| CODE | MFE1101 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Engineering Drawing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Introduction to Engineering Drawing The importance for engineers to express their ideas manually through drawing; types of drawings used in the design stages of a technical system; roles of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) systems to produce engineering drawings. General Engineering Drawing Principles First vs. third angle projections; line work and lettering; scales; section views; three-dimensional illustrations (e.g. isometric projection); geometrical constructions; drawing standards (e.g. BS8888:2004); loci applications, interpenetrations and development patterns, draughting conventions associated with threads, nuts, bolts, screws, springs, gears and bearings; dimensioning principles; general graphical symbols (e.g. to indicate surface finish); common abbreviations. Conceptual design drawings Importance of sketching; types of sketches (rough sketches, sketches drawn to scale); graphical representations commonly used in sketches (e.g. perspective projection); sketching techniques. Detailed design drawings Drawing layouts (single-part drawings, assembly drawings); limits and fits; geometrical tolerance and datums; specific graphical symbols used in welding, pneumatics and electronics. Study-Unit Aims: This study-unit covers the principles and practice of engineering drawing. It aims at providing students with the basics in understanding, reading and generating engineering drawings. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Know the basics of engineering drawing standards and their application in a range of s ectors including mechanical engineering design; - Understand what an engineering drawing is representing, both in terms of form g eometry and other important engineering requirements (e.g. dimensional and g eometric tolerances). 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Acquire skills on how to represent engineering concepts by means of sketches, and detailed drawings; - Acquire skills on how to use orthographic projections, section views etc. commonly used in industry; - Acquire skills to annotate detailed drawings with dimensions, tolerances etc., using established drawing standards (e.g. BS8888). Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Simmons, C. Phelps, N. and Maguire, D. (2012) "Manual of Engineering Drawing, Fourth Edition: Technical Product Specification and Documentation to British and International Standards", 4th Edition, ISBN-13: 978-0080966526. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Independent Study, Project and Tutorial | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Philip Farrugia |
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