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Types of lines.
Types of lines: Continuous, dashed, chain. Line thicknesses: Thick, medium, thin. On engineering drawings, generally use thick and thin only. Standard line thicknesses are 0.18, 0.25, 0.35, 0.5, 0.7 and 1.0 mm. The thinnest line that can be confidently reproduced is 0.18 mm.
The actual thickness for thick, medium and thin lines depends on the
sheet size: A0 Thick 0.7, (medium 0.5), thin 0.35 mm. A1 Thick 0.5, (medium 0.35), thin 0.25 mm. A2, A3, A4 Thick 0.35, (medium 0.25), thin 0.18 mm
Line types.
Examples of line types: Continuous thick: Visible outlines, general details, structural steel elements in a stick diagram. Continuous - thin: Dimension lines. Dashed - thick: Hidden outlines. Chain thin: Grid lines, centre-lines. See HB7-1993 Engineering Design Handbook, Table 3.1, page 29 for examples of the standard line types and their applications.
Text.
Text type: All upper case in a Sans Serif font. Orientation: To be read from the bottom or from the right side of the sheet. A0 Titles and drawing numbers 7 mm. Sub-titles, headings, view and section descriptions 5 mm. General notes and text, material lists, dimensions 3.5 mm. Titles and drawing numbers 5 mm. Sub-titles, headings, view and section descriptions 3.5 mm. General notes and text, material lists, dimensions 2.5 mm. Text size, in terms of minimum height of characters:
References.
These are some references on (Civil) Engineering drawing. There is NO need for you to buy nor download any of them. There will be a copy of each available in the Learning and Design Centre 2 (LDC 2), John Heine Suite - Room CB02.06.640. HB7 - 1993 Engineering drawing handbook, 3rd ed, Standards Australia International (SAI), Sydney. AS 1100.101 - 1992 Technical drawing Part 101: General principles, SAI, Sydney AS 1100.301 - 2008 Technical drawing Part 301: Architectural drawing, SAI, Sydney
References.
AS 1100.401 - 1984 Technical drawing Part 401: Engineering survey and engineering survey design drawing, SAI, Sydney AS/NZS 1100.501 - 2002 Technical drawing Part 501: Structural engineering drawing, SAI/Standards New Zealand, Sydney Concrete Institute of Australia, 2011 Reinforcement detailing handbook, 4th ed, Concrete Institute of Australia (CIA), Sydney Syam, AA (ed) (1995) A guide to the requirements of engineering drawings of structural steelwork, Steel Construction (Journal of the Australian Institute of Steel Construction, now Australian Steel Institute (ASI)). 29 (3): 2 -14