Engineering drawings are essential to communicate our designs to manufacturers, maintenance teams, or any other entity. Engineering drawings not only communicate dimensions, but they can also communicate materials, part specifications, tolerances, and whatever an organization/individual takes as a practice or a standard to follow. In this chapter, we learned what engineering drawings are and their purpose. We also learned how to interpret different standards related to lines and drawing views. Being able to interpret drawings is a fundamental skill for working with SOLIDWORKS. However, just like other skills, it takes time and practice to master.
In the next chapter, we will cover the basics of SOLIDWORKS drawings and create orthogonal views for our models.