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Essential Drafting Tools Guide

This document lists and describes common drafting tools used for technical drawing, including their purposes. It outlines compasses for drawing circles, dividers for transferring dimensions, drafting tape for adhering media, dusting brushes for cleaning, erasers for removing lines, and templates, triangles, protractors, and scales for measuring and drawing angles and lengths. It also provides rules for maintaining drafting tools such as keeping them clean and dry and avoiding bending or overextending them.

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Essential Drafting Tools Guide

This document lists and describes common drafting tools used for technical drawing, including their purposes. It outlines compasses for drawing circles, dividers for transferring dimensions, drafting tape for adhering media, dusting brushes for cleaning, erasers for removing lines, and templates, triangles, protractors, and scales for measuring and drawing angles and lengths. It also provides rules for maintaining drafting tools such as keeping them clean and dry and avoiding bending or overextending them.

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Basic Drafting Tools

Drafting & Design Technology


Unit 2

Compass
Used to draw circles
and arcs

Divider
Used to transfer
dimensions

Drafting Tape
A specially-prepared
tape used to adhere
drawing media to
the working surface

Dusting Brush
Used to brush loose
graphite and eraser
dust from a drawing

Eraser
Used to remove
pencil lines and
graphite smudges
from a drawing

Erasing Shield
A metal plate with
various slots and
openings used to
protect line work
when a portion of
the drawing is to be
erased

Irregular Curve
Used to lay out any
noncircular curve

Lead Pointer
Used for sharpening
mechanical pencil
leads

Lettering Guide
Used to lay out
guidelines for
lettering

Mechanical Pencil
(Lead Holder)
Used to hold leads
of various hardness's

Protractor
Used to measure
angles

Scale
Used to measure the
length of a line

Template
A thin, flat, plastic
tool with various
size openings of
different shapes
used to expedite
the drawing of
standard features

Triangle
A thin, flat, rightangled piece of
plastic or metal
with acute angles of
45, or 30 and 60
used for drawing
vertical or inclined
lines that are
multiples of 15

Rules for Maintenance and


Care of Drafting Tools &
Equipment
Do not hit
scales and
Keep hands and

equipment clean
Keep all instruments
clean and dry
Do no bend templates
sharply
Do not use templates or
scales as straight edges
for cutting tools
Do not use templates as
eraser shields

triangles on edges
Do not overextend
compasses and dividers
Clean plastic tools with
soap and water only
Do not stick compasses
and divider points into
scales and triangles
Never sharpen leads over
drawing or table surface

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