Pipe Drafting and Design

This text provides students with the basic skills they need to begin a successful career in industrial drafting and design. It also instructs them in the use of AutoCAD and PRO-PIPE, an up-to-date and widely used pipe-drafting software. The book presents step-by-step instructions that walk the student through the creation of piping symbols for fittings, flanges, valves and mechanical equipment. More than 100 illustrations and photographs provide examples and visual instructions to the student. A feature of the book is the systematic arrangement of drawings that begins with renderings of the structural foundations of a facility and continues through to the development of a 3-D model. The 3-D model images provide students an uncommon opportunity to visualize an entire piping facility. Advanced chapters provide specific details on the use of third-party software to create bills of material, elevation and section drawings, isometrics and 3-D models, and also give students an opportunity to customize AutoCAD using commond aliases, defun statements, and AutoLISP routines. Each chapter concludes with helpful exercises and questions for review and practice.