Board practice

Using The Tee And Set Square For Drawing Board

This is a practical topic. The teacher should DEMONSTRATE this as much as possible in class for the students

The various uses of setsquares are given below:

Positioning and Drawing the Title Block

Title Block

The title block gives necessary information about the drawing such as name of designer, school, class, date, scale etc. The title block is usually at the bottom right-hand corner of the drawing paper.

Writing (freehand) Legible Letters and Numerals

Lettering is the art of writing of letters (alphabets) and numbers (figures) in bold form or lower case form on drawing.

The most important point is that the characters of the lettering must be uniform, legible, equally spaced and well proportioned.  Lettering can be done either by free hand or with an instrument.  The two styles of lettering are vertical or inclined styles.

The teacher should DEMONSTRATE this as much as possible with the students.

Boarder lines are also called margins. A space of about 10-15mm is left all around the drawing paper and is demarcated with straight lines. These drawing paper are called border lines. They beautify the drawing paper and protect the drawing inside.

EVALUATION

1. Mention five drawing instruments required for good board practice.
2. What type of drawing instrument can be used for drawing parallel line?
3. What is lettering?