SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology: Reducing Errors and Misinterpretations

Hanifan, Ron

This concise reference helps readers avoid the most commonplace errors in generating or interpreting engineering drawings. Applicable across multiple disciplines, Hanifan’s lucid treatment of such essential skills as understanding and conveying data in a drawing, exacting precision in dimension and tolerance notations, and selecting the most-appropriate drawing type for a particular engineering situation, “Perfecting Engineering and Technical Drawing” is an valuable resource for practicing engineers, engineering technologists, and students.

Provides straightforward explanation of the requirements for all common engineering drawing types
Maximizes reader understanding of engineering drawing requirements, differentiating the types of drawings and their particular characteristics
Elucidates electrical reference designation requirements, geometric dimensioning, and tolerancing errors
Explains the entire engineering documentation process from concept to delivery