AutoCAD drawing standards – University of Southampton AutoCAD is now widely used by Estates and Facilities for the production and amendment of its drawings. It is now neccessary to issue drawings standards to ensure conformity and understanding of drawings. The procedure lays out the requirements for producing standard CAD drawings, based on BS 1192, that must be followed… Read More »
Reading construction drawings INTRODUCTION Construction AutoCAD drawings are necessary in most spheres of the building industry, as being the best means of conveying detailed and often complex information from the designer to all those concerned with the job. Building trades people, especially carpenters and joiners, should be familiar with the basic principles involved in understanding and reading drawings… Read More »
Welding symbols on drawing book – E. N. Gregory and A. A. Armstrong Introduction Symbols for indicating welded joints on engineering drawings were originally devised by individual drawing offices to provide more useful information than a simple arrow with the instruction ‘weld here’. This practice was obviously unsatisfactory, especially when drawings were passed from one company to another… Read More »
AutoCAD 3D tutorial book – written by Kristen Kurland Note: This document will help you to learn and practice with AutoCAD 2007 interface. Content Chapter 1: 3D interface Chapter 2: Thickness and Elevation Chapter 3: Visualizing your model Chapter 4: Z Coordinates Chapter 5: User Coordinate System Chapter 6: 3D Orbit Chapter 7: 3D Navigation Chapter 8: 3D… Read More »
AutoCAD 2012 tutorial book – Randy H. Shih (Oregon Institute of Technolog) This document give basic tutorials for beginer with AutoCAD 2012’s interface. You need to practice this first level before going to othe level. Download AutoCAD 2012 tutorial book