Sunday, October 12, 2014

Drafting Guidelines In Structural Steel Fabrication

By Estelle Larsen


The structural drafter must possess a drawing technique that reflects the strict control of lines of a drawing for mechanical uses. This is the mark of an authentic and aesthetic engineering accomplishment, with the details of the draft following a stringent uniformity and consistency. While line drafting is rigid, adding stylized techniques to produce artful yet crisp finished work is a crucial contribution to the actual output.

The original skeleton of a building relies on the design diagrams of the architect and the engineer. These are interpreted through detail drafting so significantly used in structural steel fabrication, metalwork, and overall construction. First armed with sufficient knowledge in field erection, technical language, and shop fabrication, the drafter must carefully place these elements and develop good drafting methods.

Lettering should use three over thirty two of an inch in height and dimension. Diagram numbers should be fully existent and should be used with the standard designation. Generally, all sketches should be labeled consecutively, starting with a capped letter s, a hyphen, and the number indicating the rendering. The scale should be in feet and inches. Specify if scale as noted or not to scale.

Every entity in the draft must contain a title. It could be an elevation, detail, symbols legend, plan view, or note column, among others. It should be large enough to catch attention and underlined, and the height ranges from one fourth to three eighths of an inch.

Deleted sections are depicted through section marks. They are circles with arrows, like in engineering. The circle is typically one half inch in terms of diameter. An forty five degree arrow directs the deletion. They can either be colored or left open. The title of the section view must be included in the upper half moon of the circle, while the sheet reference should me mentioned in the lower half moon part.

Structural presentations should also contain the north arrow as a reference to the components which they relate to. Drawing tools should be used as they are never made freehand. Color can be implemented to strike the viewer, but they should be simple.

Title blocks should contain seven kinds of information. The project title and the drawing name, the name of the client and his address, the name of the structural company and its address, the date when the package was completed, the drawing scale and number, and the professional stamp of the structural engineer must all be present. Lettering should be centered or in a flush margin.

Revision blocks are necessary to record any changes made after the approval of the drawing. A bill of materials listing all the parts and details of the steel framework such as connection angles, members, and fasteners should also be present. The layout of the sheet must be framed with a border, usually with a half inch line.

The drafter should follow what is recommended when it comes to his line work. General notes, as well as local, must be written on a horizontal lines with proper grammar and correct spelling. It is also demanded to place a reference within every note with numbers and they should all be legible, with a minimum of half inch space in between the notes.




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