Public Seminar
Print Reading
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Course Description: Print Reading is intended for all personnel who need to understand the meaning of drawings / prints. Emphasis is placed on understanding multiview relationships, symbology and conventional dimensioning and tolerancing methods. Numerous exercises involving the reading of prints will be utilized throughout. Participants are encouraged to bring their own prints for discussion.

Course Outline

Drawing conventions Finding your way around on a drawing Reading Multiview Drawings Projections Auxiliary View Section Views Three dimensional drawings Oblique sketching Isometric sketching Dimensioning Dimension, Leader and Extension Lines Implied, Linear and Angular Dimensions Threads Thread terminology Thread Forms Inch and Metric Threads

Standard Features Slots and grooves Holes, Counterbores and Countersink Tapers Surface Texture Radii Keyseats and Keyways Tolerances Methods of tolerancing Plus/Minus Limit Dimensioning Tolerance Accumulation Brief History of Engineering Drawings Welding Symbols Types of Welds Types of Joints Basic Weld Symbols Supplementary Weld Symbols Sample prints Molded Plastic Machined Cast Stamped Powder metal