Courses Title Topic Industry
Blueprint Reading: Sectional Views
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Continuing Education Units (CEUs) ?
0.100
Delivery Formats
Web, CD-ROM, LAN, WebCD
Training Time ?
43 to 86 minutes
Language(s)
en
Product ID
artsbpr3
Interactive Producer
A Routsis
Original Content Producer
A. Routsis Associates
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Overview

Sectional Views is the third of a six part training series on reading blueprints. These courses are based on ANSI standards and incorporate input from a broad industrial population.

In this training, users learn to determine which portion of the part is shown in section. The course explains the purpose of section lines and identifies the ways in which they are used. Finally, users learn to identify and interpret the common drafting conventions applied to sectional views.

Audience

Anyone working with engineering drawings.

Topics
The course presents interactive instruction covering the following topical areas:
  • Visualizing Sectional Views
  • Section Lines
  • Half Sections
  • Offset and Aligned Sections
  • Broken-out and Auxiliary Sections
  • Revolved Sections
  • Removed Sections
  • Drafting Conventions
Performance Objectives
This course will measure mastery on each of the following performance objectives:
  • Recognize the different types of sectional views.
  • Identify the common characteristics that appear in sectional views.
  • Classify the patterns that are used for section lines.
  • Interpret half sections that are noted on a drawing.
  • Explain how offset and aligned sections are used.
  • Know how broken-out sections are used on a drawing.
  • Recognize when and how a sectional view has been revolved.
  • Identify when a section has been removed from a drawing.
  • Be aware of the common drafting conventions used within the industry.
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Mastery awards 0.100 CEUs to participants who successfully complete this program.

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