This document provides information on engineering curves and their uses. It discusses various types of curves including conics, cycloidal curves, involutes, spirals, helices, sine and cosine curves. It describes what a cone is and the different types of cones. It then explains the five basic conic sections - triangle, circle, ellipse, parabola, and hyperbola that are obtained by cutting a right circular cone with different cutting planes. Various properties and uses of ellipses, parabolas, and hyperbolas are also covered. Finally, it discusses different methods for drawing these curves.