Civil Drafting Technology - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131007858 ISBN 13: 9780131007857

Synopsis

For courses in Civil Drafting, Civil Engineering Drawing, Mapping, Map Reading.

 

Now including expanded coverage of CADD techniques and practices, Civil Drafting Technology is a comprehensive resource that offers a broad understanding of civil drafting and a working knowledge of the basic components of mapping. Thorough and complete, it covers how to prepare drawings from engineering sketches; step-by-step layout methods; civil drafting layout techniques; types of maps; civil drafting and mapping symbols; drawing plot plans and plats; earthwork calculations and more. Emphasizing context throughout, it discusses how concepts and techniques are related to actual civil applications, and provides chapter tests, map reading exercises, and drawing problems that apply chapter concepts to practice.

About this title

From the Back Cover

"Civil Drafting Technology" Seventh Edition covers it all-basic and advanced topics-and everything in between, equipping readers to convert engineering sketches or instructions into actual formal drawings and gain a working knowledge of mapping. Using a "knowledge building" format where one concept is mastered before the next is introduced, "Civil Drafting Technology" includes:

• Basic Drafting Topics
• Maps: fundamentals, types of maps, scales, symbols
• CADD: use, standards, applications
• Intermediate/Advanced Topics
• Measuring distance and elevation, Surveying, Location & Direction, Legal Descriptions and Plot Plans, Contour Lines, Horizontal Alignment Layout, GIS
• Career Development
• Schooling, Employment, Workplace Ethics, Professional Organizations
• CADD Applications
• Content-related Tests
• Real-world drafting and design problems

Edition details

• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0131007858
• ISBN 13: 9780131007857
• Binding: Paperback