Types Of Lines In Engineering Drawing And Their Uses

Types of lines in engineering drawing

Lines play a very important role in engineering graphics. Each type of line has its own meaning and value in engineering drawing.

In this post, we'll learn about the different types of lines in engineering graphics.

Majorly, there is a total of 8 types of lines used in engineering drawing: 

1. Continuous thick
2. Continuous thin
3. Dashed medium thick
4. Chain thin
5. Chain thin and thick at the ends only
6. Chain thin double dashed
7. Continuous thin wavy
8. Continuous thin zig-zags

The table given below shows illustrations and general applications of the lines:

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