What line width (or weight), do I use where, when structural drafting? In CAD, what color should I draw my structural elements. What line definitions suit what application? Below is a basic list which provide answers to these questions. This article should be read in conjunction with the article: Standard colors and line weights in CAD. Drawing … [Read more...] about What Line Width Where? A Structural Drafting Guide
Drafting Standards
Text Heights in Drawings: Scale Chart, Metric & Imperial
Good text heights make a drawing legible. Too small and nobody can read it. Too large and the information will not fit. A drawing is easier to read when the same height is used for the same kind of information throughout: every dimension and note one size, every section title another, every sheet title another again. In CAD you draw everything at 1:1. A plate 250 mm … [Read more...] about Text Heights in Drawings: Scale Chart, Metric & Imperial
Engineering Drawing Abbreviations – A-Z List of 369
What does that abbreviation on the drawing actually mean? Below are 369 abbreviations and acronyms used on engineering and construction drawings, with the meaning, the discipline it belongs to, and a note on how it appears in practice. Use the filter box to jump straight to the one you are after. The list leans Australian — it was compiled in an Australian drawing … [Read more...] about Engineering Drawing Abbreviations – A-Z List of 369
Power User AutoCAD Tips and Tricks
Some old school - power user - tips and tricks for using AutoCAD software. A long-right-click moves, copies or blocks When objects are grip-selected, a long-right-click can move, copy or make a block these objects. Hold the right-mouse-button till the cursor changes to an arrow, then move the objects. On release copy, move or block can be selected from the context … [Read more...] about Power User AutoCAD Tips and Tricks
How to Draw Post-Tensioned Concrete Slabs – Drafting Guide
The drafters drafting survival guide to pre-stressed/post-tensioned concrete slabs. By YZ Please note: This information has been compiled by drafters working in the Australian PT concrete slab industry. This information may apply to other countries/systems. Disclaimer this is information is for a guide only. While this article was complied by drafters … [Read more...] about How to Draw Post-Tensioned Concrete Slabs – Drafting Guide
Basic Welding Symbols Explained (with Examples)
By DGM A welding symbol is a sentence. Once you know where the words go, you can read any of them — and there are only about six places anything can sit. This page takes it one piece at a time and then reads two real symbols end to end. If you want the complete reference instead, the AWS weld symbols chart and guide covers every weld type, the supplementary symbols … [Read more...] about Basic Welding Symbols Explained (with Examples)