, on your new drawing template that we will create Thursday during class.  Print out on "A" sized paper (8.5" x 11"), landscape orientation.