Structural, Piping, and Welding

Drawings

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Mechanical Engineering Dept.

Structural Drawings

Engineering Design Drawing

Plan view (top view), Elevation view (front view), Bottom
section (bottom view) shows overall dimensions, location and
size of columns, beams, angles, .. , Detail of connections,
typical cross sections, various notes.

Manufacturing (shop or working) Drawing

Detail drawing of all parts of the structure, all dimensions to
the nearest 1/16 , location of all holes for connections, detail
of the connection parts, required sizes of all materials

Assembly Drawing
Skeleton assembly drawing showing the relationship of various
parts to be fitted together in the finished structure

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Mechanical Engineering Dept.

Structural Drawings
Dimensioning and scale
Dimensioning examples: , 10, 1- 0, 2- 3 , 4- 0,
Incorrect dimensioning: 0, 2-03
Scale: = 1- 0 or 1 = 1- 0

Structural Shapes

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Mechanical Engineering Dept.

Structural Steel Drawings

Structural Materials - Structural steel, Aluminum, Wood, Glass,
Concrete (plain and reinforced), structural clay products, and
Stone masonry

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Mechanical Engineering Dept.

Structural Steel Drawings

Trusses A truss is a configuration of structural elements
(triangle) that adds strength to a support, bridges and roofs.

Truss members carry tension or compression loads,

no bending.

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Mechanical Engineering Dept.

Roof Truss Detail

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Mechanical Engineering Dept.

Structural Connections

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Mechanical Engineering Dept.

Structural Connections Gusset Plate

e = 2d

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Mechanical Engineering Dept.

Pictorial of Structural Detail

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Mechanical Engineering Dept.

3D model
of a bridge

Detail of a bolted connection

for the bridge structure

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Contour Maps

Contours are lines of equal ground elevation

Topographic Map

Maps - Plats
Contour maps are used to
plan the layout of
residential lots and streets.

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Mechanical Engineering Dept.

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Welding Drawings
A welded truss

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Welding Drawings

Pulley housing made by casting (A) and by welding (B)

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Basic Welds and Symbols

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Dimensioning of Welds

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Piping Drawings
Double Line Drawing

Single Line Drawing

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Piping Drawings

Isometric pipe drawing

Orthographic pipe drawing

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Mechanical Engineering Dept.

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Piping Drawings

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Mechanical Engineering Dept.

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References for Codes and Standards

ASTM - American Society for Testing Materials

Physical properties of steels, i.e. ASTM A36
steel is a construction steel with minimum
yield strength of 36,000 psi.

NFPA - National Forest Products Association

National Design Specifications for Wood
Construction
ACI - American Concrete Institute
Manual of Standard Practice for Detailing
Reinforced Concrete Structures.
Brick Institute of America
Principles of Brick Engineering, Principles of Tile
Engineering
ANSI American National Standards Institute
Codes and standards for all disciplines

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