Intro the Mechanical Drawing Video [15 minutes]
Intro the Mechanical Drawing Video [15 minutes]
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I've gotten some great help from this forum, so in return I wanted to share a video I put together on the basics mechanical drawing. It covers line types, multi-view layouts, linear dimensioning & tolerancing, and alternate view types.
Intro to Mechanical Drawing
Intro to Mechanical Drawing





RE: Intro the Mechanical Drawing Video [15 minutes]
It's so easy to get nit picky and dive into things you overlooked to be fully standard compliant etc. but if you even tried to do that the video would probably me much longer and harder to follow.
So rather than throw stones at what you did create, when I created nothing, I'll just give you a 'nice effort'.
Folks over in forum1103: Drafting Standards, GD&T & Tolerance Analysis forum might be interested, but you'll almost certainly get some nit picking.
What is Engineering anyway: FAQ1088-1484: In layman terms, what is "engineering"?
RE: Intro the Mechanical Drawing Video [15 minutes]
RE: Intro the Mechanical Drawing Video [15 minutes]
RE: Intro the Mechanical Drawing Video [15 minutes]
Interesting point Chicopee, I didn't know that.
You're right tbuelna. I didn't have time to fix that drawing before leaving on a 2 week vacation (I had already put in about 40-50 hours). In the end there's a review question that asks "can you spot the missing dimensions in this drawing from earlier?"
Maybe I'll do a version 2 in the future to fix these mistakes.
RE: Intro the Mechanical Drawing Video [15 minutes]
I started out 30 years ago working for an aerospace OEM as an entry-level draftsman. The most important thing I learned during the first few years on the job was paying attention to details and making sure to check my work for errors before submitting it to my manager. The engineers back then were definitely old-school, and they did not tolerate sloppy work or obvious mistakes. If I were to submit an incomplete engineering drawing (like the one in your video) for release, my manager would chew my butt out for wasting the company's money.
The most valuable lesson you can offer with your video is teaching people the importance of paying attention to details and doing as thorough a job as possible with their work. Rather than doing a job as quickly as possible, they should focus on doing the best job possible. Even when they are doing the most simple or mundane tasks.