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2. Drafting machine - Wikipedia

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   A drafting machine is a tool used in technical drawing, consisting of a pair of scales mounted to form a right angle on an articulated protractor head that allows an angular rotation. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The protractor head (two scales and protractor mechanism) is able to move freely across the surface of the drawing board , sliding on two guides ...

3. Technical drawing - Wikipedia

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   Technical drawing, drafting or drawing, is the act and discipline of composing drawings that visually communicate how something functions or is constructed. Technical drawing is essential for communicating ideas in industry and engineering .

4. Drafter - Wikipedia

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   Traditional drafter at work A drafter in Portugal in the 1970s, using a drafting machine. A drafter (also draughtsman / draughtswoman in British and Commonwealth English, draftsman / draftswoman, drafting technician, or CAD technician in American and Canadian English) is an engineering technician who makes detailed technical drawings or CAD designs for machinery, buildings, electronics ...

5. Engineering drawing - Wikipedia

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   The process of producing engineering drawings is often referred to as technical drawing or drafting (draughting). [1] Drawings typically contain multiple views of a component, although additional scratch views may be added of details for further explanation.

6. Technical drawing tool - Wikipedia

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   The accuracy of the arm type apparatus is better in the middle of the board, decreasing towards the edges, whereas a track machine has a constant accuracy over the whole board. The drawing head of a track-type drafting machine slides on bearings in a vertical rail, which in turn is moved along a horizontal, top-mounted rail.

7. Computer-aided design - Wikipedia

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   CAD output is often in the form of electronic files for print, machining, or other manufacturing operations. The terms computer-aided drafting (CAD) and computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) are also used. [2] Its use in designing electronic systems is known as electronic design automation (EDA).

8. Drawing - Wikipedia

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   Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man (c. 1485) Accademia, Venice. Drawing is a visual art that uses an instrument to mark paper or another two-dimensional surface. The instruments used to make a drawing are pencils, crayons, pens with inks, brushes with paints, or combinations of these, and in more modern times, computer styluses with graphics tablets or gamepads in VR drawing software.

9. Scale ruler - Wikipedia

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   An architect's scale is a specialized ruler designed to facilitate the drafting and measuring of architectural drawings, such as floor plans and Multi-view orthographic projections. Because the scale of such drawings is often smaller than life-size, an architect's scale features multiple units of length and proportional length increments. [1]