Engineering 1182

Curved Surfaces and Centerlines

Sections 11.02 and 10.07 of Text

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Objectives
Understand how curved surfaces will appear in
each viewing plane.
Create orthographic projections of objects with
curved surfaces.
Correctly use center
marks and center lines
to add clarity to
drawings.
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Curved Surfaces in orthographic

Similarly to the way inclined surfaces appear as

an inclined edge in one view, curved surfaces
will appear as a curved edge in one view and as
a plane in the two remaining views.
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Orthographic Projection of a Cylinder

The figure below shows an orthographic

projection of a cylinder
Centerlines and centermarks are used to denote the
center of a circular or cylindrical feature.

Centerlines
Visible extents
of cylinder
Centermark

Circular end of CLICK

Cylinder
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Centerlines

In order to help others understand your drawings, it

is necessary to include centerlines and centermarks.
A centerline alerts readers that the edges next to the
centerline may be optical limits of a curved surface
and not true sharp edges.
This case occurs every time a curved surface is
shown as a plane.
The most common occurrence of a curved surface
in engineering drawings is a hole with hidden and
center lines.
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Centerlines
Centerlines are drawn by alternating long and
short dashes along the length of the center of
the cylinder or a circular hole.
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Centermarks
Centermarks show the center of a circular
feature. This arc is 180
Hidden
lines

Centerline and
centermarks are used Center line

where the arc of a

surface is 180 or Centermark

greater.
This arc is 90
Centermark,
Note that both Visible limit of arc
Hidden lines Center line
note the
extension lines
centerlines and
centermarks extend past
the extents of the circle
or circular feature. Hidden
Center lines lines
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Line Precedence
Visible lines takes precedence over all
other lines
Hidden lines take precedence over
center lines
Center lines have lowest precedence

In this drawing, a
visible line overlies a
centermark.
Notice that the
extension lines from
the centermark are
still visible.
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Curved Surfaces and Centerlines

Use this time to practice making

orthographic projections from objects with
curved surfaces.
Do not forget to include centerlines and
centermarks as needed!

In class assignment