Structural, Piping, and Welding Drawings

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UC Berkeley

Structural Drawings
Engineering Design Drawing
Plan view (top view), Elevation view (front view), Bottom section (bottom view) shows overall dimensions, location and size of columns, beams, angles, .. , Detail of connections, typical cross sections, various notes.

Manufacturing (shop or working) Drawing

Detail drawing of all parts of the structure, all dimensions to the nearest 1/16 , location of all holes for connections, detail of the connection parts, required sizes of all materials

Assembly Drawing
Skeleton assembly drawing showing the relationship of various parts to be fitted together in the finished structure

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UC Berkeley

Structural Drawings
Dimensioning and scale
Dimensioning examples: , 10, 1- 0, 2- 3 , 4- 0, Incorrect dimensioning: 0, 2-03 Scale: = 1- 0 or 1 = 1- 0

Structural Shapes

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UC Berkeley

Structural Steel Drawings

Structural Materials - Structural steel, Aluminum, Wood, Glass, Concrete (plain and reinforced), structural clay products, and Stone masonry

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UC Berkeley

Structural Steel Drawings

Trusses A truss is a configuration of structural elements (triangle) that adds strength to a support, bridges and roofs.

Truss members carry tension or compression loads, no bending.

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Roof Truss Detail

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Structural Connections

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Structural Connections Gusset Plate

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Pictorial of Structural Detail

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Welding Drawings
A welded truss

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Welding Drawings

Pulley housing made by casting (A) and by welding (B)

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Basic Welds and Symbols

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Dimensioning of Welds

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Piping Drawings
Double Line Drawing

Single Line Drawing

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Piping Drawings

Isometric pipe drawing

Orthographic pipe drawing

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Piping Drawings

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References for Codes and Standards

ASTM - American Society for Testing Materials
Physical properties of steels, i.e. ASTM A36 is a construction steel with minimum yield strength of 36,000 psi.

NFPA - National Forest Products Association

National Design Specifications for Wood Construction.

ACI - American Concrete Institute

Manual of Standard Practice for Detailing Reinforced Concrete Structures.

Brick Institute of America

Principles of Brick Engineering Principles of Tile Engineering

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