Industrial blueprint reading is customized for your employees with instruction taking place at your facility. Individuals participating in the class will have the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of blueprint reading. Emphasis will be placed on orthographic projection and visual perception of drawings used in industry. Areas of instruction will include dimensioning, tolerancing, sectioning and the understanding of auxiliary views. A review of math, sketching and metrology will also be included. Course length and topics covered depend on student knowledge and company needs.
Course Outline – 8 Hours
Measuring and Measurement
Instruments
• Rules and Scales
• Micrometer
• Vernier Scales
• Fractions and Decimals
Interpreting the Industrial Print
• Alphabet of Lines
• The Title Block
• Notes
• Change Block
• Company Standards
Understanding Orthographic Projection
Projecting Views
Visualization
• Perpendicular Surfaces
• Curved Surfaces
• Inclined Surfaces
Dimensioning
• Standard Dimensions
• Coordinate Dimensions
• Datum Dimensions
Dimensional Tolerances
General Tolerance System
Written Tolerances
• Allowance
• Limits
• Geometric Tolerances
Other Views
Auxiliary
Sectional
• Full
• Offset
Broken Out
Thin
Pictorial Drawings
• Isometric
• Oblique
Assembly Drawings
• General Assembly
• Subassembly
• Weldments
