Machine Drawing

FOREWORD

I congratulate the authors Dr. P. Kannaiah, Prof. K.L. Narayana and Mr. K. Venkata Reddy of

S.V.U. College of Engineering, Tirupati for bringing out this book on “Machine Drawing”.

This book deals with the fundamentals of Engineering Drawing to begin with and the

authors introduce Machine Drawing systematically thereafter. This, in my opinion, is an excellent

approach. This book is a valuable piece to the students of Mechanical Engineering at diploma,

degree and AMIE levels.

Dr. P. Kannaiah has a rich experience of teaching this subject for about twenty five

years, and this has been well utilised to rightly reflect the treatment of the subject and the

presentation of it. Prof. K.L. Narayana, as a Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Mr. K.

Venkata Reddy as a Workshop Superintendent have wisely joined to give illustrations usefully

from their wide experience and this unique feature is a particular fortune to this book and such

opportunities perhaps might not have been available to other books.

It is quite necessary for any drawing book to follow the standards of BIS. This has been

done very meticulously by the authors. Besides, this book covers the syllabi of various Indian

universities without any omission.

Learning the draughting principles and using the same in industrial practice is essential

for any student and this book acts as a valuable guide to the students of engineering. It also

serves as a reference book in the design and draughting divisions in industries. This book acts

almost as a complete manual in Machine Drawing.

This book is a foundation to students and professionals who from here would like to learn

Computer Graphics which is a must in modern days.

I am confident that the students of engineering find this book extremely useful to them.

Dr. M.A. Veluswami

Professor

Machine Elements Laboratory

Department of Mechanical Engineering

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

CHENNAI-600 036, INDIA