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
Structural Drafting
Weld Symbols on Australian Drawings (AS 1101.3)
Weld symbols on Australian drawings are governed by AS 1101.3 — Australia has its own welding symbol standard rather than adopting the international one. In practice it reads much like the American system, with one important set of differences that catch people out when a drawing arrives from overseas. This page covers the Australian convention and what changes when … [Read more...] about Weld Symbols on Australian Drawings (AS 1101.3)
Soffit Level on a Drawing: Slab, Beam and Pipe
Soffit is the underside of a structural element — a slab, a beam, an arch, a flight of stairs. A soffit level on a structural drawing is the level of that underside. On a drainage drawing the same word means something almost opposite: the highest point inside a pipe. And to a builder pricing a house, a soffit is the board under the eaves. Three trades, one word. This … [Read more...] about Soffit Level on a Drawing: Slab, Beam and Pipe
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)
Metric Imperial Conversion – Area
FROM TO MULTIPLY BY square millimetressquare inches0.00155square inchessquare millimetres645.16square centimetressquare inches0.155square inchessquare centimetres6.452square metressquare feet10.76square feetsquare metres0.0929square metressquare yards1.196square yardssquare metres0.835square kilometressquare miles0.3861square milessquare … [Read more...] about Metric Imperial Conversion – Area