ME 111  Engineering Graphics I

Credits: 3 (2-3-2)

TEP/TEPE, Faculty of Engineering, Thammasat University

1st semester 2004

 

 

 

Lecturers:

Dr. Wiroj  Limtrakarn

Room 413, Tel. 3144,  limwiroj@engr.tu.ac.th

 

Dr. Dulyachot  Cholaseuk

Room 410, Tel. 3149,  cdulyach@engr.tu.ac.th

 

Mr. Komkrit  Chuawittayawuth

Room 210, Tel. 3196,  ckomkrit@engr.tu.ac.th

Web page:

www.engr.tu.ac.th/~limwiroj/teaching.html

Objectives:

1.To understand the fundamental of engineering drawing.

2.To be able to draw and read the engineering drawings correctly.

3. To be able to use the computer aided design software in engineering graphics.

Course Description:     

        The significance of drawing.  Instruments and their uses.  Lining and lettering.  Work preparation. Applied geometry. Dimensioning and description. Orthographic drawing.  Pictorial drawing. Freehand sketching.  Sectioning.  Computer aided drawing.

 

Tentative Schedule:

Weeks

Topics

Date

Lecturer

 

Lecture

Lab

 

1

Introduction to drawing and its preparation. Drawing equipment. Objective in drawing.  Scaling, lining, and lettering.

8/6/04

9/6/04

 

Wiroj

2

Geometric construction. Lines. Bisecting a line. Bisecting an angle. Dividing a line. Drawing a polygon. Circles and arcs. Finding the center of a circle. Drawing of tangential arcs in various situations.

15/6/04

16/6/04

Wiroj

3

Orthographic drawing. Types of projections. Visualization

22/6/04

23/6/04

Komkrit

4

Dimensioning. Placement of dimension and extension lines. Dimensioning angles. Dimensioning arcs. Symbols.

29/6/04

30/6/04

Wiroj

5

Orthographic drawing: Production of a mechanical drawing

6/7/04

7/7/04

Komkrit

6

Freehand sketch

13/7/04

14/7/04

Komkrit

7

Isometric drawing. Approximate four-center ellipse.

20/7/04

21/7/04

Komkrit

8

Exam 1

28/7/04

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9

Oblique drawings. Cavalier and cabinet projection.

3/8/04

4/8/04

Komkrit

10

Sectional drawing. Oblique sections.

10/8/04

11/8/04

Komkrit

11

Detail and working drawing. Assembly drawing.

17/8/04

18/8/04

Wiroj

12

Detail and working drawing. Introduction to tolerance.

24/8/04

25/8/04

Wiroj

13

Exam 2

1/9/04

-

14

Computer Aided Drawing. Introduction. Workspace.  Some important commands.  Basic geometry. Drawing aids: grids, object snaps. Coordinate systems.

7/9/04

8/9/04

Dulyachot

15

Computer Aided Drawing. Two dimensional drawing. Drawing modifications: move, rotate, copy, scale, trim, extend, fillet, chamfer, array etc.

14/9/04

15/9/04

Dulyachot

16

Computer Aided Drawing. Dimensioning. Layers.

21/9/04

22/9/04

Dulyachot

17

CAD Examination.

29/9/04

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References:                        Giesecke, F. E. et. al., Engineering Graphics, 7th edition, Prentice Hall, 2000.

                        Boundy, A.W., Engineering Drawing, 6th edition, McGraw Hill, 2002.

 

Evaluations:                           Exam 1, 2                        20, 25 %

                                                CAD exam                        20                        %

                                                Assignments & attendance                        35                        %

                                                Minimum of 80% attendance is required to pass this course.