The first of a two-book course in drafting, this manual consists of 13 topics in the following units: introduction to drafting, general safety, basic tools and lines, major equipment, applying for a job, media, lettering, reproduction, drawing sheet layout, architect's scale usage, civil engineer's scale usage, mechanical engineer's scale usage,…

This material for student use presents the basic principles and techniques of drafting and provides experiences in the application of these skills to a wide variety of occupational areas, including carpentry, plumbing, welding, electrical, and sheet metal trades. The workbook contains 20 units, organized into seven sections. Sections cover…

This student assignment book is designed for use in a course on print reading as applied to the machine shop course. Introductory materials include a student progress record, a list of references, and a pretest. For each of eight lessons, information sheets with one or more assignment sheets and a test are provided. The lessons cover the role of…

This combination text and workbook is intended to introduce industrial arts students to numerical control part programming. Discussed in the first section are the impact of numerical control, training efforts, numerical control in established programs, related information for drafting, and the Cartesian Coordinate System and dimensioning…

These four learning guides are self-instructional packets for four tasks identified as essential for performance on an entry-level job in mechanical drafting. Each guide is based on a terminal performance objective (task) and 2-4 enabling objectives. For each enabling objective, some or all of these materials may be presented: learning steps…

One of two individualized courses included in a drafting curriculum, this course is designed to develop the fundamental skills of drafting using mechanical instruments. The course is comprised of thirteen units: (1) Mechanical Drawing, (2) Lettering, (3) Geometric Construction, (4) Shape Description, (5) Multiview Projection and Drawing…

An instructor's manual and student activity guide on designing and making a wood plaque are provided in this set of prevocational education materials which focuses on the vocational area of trade and industry. (This set of materials is one of ninety-two prevocational education sets arranged around a cluster of seven vocational offerings:…

One of two individualized courses included in a drafting curriculum, this course is designed to introduce the student to a variety of blueprints and techniques for obtaining information from them. The course is comprised of four units: (1) Introduction to Building Trades Blueprint Reading, (2) Blueprint Reading for Carpentry, (3) Blueprint Reading…

This publication, the third in a series on drafting, is intended to strengthen students' competence in the specialized field of mechanical drafting. The text consists of instructional materials for both teacher and students, written in terms of student performance using measurable objectives. The course includes 11 units. Each instructional unit…

This outline of instruction, instructor guide, and student job sheets for a secondary-postsecondary-level course in Drafting I are one of a number of military-developed curriculum packages selected for adaptation to vocational instruction and curriculum development in a civilian setting. Purpose stated for the sixty-three-hour course is to teach…

This metric supplement is intended as a guide to aid the industrial arts teacher in incorporating metrics in the classroom. A list of student objectives for measurement skills is followed by an overview of the history of measurement, an argument for change to the metric system in the United States, and a discussion of metric basics (common terms).…

An instructor's manual and student activity guide on reading the architect's scale and the metric scale are provided in this set of prevocational education materials which focuses on the vocational area of trade and industry (drafting). (This set of materials is one of ninety-two prevocational education sets arranged around a cluster of seven…

Teacher and student editions of Civil Technology Applications are one in a series of competency-based instructional materials for drafting and civil technology programs. It includes the technical content and tasks necessary for a student to be employed as a drafter or civil technician in a civil engineering firm. Introductory pages in the teacher…

This three-volume set of student texts is intended for use in an extension course to prepare Air Force graphics specialists. The first volume deals with basic equipment, materials, lettering, and drafting (including geometric and graphic construction). Addressed in the second volume are composition and layout techniques and the fundamentals of…

The second of a two-book course in drafting, this manual consists of 12 topics in the following units: sketching techniques, geometric constructions, orthographic views, dimensioning procedures, basic tolerancing, auxiliary views, sectional views, inking tools and techniques, axonometrics, oblique, perspective, and computer-aided drafting.…