2007-05-28 03:59:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
It is a very thin metal sheet, about the size of a credit card, with different shape holes in it. You use it to erase small errors on pencil drawings without erasing or smudging good portions of the drawing.
2007-05-28 04:08:55 · answer #1 · answered by jsardi56 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
jsardi56 pretty much hit the nail on the head with this one. That about says it all.
An erasing shield used by architects, engineers and artists to control erasing on drawings. The shield limits the area to be erased by way of the thinness of the metal that the erasing shield is made of.... you can get right down to the surface of the paper and keep the shield perfectly flat against the paper.
I use an erasing shield all the time when accomplishing hand drawings..... but, nowadays the computer screen in my AutoCADD software is much more "forgiving" when I need to "erase." If the paper is of a flimsy type and can tear easily, the shield...held firmly against the paper helps to stabilize the paper and prevent an unwanted tear.
2007-05-28 13:39:27 · answer #2 · answered by BrChDa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
35 years ago I worked in a drawing office
I still have an erasing shield and all the other bits and pieces
2007-05-30 21:58:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is a link to what an eraser shield is. the person above described it pretty well but heres a picture.
http://www.artcorner.org/tutorials/lessons/inking/maina/images/shield.jpg
2007-05-28 11:52:18 · answer #4 · answered by tufftrav 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's for erasing the nasty bad people who don't laugh at themselves.Be happy!
2007-05-30 05:43:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋