Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Manual of Engineering Drawing is a comprehensive guide for experts and novices for producing engineering drawings and annotated 3D models that meet the recent BSI and ISO standards of technical product documentation and specifications. This fourth edition of the text has been updated in line with recent standard revisions and amendments. The book has been prepared for international use, and includes a comprehensive discussion of the fundamental differences between the ISO and ASME standards, as well as recent updates regarding legal components, such as copyright, patents, and other legal considerations. The text is applicable to CAD and manual drawing, and it covers the recent developments in 3D annotation and surface texture specifications. Its scope also covers the concepts of pictorial and orthographic projections, geometrical, dimensional and surface tolerancing, and the principle of duality. The text also presents numerous examples of hydraulic and electrical diagrams, applications, bearings, adhesives, and welding. The book can be considered an authoritative design reference for beginners and students in technical product specification courses, engineering, and product designing.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• 1 Drawing office management and organization
• 2 Product development and computer aided design
• 3 Design for Manufacture to end of life
• 4 Intellectual Property (IP) and Engineering Design
• 5 CAD organization and applications
• 6 Principles of first and third angle orthographic projection
• 7 Linework and lettering
• 8 Three-dimensional illustrations using isometric and oblique projection
• 9 Drawing layouts and simplified methods
• 10 Sections and sectional views
• 11 Geometrical constructions and tangency
• 12 Loci applications
• 13 True lengths and auxiliary views
• 14 Conic sections and interpenetration of solids
• 15 Development of patterns from sheet materials
• 16 Dimensioning principles
• 17 Screw threads and conventional representations
• 18 Nuts, bolts, screws and washers
• 19 Keys and key ways
• 20 Worked examples in machine drawing
• 21 Limits and fits
• 22 Geometrical tolerancing and datums
• 23 Application of geometrical tolerances
• 24 Maximum material and least material principles
• 25 Positional tolerancing
• 26 Surface texture
• 27 Surface Finish and Corrosion of Metals
• 28 3D annotation
• 29 The Duality Principle - the essential link between the design intent and the verification of the end product
• 30 Differences between American ASME Y 14.5 M Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD and T) and ISO/BS 8888 geometrical tolerancing, standards
• 31 Cams and gears
• 32 Springs
• 33 Welding and welding symbols
• 34 Engineering diagrams
• 35 Bearings and applied technology
• 36 Engineering adhesives
• 37 Related standards
• 38 Production drawings
• 39 Drawing solutions

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