This Basic Blueprint Reading course is for individuals in need of skill enhancement
in this topic. Topics covered include dimensioning, tolerances, types of lines, auxiliary
views, section views, title block, and symbols. Lecture will be supplemented with
individual class exercises to provide actual practice for participants. This course
will enable participants to interpret elementary drawings.
Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
Understand and draw lines, including object, hidden, center, extension, dimension,
phantom and break lines
Understand notes, print layout and engineering revisions.
Understand dimensions, including dual, chain, coordinate, and angular dimensioning.
Understand and draw views including: One-view, two-view, three-view and auxiliary
views.
Understand holes, countersinks, counterbores, and chamfers including: methods of predicting
holes, dimensioning of hole features, counterbores and spotfaces, and chamfers.
Understand threads, thread specifications and metric threads.
Understand Section Views including: Purpose of section views; cutting planes and plane
lines; full, half, partial and broken sections
