HYPOCYCLOIDS

construction of hypocycloid ·                     The curve traced by a point on a circle which rolls on the inside of a circular base surface. ·                     Step 1: Divide the rolling circle in to 12 equal divisions. ·                     Step 2: Transfer the 12 divisions on to the base surface. ·                     Step 3: Mark the 12 positions of the circle – center…

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CONIC SECTION

CONIC SECTION mainly consists of three major parts they are Ellipse Parabola Hyperbola Conic sections are the intersections of a right regular cone, by a cutting plane in different positions, relative to the axis of the cone. PARABOLA The parabola  is a conic section, the intersection of a right circular conical surface and a plane to…

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PARABOLA by TRIANGLE METHOD

A parabola is a curve traced by a point, moving such that, at any position ,its distance from the fixed point  (focus) is always equal to its distance from a fixed straight line (directrix)   parabola can be constructed in many ways.. like eccentricity method,  triangle method, oblong or rectangle method etc….  Triangle method triangle method of…

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SCALES

Usually the word scale is used for an instrument used for drawing straight lines. But actually in Engineer’s language scale means the proportion or ratio between the dimensions adopted for the drawing and the corresponding dimensions of the object. It can be indicated in two different ways. Example: The actual dimensions of the room say…

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Creating a drawing

Drawing  instruments are used to draw straight lines ,circles , and curves accurately  concisely The drawing tools are  like drawing board, mini drafter, instrument box containing compass,divider etc,.. set squares,protractor,french curves, drawing sheet,pencils,erasers….. DRAWING STANDARDS ●     Drawing standards are set of rules that govern how the technical drawings are represented ●     these are used so that everyone can commonly understand…

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