Drafting Symbol Sourcebook [Hardcover]

Doug Wolff (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 30, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0070713324 | ISBN-13: 978-0070713321 | Edition: 1

A comprehensive guide to drafting symbols, this clearly illustrated guide is the perfect tool for students and professionals. Long needed, the Drafting Symbol Sourcebook provides a single convenient source for over 1,600 architectural, engineering, and trade symbols—every symbol you need when writing or reading blueprints and other schematics. Essential at the drafting table and handy in the field, this one-stop source makes unnecessary the dozens of books and publications, and piles of expensive software, once needed to find this wealth of information. With this book, you simply flip directly to any needed symbol. An unparalleled resource, this book is sure to become one of your favorite tools.

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From the Back Cover

Now, for the first time, here's the most convenient and comprehensive source available for reading and writing blueprints and other schematics. Essential at the drafting table and handy in the field, this one-stop source makes unnecessary the dozens of books and publications, and piles of expensive software, once needed for finding this wealth of information. With this book, you simply flip directly to any needed symbol. Bringing together more than 1,600 distinct drafting and linetype symbols from architecture and engineering, this book provides an unparalleled resource, organized for ease of use. Clear, complete, and well-illustrated--often with elevation views or cross-sections--this book is sure to become one of your favorite tools.

About the Author

Doug Wolff is the owner of Boulder CADD Services, Inc., in Broomfield, Colorado. He has 25 years of experience in the construction field, and is on the advisory council of the Colorado chapter of the Vocational Industrial Clubs of America. Wolff is also a member of the Home Builders Association of Metro Denver, is active in Habitat for Humanity, and has served in the American Arbitration Association.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (November 30, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070713324
• ISBN-13: 978-0070713321
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,127,029 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent one-stop reference for all drafting symbols, April 20, 1999

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This review is from: Drafting Symbol Sourcebook (Hardcover)

Clear, easy to use reference for drafting symbols in architectural, civil, manufacturing, electric, electronic, manufacturing, surveying and more. Contains multiple symbols for identification on existing blueprints. Haven't seen any other books in print like this.