Assembly Drawing: by Dr. Mahdi Damghani
Assembly Drawing: by Dr. Mahdi Damghani
Assembly Drawing: by Dr. Mahdi Damghani
By
Dr. Mahdi Damghani
Objectives
1. Orthographic
views
2. Dimensions
& Tolerances
3. Surface
finishing
Title block
General note
Gen. tolerance Projection
Revision table
Assembly drawings
• A complete assembly drawing is presentation of the product or
structure put together, showing all parts in their operational
positions
• The separate parts come to the assembly department after their
manufacturing processes are finished and in this department
they are put together according the assembly drawings
• Small machining operations may be necessary during assembly
process such as drilling, reaming, or hand finishing. For such
cases, assembly drawings include a note explaining the
required operation and give the dimensions for the alignment
or location of the pieces
Assembly drawings
• Several different methods can be used to produce assembly drawings
– The simplest one tracing from the design layouts
• This method is inferior to the second method that the assembly drawing is produced from the
dimensions of detail drawings if the accuracy of checking considered
– Produced from the dimensions of detail drawings
• More accurate than the first one
• It is very time consuming.
• The Computer Aided Drafting can be a huge timesaver when an assembly drawing is being
produced.
• Nowadays, there are so sophisticated CAD programs and equipments; almost all the manufacturers
use these programs to recover high initial costs.
• Although many assembly drawings do not need dimensions, the overall dimensions and distances
between the centers or from part to part of the different pieces to clarify the relationship of the parts
with each others. An assembly drawing should not be overloaded with detail.
• Many assembly drawings do not need dimensions
• The overall dimensions and distances between the centers or from part to part of
the different pieces may be required to clarify the relationship of the parts with
each others
• An assembly drawing should not be overloaded with detail
Assembly drawing
• Assembly drawings should include reference
letters and numbers representing the different
parts
• These part numbers usually enclosed by
circles with a leader pointing to the piece
Assembly drawing types
• Unit assembly (subassembly)
– A drawing of a related group of parts and used to
show the assembly of complicated machinery for
which it would be practically impossible to show
all the features on one drawing
Unit assembly drawing example
Assembly drawing types
• Outline assembly
– Describes the exterior shape of a machine or
structure, so it contains only the primary
dimensions
– If it is made for catalogs or illustrative purposes,
dimensions are often omitted
– They are also known as installation drawings
Outline assembly example
Assembly drawing types
• Assembly working drawing
– Includes all the necessary information for
producing a machine or structure on one drawing
– This requires providing adequate orthographic
views together with dimensions
Assembly working drawing example
Assembly drawing types
• Diagram drawing (Pictorial Assembly)
– Shows ,symbolically, installation of equipment and
often made in pictorial form
Diagram drawing example
1 2 3
Balloon (having
diameter 10-25mm)
4
Leader Item numbers
or
Identification
Illustrative example
• Part 1
Illustrative example
• Part 2
Illustrative example
• Part 3
Illustrative example
• Part 4
Illustrative example
• Part 5
Illustrative example
• Assembly drawing
Set of drawings
Assembling parts example
Assembling parts example
Assembling parts example
Assembling parts example
Assembling parts example
Assembling parts example
Assembling parts example
Assembling parts example
An example of a set of working drawings
Another example
Example
Example
Example
Exercise
• Drawn on the ‘Parts for Pulley Assembly’ drawing are
the components that go to make up a Pulley Assembly.
Each part is dimensioned appropriately. Slide 51 shows a
partially completed assembly drawing.