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Tolerance

Drawing No.

Thumbnail sketches

Scanned images Illustrative images

A DTP package allows you to integrate text with graphics.

Cost Size of print run

Colour Size of document

Cutting plane / Section line / Indication of a cut or section

Limit of interrupted view / limit of part section / break line / object is too large to draw all of it

Alternative position of moveable parts

To show detail which would not be clear if the section was taken in one plane (in a single slice).

To show both external and internal information on the same view / to save extra drawing when the object is symmetrical

The line of a piece of text following the outline of a graphic or other inserted object.

Lines inserted between columns of text.

A graphic that is deliberately extended beyond the trimmed edge of the page.

Digital Camera Scanner

Camera – direct inputting and editing / true image / no hard copy required / new image acquisition whereas with a scanner,existing work can be input then edited but this can result in loss of quality.

The CAD drawing is saved to the computer clipboard or to disc in a file recognisable to the DTP software. The file is then pasted into the DTP package and manipulated.

By attaching it to an email

To allow the drawing to be moved to view areas of the drawing outwith the screen.

Allows the cursor to be locked on to a pre-determined grid.

Creates a reflection of a drawn object about an axis which the user defines.