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ED-II

SHORT QUESTIONS

UNIT-I
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What is meant by scale factor?


Define reduced scale and enlarged scale.
Mention the engg applications of full scales, reduced scale and enlarged scale.
What is a plain scale? How it differs from a diagonal scale.
How a diagonal scale differs from a plain scale?
Define RF. Name the scale where measurement is desired in the three units.
How a Vernier scale differs from a plain scale?
What is the difference between plain scale, diagonal scale and vernier scale?

UNIT-II
1. Draw the development of surface of a cone of base diameter 20 mm and axis height
30 mm.
2. Explain the engineering importance of development of surfaces.
3. Explain briefly, the different methods of development.
4. What are the uses of development of surfaces?
5. From the development of the surface of a cylinder of diameter 28 mm and axis 66
mm, find the length of the diagonal of the development.
6. What are the uses of development of surfaces?
7. What is meant by the development of a solid?
8. How do you develop a cone?
UNIT-III
1. Name the Pictorial projection in which three dimensions of solid can be shown in one
view.
2. Explain the advantages of Isometric Projections.
3. What is the difference between the isometric drawing and isometric projection or
view?
4. Explain isometric planes.
5. Distinguish clearly between isometric view and isometric projection.
6. Define isometric axes, isometric scale and isometric view.
7. What is an isometric view?
8. What is an isometric scale?
9. What is the angle between isometric axes? What are the isometric lines?
10. Explain the terms Isometric length and True length.
11. Define isometric axes, isometric planes and isometric scale
12. What is the difference between Isometric view and Isometric projections?
13. Sketch the isometric projection of a 50 mm cone resting on a 100 mm cube.
14. What is the shape of the Isometric projection of a circle?
15. Sketch isometric projection of a square prism of 30 mm side and 50 mm height.
16. Draw the isometric projection of a sphere of 100 mm diameter

UNIT-IV
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Compare first angle and third angle projection methods.


What is meant by orthographic projection?
What are the important elements of the projection system?
What are the various possible views of an drawing entity?
Sketch the symbols used for (i) first angle projection (ii) third angle projection
Explain the terms:- (a) Reference planes (b) Reference line (c)projectors (c) profile
plane
7. Why second and fourth quadrants are not used in practice?
UNIT-V
1. Define perspective projection
2. Explain the principle of perspective projection
3. Define the terms
i. Station point
ii. Horizon
iii. Ground line
iv. Axis of vision
v. Center of vision
vi. Picture plane
vii. Ground plane
4. What are the rules to be followed while selecting a station point.
5. What are the various methods of drawing a perspective view,
6. When will the size of the perspective be larger than the object?
7. What is the main difference between a perspective and other types of pictorial
projections.
8. What are the characteristics of Perspective projections?
9. Compare visual ray and vanishing point methods of drawing perspective views.
10. Define the following terms with reference to perspective projections:
(a) Ground plane (b) Picture plane (c) Horizon plane (d) Central plane
11. What is a station point? What is its relation with the visual rays?
12. Make a line diagram and indicate the following:
(a) Ground plane (b) Picture plane (c) Horizon plane (d) Central plane
(e) Ground line (f) Horizon line (g) Central line (h) Axis of vision
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Highlight the main advantages of a CAD system in design and drafting.


Give a brief review of CAD software used for drafting and modeling.
Name any five input devices used in computers and describe them in brief.
Give a brief description of output and storage devices of a computer.
Explain the methods of drawing an arc in AutoCAD.
Explain the methods of drawing an Line in AutoCAD.
State a series of AutoCAD command steps to draw a circle of 10 cm diameter.
State a series of AutoCAD command steps to draw a rectangle of 50 cm X 30 cm
with the help of (a) Line (b) Rectangle and (c) Polygon commands.
9. State a series of AutoCAD command steps to draw a pentagon
10. What are the various solid modeling techniques in AUTOCAD.

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