This document discusses engineering drawings and curves. It states that engineering drawings are the language used to communicate engineering ideas and execute work. Various types of curves are useful in engineering for understanding natural laws, manufacturing, design, analysis, and construction. Common engineering curves include conics, cycloids, involutes, spirals, and helices. Conics specifically include circles, ellipses, parabolas, and hyperbolas which are sections of a right circular cone cut by planes. The document provides definitions and examples of each type of conic section. It also discusses different methods for drawing ellipses like the arc of circles method.