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• Drawing Board- provides a straight working edge necessary for contracting horizontal and vertical lines.
• T-Square- is used to construct horizontal lines. Has two parts called the blade and the head
• Fixed Head- the head is fastened to the blade. It is used for ordinary work
• Movable Head or Adjustable Head- it has one fixed and one adjustable head and used only for occassional drawing
• Detachable Head or Removable Head- It is designed for comfort when carrying the T-Square.
• Parallel Ruler- it moves up and down the drawing surface by means of pulleys and a guide rope.
• Triangles- It is used for drawing vertical lines with the T-Square.
• Adjustable Triangle- are used to draw angles other than the usual 15 degree increments.
• Protractor- is used to measure and draw angles not divisible by 15 degrees when neither the 60-90 degree nor the 45-50-90 degree triangle can be used.
• Metric Scale- is used to reproduce the dimension of an object in a full, reduced, or enlarged size on a drawing.
• Compass- is used for drawing circls or arcs.
• Divider- A type of compass with needle points on both end and is used for laying off points or transferring dimensions.
• Graphite Lead Pencils- are the basic instruments used in mechanical drawing and come in varying degrees of hardness.
• Soft (B) grades- are used primarily for sketching and rendering.
• Hard (H) grades- for instrumental drawings.
• 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.
• Hard Rubber Eraser- is used to remove dark heavy lines.
• Soft Rubber Eraser- is used to remove light lines and to clean smudges.
• Vinyl Eraser- used to remove plastic lead lines from the polyester drawing film.
• Special Ink Eraser- are also available for removing ink lines on paper and drafting films.
• Erasing Shield- is made of flat thin metal or plastic with cutouts of various sizes and shapes.
• Cutter, Sharpener, Sandpaper- are various tools used for creating sharp conical pencil points.
• Dusting Brush- is used to remove loose dirt particles that collect on the drawing.
• French Curve- is made of clear plastic and is used for drawing a noncircular curve.
• Flexi-Curve- Is another tool used for drawing irregular curves.
• Templates- used for drafting symbols or repetitive figures.
• Drafting Machine- is a combination of several drafting tools in a single contraption.
• Masking Tape- is used for fastening the drawing paper on the drawing table or drawing board.
• Lettering- is the process by which letters, including numbers are composed for providing ease and speed in communicating ideas.
• Gothic Style- have uniform width element. Commonly used in billboard signs, posters, and cards.
• Roman- having "accented strokes" or are made up of a thick and thin element.
• Old Roman Style- composed of Early Classic Renaissance. Used for buildings and for inscriptions and titles.
• Modern Roman- easy to read but difficult to draw and is generallly used in printing newsppaers, magazines, and books.
• Text- includes all types of Old English texts, like the Church text, block text, and German text. Widely used in diplomas, certificates, bibles, land titles, and wedding invitations.
• Script- are writings of the ordinary cursive form commonly used in wedding invitations, diplomas, certificates, and Christmas Cards
• Italic- are slanted used in the heading of newspapers, columns, and advertisements.
• Point- represents a location in a particular space on a given drawing.
• Line- refers to the shortest distance between two points.