Pipe Drafting and Design

by Roy A. Parisher, Robert A. Rhea

Pipe designers and drafters provide thousands of piping drawings used in the layout of industrial and other facilities. The layouts must comply with safety codes, government standards, client specifications, budget, and start-up date. Pipe Drafting and Design, Second Edition provides step-by-step instructions to walk pipe designers and drafters and students in Engineering Design Graphics and Engineering Technology through the creation of piping arrangement and isometric drawings using symbols for fittings, flanges, valves, and mechanical equipment. The book is appropriate primarily for pipe design in the petrochemical industry.

More than 350 illustrations and photographs provide examples and visual instructions. A unique feature is the systematic arrangement of drawings that begins with the layout of the structural foundations of a facility and continues through to the development of a 3-D model. Advanced chapters discuss the customization of AutoCAD, AutoLISP and details on the use of third-party software to create 3-D models from which elevation, section and isometric drawings are extracted including bills of material.

Covers drafting and design fundamentals to detailed advice on the development of piping drawings using manual and AutoCAD techniques 3-D model images provide an uncommon opportunity to visualize an entire piping facility Each chapter includes exercises and questions designed for review and practice

Genres: Engineering

328 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Vishnu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well Written had all the basics for pipeline drafting , with several practical examples to try in Autocad

Going to save a copy to refer and practice again in future .

[Lance Liu · Rating 4 out of 5]

A must-see book for a beginner. The manual drafting content is little dated, but it covers a lot of basic grounds.

[Anand Patel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Buried Pipe Design

[Ashw · Rating 4 out of 5]

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