Grade 7 TLE 3rd Quarter

This is the act and discipline of composing drawings that visually communicate how something functions or is constructed.

• Technical Writing

• Technical Drawing

• Technical purpose

• Technical paper

Other known as technical drawing.

• Drawing

• Drafting

• Lettering

• Graphing

Objects are drawn to scale, and usually comprise a top view, a main view and a side view of the object or building.

• Drawing

• Drafting

• Lettering

• Graphing

The word originally meant a fine-pointed small brush.

• Compass

• Ruler

• Protractor

• Pencil

It is mixed with water and refined to remove all grit and heavier elements, leaving only the fine microscopic particles which will be mixed with the graphite.

• Compass

• Ruler

• Clay

• Pencil

Californian incense cedar wood is used by several manufacturers, particularly in the United States.

• Compass

• Wood

• Clay

• Pencil

The drawings in drafting very often contain arcs and circles.

• Compass

• Wood

• Clay

• Pencil

These are best used in measuring angles that cannot be determined with triangles.

• Compass

• Triangles

• Ruler

• Protractors

Angles and vertical lines are better drawn with triangles in combination with both the T square and the parallel straightedge.

• Compass

• Triangles

• Ruler

• Protractors

These are used to draw accurate curved lines through random points with varied radii.

• Compass

• Triangles

• Irregular curves

• Protractors