Mechanical Drawing - Lettering, Materials and Methods #248932

Broadly speaking, Mechanical Drawing may.\ be understood to mean drawing done with the aid of instruments. More strictly, it may mean the drawing of machines or things mechanical as distinguished from architectural drawing, for instance. Mechan ical drawings of machines are often called working drawings, of buildings they are called plans. Such drawings convey the ideas of the originator or engineer to the mechanic or the workman. Mechanical drawing, then, may be said to be the language of the engineer, the architect, the mechanic. The musician conveys his ideas by means of music, the artist by means of his picture.