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Basic Blueprint Reading and Sketching

 Basic Blueprint Reading and Sketching
Item #: 330-8788-05
Author: Thomas P. Olivo, C. Thomas Olivo
Publisher: Thomson Delmar Learning
ISBN:1401848788
Format: Paperback
 Your Price: $98.95
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Develop your skills with Basic Blueprint Reading and Sketching
Updated to the latest ANSI, ISO, AWS, and ASME standards, this 50th Anniversary Edition helps individuals develop skills in reading and interpreting industrial drawings and in preparing simple technical sketches. It is written to be a consumable, interactive text/workbook that provides basic principles, concepts, ANSI and SI Metric drafting symbols and standards, terminology, manufacturing process notes, and other related technical information contained on a mechanical or CAD drawing. Each unit features a basic principle and at least one blueprint and assignment that encourages users to practice newly learned skills. 272 pp.

Features:

  • Expanded coverage on geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) has been updated to the most current ANSI standards
  • Major enhancements to the graphics and line quality of drawings as well as a more functional use of color help in developing print reading skills with accuracy
  • Very short units of instruction break up material into manageable chunks of information with abundant assignments (including sketching) that serve to engage reader interest

Basic Blueprint Reading and Sketching - Table of Contents:

  • PART 1 BASIC BLUEPRINT READING: Lines
    • Views
    • Dimensions and Notes
    • The SI Metric System
    • Working Drawings
    • Sections
    • Welding Drawings
    • Computer Numerical Control Fundamentals
    • Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
    • Computer Graphics Technology
  • PART 2 TECHNICAL SKETCHING: Sketching Lines and Basic Forms
    • Freehand Lettering
    • Shop Sketching
    • Pictorial Drawings
    • Sketching for CAD/CNC
    • Index
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