Planning
your engineering drawing
Before starting your engineering drawing you should plan how you are going to make best use of the space. It is important to think about the number of views your drawing will have and how much space you will use of the paper.
- Try to make maximum use of the available space.
- If a view has lots of detail, try and make that view as large as possible. If necessary, draw that view on a separate sheet.
- If you intend to add dimensions to the drawing, remember to leave enough space around the drawing for them to be added later.
- If you are working with inks on film, plan the order in which you are drawing the lines. For example you don't want to have to place your ruler on wet ink
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