Drafting tools

• A T-square is a tool used in technical drawing, primarily as a guide for drawing straight horizontal lines on a drafting table.
• Drafting paper is specially prepared for drawing on with pencils and pens.
• masking tape This is used for fastening the drawing paper on the drawing table or drawing board.
• drawing pencil This is one of the most important tools in drawing. It comes in various grades. The grade of pencil to be used depends on the quality of paper to be used. HARD PENCILS are used where extreme accuracy is required especially working on graphs, diagrams and charts. MEDIUM PENCILS - are used for general purpose work in drawing. SOFT PENCILS are too soft to be used in mechanical drafting. They are very useful for art work of various kinds.
• A Compass is a drawing tool that can be used to draw circles or arcs, parts of circles.
• Triangle to draw accurate parallel lines, vertical lines, and other angled lines.
• Protractor is used to draw angles of given measures in degree
• triangular Scale used for measuring and preparing scale drawings such as blueprint and maps.
• Ruler used when drawing lines, as a guide for cutting, and for various other uses.
• Erasing shield as a mask for protecting parts of a drawing so that only the area exposed in the chosen cut-out is erased.