Understanding engineering drawings - Fundamentals

Summary

This course is for all professionals requiring a fundamental understanding of engineering drawings, from design through to manufacture.

This course will cover topics that allow design, manufacture, and inspection engineers, as well other non-engineers, to read, understand and make informed decisions based about engineering drawings.  

The course will explain the concepts behind BS 8888 and the ISO GPS system, and why it should be adopted as the standard to work to. To ensure that the specific requirements of a project are understood, a basic understanding of the framework standards are essential. This course will cover the symbology and information that engineers and designers need to be able to read and interpret on engineering drawings, be they manually produced (2D), or in 3D, created using CAD systems and 3D modelling (computer-aided design).

Who should attend?

Engineers and non-engineers wanting to be able to understand engineering drawings. All persons who interact or make decisions based on engineering drawing and engineering content. 

How will I benefit?

After the course you will be able to:  

• Have a better understanding of engineering drawings to BS 8888 and the ISO GPS system standards
• Identify and understand the different views of an engineering drawing
• Understand the specific requirements of a project
• Have an insight of the fundamentals of GPS
• Produce simple engineering drawings 

 

Key topics

• The standards: BS 8888 and the ISO GPS system 
• Fundamentals of GPS 
• Drawing sheets 
• General Principles of representation 
• Projection methods: first and third angles 
• Scales 
• Lettering 
• Screw threads 
• General principles of dimensioning 
• ISO Code / Limits and fits 
• Specifying surface conditions 
• Introduction to Geometrical Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) 

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