Prepare detailed working diagrams of machinery and mechanical devices, including dimensions, fastening methods, and other engineering information.

Other names for Mechanical Drafters: Aeronautical Drafter, Auto Design Detailer, Autocad Designer, Autocad Technician, Automotive Design Drafter, Automotive Design Layout Drafter, Body Design Checker, Body Designer, CAD Designer (Computer-Aided Design Designer), CAD Drafter (Computer-Aided Design Drafter), CAD Draftsman (Computer-Aided Design Draftsman), CAD Operator (Computer-Aided Design Operator), CADD Drafter (Computer-Aided Design and Drafting Drafter), Castings Drafter, Computer Draftsman Mechanical, Computer-Aided Design and Computer-Aided Manufacturing Programmer (CAD/CAM Programmer), Controls Designer, Design Checker, Design Drafter, Design Technician, Detail Drafter, Detailer, Die Designer, Die Designer Apprentice, Drafter, Drafter Apprentice, Drafting Technician, Furniture Detailer, Gage Designer, Machine Design Checker, Mechanical Design Technician, Mechanical Designer, Mechanical Detailer, Mechanical Drafter, Mechanical Equipment Engineering Assistant, Mold Designer, Patent Drafter, Pattern Drafter, Technical Designer, Technical Illustrator, Tool and Die Designer, Tool Design Drafter, Tool Designer,

• Develop detailed design drawings and specifications for mechanical equipment, dies, tools, and controls, using computer-assisted drafting (CAD) equipment.
• Coordinate with and consult other workers to design, lay out, or detail components and systems and to resolve design or other problems.
• Review and analyze specifications, sketches, drawings, ideas, and related data to assess factors affecting component designs and the procedures and instructions to be followed.
• Compute mathematical formulas to develop and design detailed specifications for components or machinery using computer-assisted equipment.
• Position instructions and comments onto drawings.
• Modify and revise designs to correct operating deficiencies or to reduce production problems.
• Design scale or full-size blueprints of specialty items such as furniture and automobile body or chassis components.
• Check dimensions of materials to be used and assign numbers to the materials.
• Lay out and draw schematic, orthographic, or angle views to depict functional relationships of components, assemblies, systems, and machines.
• Confer with customer representatives to review schematics and answer questions pertaining to installation of systems.
• Draw freehand sketches of designs, trace finished drawings onto designated paper for the reproduction of blueprints, and reproduce working drawings on copy machines.
• Supervise and train other drafters, technologists, and technicians.
• Lay out, draw, and reproduce illustrations for reference manuals and technical publications to describe operation and maintenance of mechanical systems.
• Shade or color drawings to clarify and emphasize details and dimensions or eliminate background using ink, crayon, airbrush, and overlays.

• Scales
• Scanners
• Calculators or accessories
• Compasses
• Graphics or video accelerator cards
• Plotter printers
• Desktop computers
• Scales
• Touch pads
• Curves
• Curves
• Tablet computers
• Scanners
• Notebook computers
• Plotter printers
• Print servers
• Protractors
• Scanners
• T squares
• Scanners
• Computer mouse or trackballs
• Triangles
• Scanners

Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software

Graphics or photo imaging software

Word processing software

Presentation software

Spreadsheet software

Optical character reader OCR or scanning software

Document management software

Data base user interface and query software

Computer aided design CAD software

Computer aided manufacturing CAM software