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2. Compass (drawing tool) - Wikipedia

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   A compass, also commonly known as a pair of compasses, is a technical drawing instrument that can be used for inscribing circles or arcs. As dividers, it can also be used as a tool to mark out distances, in particular, on maps. Compasses can be used for mathematics, drafting, navigation and other purposes.

3. Technical drawing tool - Wikipedia

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   The drawing board is an essential tool. Paper will be attached and kept straight and still, so that the drawing can be done with accuracy. Generally, different kind of assistance rulers are used in drawing. The drawing board is usually mounted to a floor pedestal in which the board turns to a different position, and also its height can be ...

4. Technical drawing - Wikipedia

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   Engineering drawings generally deal with mechanical engineered items, such as manufactured parts and equipment. Engineering drawing of a machine tool part. Engineering drawings are usually created in accordance with standardized conventions for layout, nomenclature, interpretation, appearance (such as typefaces and line styles), size, etc.

5. Engineering drawing - Wikipedia

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   Early examples of what would lead to more formal technical drawing practices included the drawings and geometric calculations used to construct aqueducts, bridges, and fortresses. Technical drawings also figured in the 12th-century design of cathedrals and castles, albeit such drawings were more typically produced by artisans and stonemasons ...

6. Computer-aided design - Wikipedia

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   Each line has to be manually inserted into the drawing. The final product has no mass properties associated with it and cannot have features directly added to it, such as holes. The operator approaches these in a similar fashion to the 2D systems, although many 3D systems allow using the wireframe model to make the final engineering drawing views.

7. Axonometric projection - Wikipedia

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   In isometric projection, the most commonly used form of axonometric projection in engineering drawing, [4] the direction of viewing is such that the three axes of space appear equally foreshortened, and there is a common angle of 120° between them. As the distortion caused by foreshortening is uniform, the proportionality between lengths is ...

8. Category:Technical drawing tools - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "Technical drawing tools" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

9. 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 ...